# Sigismund II Augustus - King of Poland

URL: https://poland-history.com/rulers/sigismund-ii-augustus
Reign: 1548–1572
Born-Died: 1520 - 1572
Dynasty: House of Jagiellon
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigismund_II_Augustus

Last male Jagiellon; oversaw the Union of Lublin that created the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

## Succession
- Preceded by: [Sigismund I the Old](https://poland-history.com/rulers/sigismund-i-the-old)
- Succeeded by: [Interrex (interregnum)](https://poland-history.com/rulers/interrex-interregnum)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1548 - [Sigismund II Augustus becomes King](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1548-sigismund-ii-augustus-becomes-king)
- 1558 - [Royal postal service established](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1558-royal-postal-service-established)
- 1561 - [Livonia joins the Commonwealth sphere](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1561-livonia-joins-the-commonwealth-sphere)
- 1562 - [Execution movement](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1562-execution-movement)
- 1563 - [Livonian War: fall of Polotsk](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1563-livonian-war-fall-of-polotsk)
- 1564 - [Jesuits arrive in Poland](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1564-jesuits-arrive-in-poland)
- 1566 - [Second Statute of Lithuania](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1566-second-statute-of-lithuania)
- 1569 - [Union of Lublin](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1569-union-of-lublin)
- 1570 - [Consensus of Sandomierz](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1570-consensus-of-sandomierz)
- 1570 - [Jan Kochanowski and the Polish Renaissance](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1570-jan-kochanowski-and-the-polish-renaissance)
- 1572 - [End of the Jagiellonian dynasty](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1572-end-of-the-jagiellonian-dynasty)