Godomar fled and Sigismund was taken prisoner by Chlodomer.

Sigismund himself fled to Milan and later to Piacenza under the pretext that he had to go now to Rome to be crowned emperor.

A brief civil war ensued that Sigismund lost in 1598, where after he fled the country never to return.

Sigismund fled from Sweden, never to return, and on March 19, 1600, the Riksdag of Linköping proclaimed the duke king under the title of Charles IX of Sweden.

Sigismund and his brother Godomar were defeated in battle by Clovis ' sons and Godomar fled.

Several of the Privy Council members fled to Poland to convince Sigismund to take counteraction.

Erik Gustavsson Stenbock, Arvid Gustavsson Stenbock, Erik Larsson Sparre, Erik Brahe and Sten Banér fled immediately to Sigismund.

Although he then received possession of island of Lemnos in from his father Emperor Manuel II in 1422, he refused to live there and fled to the court of King Sigismund of Hungary in 1423, requesting protection against his brothers.

With his brother's death in November 1592, during the era which marked the start of the final chapter ( dated 1648 by some ) of both the Reformation and Counter-reformation, Charles, during the tense political times which prevailed, viewed the inheritance of the throne of Protestant Sweden by his devout Roman Catholic nephew and Habsburg ally, Sigismund of Poland and Sweden, with alarm, and several years of religious controversy and discord followed.

He left the administration of the principality first to his brother, Christopher Báthory ( 1575 – 1581 ), and then to his brother's minor son, Sigismund Báthory ( 1581 – 1602 ), bestowing on them the title of voivode, while he himself took the title of prince.

The Vilnius city walls were built for protection between 1503 and 1522, comprising nine city gates and three towers, and Sigismund August moved his court there in 1544.

When Sigismund died in 1437, Albert was crowned king of Hungary on 1 January 1438, and just as his predecessor did, he moved his court to the Hungarian Kingdom from where he later oversaw his other domains.

Upon his father's death in 1378, young Sigismund became Margrave of Brandenburg and was sent to the Hungarian court, and soon learnt the Hungarian language and Hungarian way of life, and became entirely devoted to his adopted country.

After passing some time at the court of Emperor Sigismund, Albert took part in the war against the Hussites, and afterwards distinguished himself whilst assisting the German king, Albert II, against Poland.

During the last years of his life, Manuel II relinquished most official duties to his son and heir John VIII Palaiologos, and went back to Europe searching for assistance against the Ottomans, this time to the King Sigismund of Hungary, staying for two months in his court of Buda.

He became the court painter for Sigismund I of Poland.

Diomedes Cato, a native-born Italian who lived in Kraków from about the age of five, became one of the most famous lutenists at the court of Sigismund III, and not only imported some of the musical styles from southern Europe, but blended them with native folk music.

* Much information on Ivan III and his court is contained in Sigismund von Herberstein's Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii ( 1549 ).

Arriving at the royal court in Buda, Sigismund filled the baby's cradle with precious stones.

Thence he was sent to the court of the Transylvanian Prince Sigismund Báthory, whom he accompanied on his famous Wallachian campaign.

Stanczyk, the court jester to King Sigismund I ( 1437 – 1548 ), to whom Matejko gave his own features.

The earliest mention of the term bandura dates back to a Polish chronicle of 1441, which states that the Polish King Sigismund III had a court bandurist known as Taraszko who was of Ukrainian ethnicity and was also the king's companion in chess.

In 1484, Emperor Sigismund bestowed upon Burkhard von Ellerbach the right to hold regular markets, Laupheim thereby becoming a market town, and also the privilege of inflicting high justice, which gave him the right to hold a criminal court inflicting bodily punishment, including the death penalty.

This Riksens ständer also appointed a court to judge those aristocrats who had fought with Sigismund in the battle.

He went to Poland in between late 1595 and early 1596, staying at least through October 1596, accepting a position as maestro di cappella at the court of Sigismund III Vasa in Warsaw ; his predecessor, Annibale Stabile, had just died after only being there two months.

It is believed to be the work of the famous architect, Santi Gucci, the court artist of King Sigismund II Augustus.

In March 1604, Dmitriy visited the royal court of Sigismund III Vasa in Kraków.

In Poland he appeared at the court of King Sigismund III Vasa around 1600, and quickly achieved great fame, as the Polish king was himself an alchemy enthusiast and even conducted experiments with Sędziwój.

