In 1467 Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria resigned and then kept only Bavaria-Dachau as his domain until his death in 1501.

* Sigismund of Bavaria ( 1439 – 1501 ), a Duke of Bavaria

* Sigismund of Bavaria ( 1439 – 1501 ), Duke of Bavaria

* February 1 – Sigismund of Bavaria ( b. 1439 )

Sigismund was a son of Albert the Pious of Bavaria with Duchess Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen.

Sigismund of Bavaria, portrait by Jan Polack

Sigismund was Duke of Bavaria-Munich from 1460 to 1467, until 1463 together with his brother John IV, Duke of Bavaria.

* July 26 – Sigismund of Bavaria ( d. 1501 )

When Max Joseph died ten years later, Joseph could only present a weak legal claim to Lower Bavaria through a dubious and ancient grant made by the Emperor Sigismund to the House of Habsburg in 1425.

In 1487, Sigismund arranged the marriage of Frederick's daughter Kunigunde to duke Albert IV of Bavaria against her father's will, and he also signed away some of his territories in Tyrol and Further Austria to Albert IV.

Sigismund of Austria, Duke, then Archduke of Further Austria ( 26 October 1427 – 4 March 1496 ) was a Habsburg archduke of Austria and ruler of Tirol from 1446 to 1490.

* October 26 – Archduke Sigismund of Austria ( d. 1496 )

** Sigismund ( 26 October 14274 March 1496 )

Her real birth date can be calculated by virtue of a letter of King Sigismund to Kéméndi Petew fia János ( John, son of Peter Kemendi ), Lord-lieutenant of Zala County dated 26 April 1410 ( sabbato post festum s. Georgii ) at Végles, Hungary ( now Vígľaš, Slovakia ) and sealed with Queen Barbara's seal, who also stayed there and in which the king informs him about his daughter's birth alias circa festum beati Francisci confessoris.

# Katharina ( b. Meissen, 24 July 1468 – d. Göttingen, 10 February 1524 ), married firstly on 24 February 1484 in Innsbruck to Duke Sigismund of Austria, and secondly on 1497 to Duke Eric I of Brunswick-Calenberg.

* Joachim Sigismund of Brandenburg ( 25 July 1603 – 22 February 1625 ).

When King Sigismund took Dobor in Bosnia in July 1394, Queen Mary ordered the captured John Horvat to be tortured to death.

The Pope on 12 July 1420 conceded indulgence to any who would contribute to a crusade against the latter, which would be led by Sigismund, King of the Romans.

* July 7 – King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland ( b. 1520 )

* July 24 – The Swedish King Sigismund III Vasa is dethroned by his uncle Duke Charles, who takes over as regent of the realm until 1604, when he becomes King Charles IX.

Jobst's death 18 January 1411 removed this conflict and Sigismund was again elected King on 21 July 1411.

Wenceslas IV of Bohemia signed a defensive treaty with the Poles against the Teutonic Order ; his brother, Sigismund of Luxembourg, allied himself with the Order and declared war against Poland on 12 July, though his Hungarian vassals refused his call to arms.

When the guardianship of Sigismund ended on 25 July 1443 and Friedrich, now King Friedrich III of the Holy Roman Empire, decided to prolong it for another six years, the Landstände of Tyrol organized an open revolt.

On 19 July 1569, when Albert Frederick rendered King Sigismund II homage and was in return enfeoffed as Duke of Prussia in Lublin, the King simultaneously enfeoffed Joachim II and his descendants as co-heir.

# Henriette Marie of the Palatinate ( 7 July 1626 – 18 September 1651 ); married Prince Sigismund of Siebenbuergen on 16 June 1651

Later at Jihlava, on July 5, 1436, the treaty was made with the Hussites, by which the emperor Sigismund was acknowledged king of Bohemia.

On July 14 the armies of Sigismund made a general attack.

On 5 July 1436 the compacts were formally accepted and signed at Jihlava ( Iglau ), in Moravia, by King Sigismund, by the Hussite delegates, and by the representatives of the Roman Catholic Church.

* July 10 – Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, composer and royal kapellmeister

Sigismund was officially deposed from the throne of Sweden by a Parliament held in Stockholm on July 24, 1599.

