Sigismund (variants:

Sigmund In Norse mythology, Sigmund ( non, Sigmundr , ang, Sigemund) is a hero whose story is told in the Völsunga saga. He and his sister, Signý, are the children of Völsung and his wife Hljod. Sigmund is best known as the father of Sigurð the d ...

, Siegmund) is a German proper name, meaning "protection through victory", from

Old High German Old High German (OHG; german: Althochdeutsch (Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally covering the period from around 750 to 1050. There is no standardised or supra-regional form of German at this period, and Old High ...

''sigu'' "victory" + ''munt'' "hand, protection".

Tacitus Publius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus ( , ; – ), was a Roman historian and politician. Tacitus is widely regarded as one of the greatest Roman historians by modern scholars. The surviving portions of his two major works—the ...

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Segimundus Julius Segimundus was a nobleman of the Germanic peoples, Germanic Cherusci. Segimundus was a son of Segestes. His father was a close ally of the Roman Empire and were therefore followers of the Imperial cult of ancient Rome, imperial cult of Au ...

''. There appears to be an older form of the High German word "Sieg" (victory): ''sigis'', obviously Gothic and an inferred Germanic form, and there is a younger form: ''sigi'', which is

Old Saxon Old Saxon, also known as Old Low German, was a Germanic language and the earliest recorded form of Low German (spoken nowadays in Northern Germany, the northeastern Netherlands, southern Denmark, the Americas and parts of Eastern Europe). It ...

''sigu'' (both from about 9th century). A 5th century Prince of Burgundy was known both as ''Sigismund'' and ''Sigimund'' (see

Ernst Förstemann Ernst Wilhelm Förstemann (Danzig, 18 September 1822 – Charlottenburg, 4 November 1906) was a German historian, mathematician, doctor of linguistics, librarian, and director of the Saxon State Library (german: Sächsische Landesbibliothek) in D ...

, ''Altdeutsche Personennamen'', 1906; Henning Kaufmann, ''Altdeutsche Personennamen'', Ergänzungsband, 1968). Its Hungarian equivalent is Zsigmond. A Lithuanian name Žygimantas, meaning "wealth of (military) campaign", from Lithuanian ''žygis'' "campaign, march" + ''manta'' "goods, wealth" has been a substitution of the name ''Sigismund'' in the Lithuanian language, from which it was adopted by the Ruthenian language as Жыгімонт (such are the cases of Sigismund Kestutaitis,

Sigismund Korybut Sigismund Korybut ( lt, Žygimantas Kaributaitis; be, Жыгімонт Карыбутавіч; pl, Zygmunt Korybutowicz; cz, Zikmund Korybutovič; uk, Жиґимонт Корибутович or Сигізмунд Корибутович, 1395 � ...

, Sigismund I the Old,

Sigismund II Augustus Sigismund II Augustus ( pl, Zygmunt II August, lt, Žygimantas Augustas; 1 August 1520 – 7 July 1572) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548. He was the first ruler ...

). The

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...

spelling is Zygmunt, and the Croatian variant is Žigmund. Sigismund was the name of various European rulers: * Saint

Sigismund of Burgundy Sigismund ( la, Sigismundus; died 524 AD) was King of the Burgundians from 516 until his death. He was the son of king Gundobad and Caretene. He succeeded his father in 516. Sigismund and his brother Godomar were defeated in battle by Clovis' ...

(died 523), King of the Burgundians *

Sigismund I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau Sigismund I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (died Coswig, 19 January 1405), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst until 1396, when he became the first ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Dessau. He w ...

(died 1405) * Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368–1437), also King of Hungary and King of Bohemia *

Sigismund Kęstutaitis Sigismund Kęstutaitis ( lt, Žygimantas I Kęstutaitis, pl, Zygmunt Kiejstutowicz; 136520 March 1440) was the Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1432 to 1440. Sigismund was his baptismal name, while his pagan Lithuanian birth name is unknown. He was ...

(c. 1365–1440), Grand Duke of Lithuania *

(c. 1395-c. 1435), Lithuanian duke who participated in Hussite Wars *

Sigismund II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau Sigismund II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (died aft. 22 May 1452) was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Dessau. He was the fourth son of Sigismund I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, by his wife Judith, daughter ...

(died after 1452) *

Sigismund, Archduke of Austria Sigismund (26 October 1427 – 4 March 1496), a member of the House of Habsburg, was List of rulers of Austria, Duke of Austria from 1439 (elevated to Archduke in 1477) until his death. As a scion of the Habsburg Leopoldian line, he ruled ov ...

(1427–1496), ruler of Further Austria *

Sigismund of Bavaria Sigismund of Bavaria (26 July 1439 – 1 February 1501) was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty. He ruled as Duke of Bavaria-Munich from 1460 to 1467, and then as Duke of Bavaria-Dachau until his death. Biography Sigismund was the third son of ...

(1439–1501), Duke of Bavaria * Sigismund I the Old (1467–1548), King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania * Sigismund von Herberstein (1486–1566), Carniolan diplomat, writer, historian and member of the Holy Roman Empire Imperial Council *

(1520–1572), King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania *

Sigismund of Brandenburg Sigismund of Brandenburg (1538–1566) was Prince-Archbishop of Magdeburg and Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Halberstadt. Life Sigismund was born on 11 December 1538 in Cölln; the son of the Elector of Brandenburg, Joachim II (1505� ...

(1538–1566), Prince-Archbishop of Magdeburg and Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Halberstadt *

Sigismund Rákóczi Sigismund Rákóczi ( hu, Rákóczi Zsigmond; 1544 – 5 December 1608) was Prince of Transylvania from 1607 to 1608. He was the son of János Rákóczi, a lesser nobleman with estates in Upper Hungary. Sigismund began a military career as the ...