In August, Sigismund's delegation of four knights and a bishop arrived in the court of Paris to paint a description of how " 40, 000 " Turks were despoiling and imperiling Christian lands and beg, on Sigismund of Hungary's behalf, for help.

Sometime in the 1540s he traveled to Paris, but, finding the position of lutenist to the king filled, he left for Jagiellon Poland in 1549, where he was employed as a court lutenist by Sigismund Augustus II.

From then until 1566, he traveled extensively around Europe, with his renown increasing, but remained faithful to his employer in spite of numerous efforts by other monarchs to win him away ; the riches bestowed on him by Sigismund may have affected his decision to remain attached to the court in Vilnius ( Wilno ).

In 1584 he was transferred to the new Jesuit College at Kraków, and in 1588 he became court preacher to King Sigismund III Vasa ( a position he would hold until 1611 ), and thus sometimes preached to the Sejm ( parliament ).

In 1616 he took a position as organist at S Maria Incoronata in Lodi, where he remained until 1621, at which time he went to Warsaw, Poland to work as an organist at the court of Sigismund III Vasa.

After spending some time at the Polish court of Sigismund III Vasa, he began the study of law at the University of Leiden ( Dutch Republic ), but soon he turned his attention to history and geography, which were then taught there by Joseph Scaliger.

* 1416 – The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, burns Jerome of Prague following a trial for heresy.

Facilitated by the Pope, a treaty of alliance was signed in Prague by Emperor Rudolf II and Sigismund Báthory of Transylvania.

In 1421, the Bohemian Diet declared Sigismund deposed and formally offered the crown to Władysław on condition he accept the religious principles of the Four Articles of Prague, which he was not prepared to do.

It was then captured by Sigismund's forces, and on 9 September 1437 Roháč, still refusing to accept Sigismund as his King, was hanged in Prague.

In 1424 Sigismund had a collection of relics, including the lance, moved from his capital in Prague to his birthplace, Nuremberg, and decreed them to be kept there forever.

On November 13, 1419 a temporary armistice was concluded between the partisans of King Sigismund, the last Emperor of the House of Luxemburg and the citizens of Prague.

Sigismund and many German princes arrived before the walls of Prague on June 30 at the head of a vast army of crusaders from all parts of Europe, largely consisting of adventurers attracted by the possibility of pillage.

Menaced by Sigismund, the citizens of Prague entreated the Taborites for assistance.

Though Sigismund had retired from Prague, the castles of Vyšehrad and Hradčany remained in possession of his troops.

The nobles, sympathetic to the Hussite cause, but supporting the regent, promised to act as mediators with Sigismund, while the citizens of Prague consented to restore to the royal forces the castle of Vyšehrad, which had fallen into their hands.

Sigismund and many German princes arrived before Prague on 30 June at the head of a vast army of crusaders from all parts of Europe, largely consisting of adventurers attracted by the hope of pillage.

Though Sigismund had retired from Prague, the castles of Vyšehrad and Hradčany remained in possession of his troops.

In 1424 King Sigismund took the reliques of Saint Sigismund from Prague and sent them to the Hungarian city of Varad, so they could be protected from the Hussites.

This was reported by an Italian envoy in Prague who also told the Isabella-John Sigismund story .” She also notes that “ Several small fragments of the True Cross were in possession of the Arpad dynasty.

When Sigismund sent a diplomatic mission, led by Cardinal Radziwill, to Prague for his bride, the anti-Habsburg party with chancellor Jan Zamoyski guarded the borders to prevent the Archduchess from entering the country.

Sigismund Korybut arrived to Prague on 16 May 1422, where he became a commander of local Hussites, in the Hussite internal fights and the ruler of Bohemia.

On 24 December 1423, under Jogaila's agreement with the Emperor Sigismund, Sigismund Korybut left Prague with his army.

However, he could not refuse an offer of the Bohemian throne and on 29 June 1424 he once again came to Prague with 1, 500-strong army, this time against Vytautas ' and Jogaila's consent ; their primary objective had been a successful implementation of the Treaty of Melno, thus a conflict with the Emperor Sigismund was undesirable.

Meanwhile, as a governor of Prague, he dismissed the city's council, summoned a new one and succeeded to terminate the internal discords between Jan Žižka and Utraquists, enabling a successful Hussite military campaign to Moravia against Emperor Sigismund.