Barbara of Cilli ( 1392 – 11 July 1451 ) was the spouse of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund and as such Holy Roman Empress.

On 19 July 1569, when Albert Frederick rendered King Sigismund II homage and was in return enfeoffed as Duke of Prussia in Lublin, the King simultaneously enfeoffed Joachim II and his descendants as co-heirs.

John Sigismund Zápolya or John Sigismund Szapolyai ( Hungarian: Zápolya / Szapolyai János Zsigmond, Croatian: Ivan Žigmund Zapolja ) ( 18 July 1540 in Buda, Hungary – 14 March 1571, Gyulafehérvár, Transylvania ) was King of Hungary ( as John II ) from 1540 to 1551 and again from 1556 to 1570.

On July 1, 1536, he was designated by King of Poland, Sigismund I, who considered him a very valuable diplomat, as Bishop of Culm, which was later confirmed by the Pope.

On 22 July 1414 he was nominated ambassador to treat for a league with Sigismund, king of the Romans, and as English envoy attended the council of Constance in that and the following year.

In July 1618, after many warnings to the Commonwealth, the young and ambitious sultan Osman II send a letter to king Sigismund III with the threats of a new war and the burning of Kraków.

When in 1439 both Duke Frederick IV of Further Austria and King Albert II of Germany, Duke of Austria died, Archduke Frederick assumed the guardianship over their minor sons Sigismund and Ladislaus the Posthumous.

Sigismund had to reconfirm his loyalty to these provisions on January 20, 1433 ; February 27, 1434 ; December 6, 1437 ; and October 31, 1439.

The plan failed and Sigismund was forced to re-confirm the Union of Grodno in 1437 and 1439.

The successors of Sigismund: Albert ( 1437 – 1439 ), Ladislaus Posthumus ( 1453 – 1457 ), and Matthias Corvinus ( 1458 – 1490 )—- likewise confirmed the privilegium of Béla IV.

* 1486 – Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat and historian ( d. 1566 )

* 1432 – The first battle between the forces of Švitrigaila and Sigismund Kęstutaitis is fought near the town of Oszmiana ( Ashmyany ), launching the most active phase of the Lithuanian Civil War.

* 1408 – The Order of the Dragon a monarchical chivalric order is created by Sigismund of Luxembourg, then King of Hungary.

* 1594 – Having already inherited the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother Catherine Jagellonica of Poland in 1587, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, having succeeded his father John III of Sweden in 1592.

It therefore proved somewhat damaging that Sigismund of Luxemburg ( king 1410, emperor 1433 – 37 ) and Frederick III of Habsburg ( king 1440, emperor 1452 – 93 ) neglected the old core lands of the empire and mostly resided in their own lands.

** 1608 – 1618: John I / III Sigismund ( Regent, also Elector of Brandenburg )

* 1618 – 1619: John I / III Sigismund ( Regent, also Elector of Brandenburg )

* Hedwig Jagiellon ( 1513 – 1573 ), daughter of Sigismund I the Old of Poland and his first wife the Hungarian Countess Barbara Zápolya.

* 1569 – The King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Sigismund II Augustus finally sign the document of union between Poland and Lithuania, creating new country known as Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth.

* 1572 – Sigismund II Augustus of Poland ( b. 1520 )

# Sigismund ( 20 November 1592 – 30 April 1640 )

* John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ( 8 November 1572 – 23 December 1619 )

John Sigismund () ( 8 November 1572 – 23 December 1619 ) was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern.

On 30 October 1594, John Sigismund married Anna of Prussia, daughter of Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia ( 1553 – 1618 ).

After all parties had been financially drained, Frederick II let his ally, King Sigismund II Augustus of Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth, know that he was ready for peace.

* 524 – King Sigismund of Burgundy is executed at Orléans after an 8-year reign and is succeeded by his brother Godomar.

* 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.

* 1496 – Sigismund of Austria ( b. 1427 )

* 1557 – Bona Sforza, Queen of Sigismund I of Poland ( b. 1494 )

* 1427 – Archduke Sigismund of Austria ( d. 1496 )

* 1611 – Russian homage to the King of Poland, Sigismund III Vasa.