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	Sigismund II - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		SIGISMUND II [Sigismund II] or Sigismund Augustus, 1520-72, king of Poland (1548-72).
		An open-minded, tolerant monarch and a loyal Roman Catholic, Sigismund sought peacefully to counteract the Reformation; he abolished (1562) ecclesiastic courts but introduced (1565) the Society of Jesus (see Jesus, Society of), which successfully preached the Counter Reformation.
		After an interregnum and the brief rule of Henry of Valois (later Henry III of France), Stephen Báthory was elected (1575) king.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/Sigismun2.asp (387 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : John III Sobieski (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		After a distinguished military career, and following the death of King Jan II Kazimierz's successor, Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki, John Sobieski was elected by the szlachta (nobility) as king of Poland on May 21, 1674 and was crowned on February 2, 1676.
		King John III was succeeded by Augustus II, elector of Saxony who stayed in power primarily because of Russian support.
		Teresa Kunegunde, (1676-1730) - In 1695, the Princess married Maximilian II Emanuel, elector of Bavaria
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /John_III_Sobieski (853 words)

	1520
		January 18 - King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Asunde.
		June - Moctezuma II, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan is declared deposed due to his captivity by conquistador Hernán Cortés.
		November 8 - Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces under the command of Christian II of Denmark results in the execution of around 100 persons (mostly nobility and clergy involved in the previous Swedish war effort).
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/1/15/1520.html (524 words)

	Sigismund II
		Sigismund II Sigismund II or Sigismund Augustus,1520–72, king of Poland (1548–72).
		, Sigismund granted (1562) the elector of Brandenburg hereditary succession in the duchy of Prussia in exchange for diplomatic support.
		), and Sigismund was an accomplished humanist and theologian.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0845186.html (277 words)

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		Under Zygmunt August (Sigismund II Augustus) (1548-1572) Calvinism spread widely in Poland until in 1565 the Counter-Reformation took over and Catholicism was re-established.
		Elector Frederick Augustus of Saxony was elected King of Poland in 1697 as Augustus II.
		Stanis³aw August Poniatowski (Stanislav II, 1764-1795) saw chaos continuing in Poland and Prussia and Russia saw to it that Poland did not exist anymore at the end of his reign.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/pl_royal.html (436 words)

	The Ultimate 1520 Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
		August 1 - King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland
		August 10 - Madeleine de Valois, princess of France, Queen of Scotland (d.
		July - Moctezuma II, deposed Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan.
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/1520 (366 words)

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