Sigismund the Elder

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Historical Figure
gptkbp:birthPlace Kraków
gptkbp:birthYear 1467
gptkbp:children gptkb:Catherine_of_Poland
gptkb:John_I_Albert
Sigismund II Augustus
Anna Jagiellon
Władysław II Jagiełło
gptkbp:culturalContribution Supporter of education
Encouraged the printing press
Patron_of_the_arts
Established_the_University_of_Kraków
Promoter_of_Renaissance_architecture
gptkbp:deathPlace Kraków
gptkbp:deathYear 1548
gptkbp:dynasty Jagiellon
gptkbp:era Renaissance
gptkbp:father gptkb:Casimir_IV_of_Poland
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Letters of nobility
Promoted religious tolerance
Treaties with neighboring states
Statute of Piotrków
Constitution of 1505
Royal_decrees
Influenced_the_political_landscape_of_Eastern_Europe
Key_figure_in_Polish_history
Contributed_to_the_cultural_renaissance_in_Poland
Facilitated_the_union_of_Poland_and_Lithuania
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sigismund the Elder
gptkbp:knownFor Strengthening_the_Polish-Lithuanian_Commonwealth
gptkbp:militaryRank Wars against the Muscovites
Wars_against_the_Ottoman_Empire
Consolidation_of_the_Polish-Lithuanian_Commonwealth
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Elizabeth_of_Austria
gptkbp:politicalPosition Alliance_with_the_Habsburgs
Alliance_with_the_Teutonic_Knights
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:Lucas_Cranach_the_Elder
Hans Mielich
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Casimir_IV_of_Poland
gptkbp:reign 1506-1548
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:spouse Barbara Zápolya
gptkbp:successor Sigismund II Augustus
gptkbp:title gptkb:King_of_Poland
gptkb:Grand_Duke_of_Lithuania