(died 1608), briefly Prince of Transylvania *

Sigismund III Vasa Sigismund III Vasa ( pl, Zygmunt III Waza, lt, Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to ...

(1566–1632), King of Poland, Sweden and Grand Duke of Lithuania *

Sigismund Báthory Sigismund Báthory ( hu, Báthory Zsigmond; 1573 – 27 March 1613) was Prince of Transylvania several times between 1586 and 1602, and Duke of Racibórz and Opole in Silesia in 1598. His father, Christopher Báthory, ruled Transylvania as vo ...

(1572–1613), Prince of Transylvania * John Sigismund (1572-1618), Elector of Brandenburg *

Sigismund Francis of Austria Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Further Austria (27 November 1630 – 25 June 1665) was the ruler of Further Austria including Tyrol from 1662 to 1665. Biography He was born at Innsbruck, the second son of Leopold V, Archduke of Austria and Clau ...

(1630–1665), ruler of Further Austria *

Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1864-1866) Prince Sigismund of Prussia may refer to: * Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1864-1866): lived 22 months *Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1896-1978) Prince Sigismund of Prussia may refer to: * Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1864-1866): lived 22 months * Prin ...

* Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1896–1978) * Ishak Bey Kraloğlu or Sigismund of Bosnia (born in the 1450s?), son of King Stephen Thomas of Bosnia Others named Sigismund include: *

Sigismund Albicus Sigismund Albicus ( cs, Zikmund Albík z Uničova) (c.1360 – July 23, 1427) was a Roman Catholic Archbishop of Prague and a Moravian. Albicus was born at Uničov, Moravia, and entered the University of Prague when quite young, taking his ...

(c. 1360–1427), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Prague *

Sigismund Bachrich Sigismund Bachrich (23 January 1841 – 16 July 1913), aka Sigmund Bachrich or Siegmund Bachrich, was a Hungarian composer, violinist, and violist of Jewish origin. He was born in Žabokreky in 1841. He studied violin at the Vienna Conservat ...

(1841–1913), Hungarian composer, violinist and violist *

Sigismund Bacstrom Sigismund Bacstrom (c.1750-1805) Harvard Divinity School. 2007. Introductory bio. was a doctor, a surgeon, and a notable artist of the early Maritime Fur Trade. His drawings of the people and places he encountered on his voyages show the meticul ...

(c. 1750-1805), German doctor, surgeon and scholar of alchemy * Sigismund Payne Best (1885–1978), British secret agent during the First and Second World Wars * Sigismund von Braun (1911–1998), German diplomat and Secretary of State *

Sigismund Danielewicz Sigismund Danielewicz (1847–1927) was a Polish-born labor organizer in San Francisco. After an 1885 speech advocating against persecution of Chinese people by the labor movement made him unwelcome in the movement, he worked as an anarchist wri ...

(1847–1927), California trade union organizer and anarchist *

Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud ( , ; born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies explained as originating in conflicts ...

(1856–1939), Austrian founder of psychoanalysis born Sigismund Schlomo Freud *

Sigismund Gelenius Sigismund Gelenius (1497 – 1554), also known as Sigismund Gelen or Sigmund Gelen, was born as cs, Zikmund Hrubý z Jelení, into a family of Bohemian nobles in Prague. He was an eminent Greek scholar and humanist, trained by the Cretan schola ...

(1497–1554), Greek scholar and humanist *

Sigismund Goldwater Sigismund Schulz Goldwater (February 7, 1873 – October 22, 1942)''Deaths of Fellows'' (1943) Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. 19(3), 224. was a physician and hospital administrator. Biography Goldwater earned his medical degree in ...

(1873–1942), physician, hospital administrator, and New York City Commissioner of Health * Sigismund von Götzen (1576–1650), German diplomat and politician * Sigismund Ernst Hohenwart (1745–1825), Bishop of Linz * Sigismund Koelle (1820–1902), German missionary and pioneer scholar of African languages * Zsigmond Kornfeld (1852–1909), Hungarian banker and baron *

Sigismund Ernst Richard Krone Sigismund Ernst Richard Krone was a German naturalist, zoologist, spelunker, archaeologist and researcher born on 18 June 1861 in Dresden, Germany. Having been the discoverer of the Devil's Cave in 1891, together with the Danish naturalist Pet ...

(1861–1917), German naturalist, zoologist, spelunker, archaeologist and researcher *

Sigismund Mendl Sir Sigismund Ferdinand Mendl (2 December 1866 – 17 July 1945) was a British Liberal Party politician and businessman. Early life Mendl was born in Kensington, the son of Czech-born grain importer and shipowner Ferdinand and Jeanette Rac ...

(1866—1945), British politician * Sigismund von Neukomm (1778–1858), Austrian composer and pianist *

Sigismund Felix Freiherr von Ow-Felldorf Sigismund Felix Freiherr von Ow-Felldorf (18 October 1855 in Berchtesgaden – 11 May 1936 in Passau) was the Bishop of Passau, Germany, from 1907 until his death in 1936. He was first consecrated by Bishop Ignatius von Senestrey, was ordai ...

(1855–1936), Bishop of Passau * Sigismund von Reitzenstein (1766–1847), first minister of state of the Grand Duchy of Baden * Sigismund von Schlichting (1829–1909), Prussian general and military theorist *

Sigismund von Schrattenbach Sigismund Graf von Schrattenbach (28 February 1698 – 16 December 1771) was Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg from 1753 to 1771. Both Leopold and Wolfgang Mozart served under him. Life He was born in Graz, Styria, the son of Count Otto Heinr ...

(1698–1771), Archbishop of Salzburg *

Sigismund Streit Sigismund Streit (13 April 1687 – in Berlin; 20 December 1775 in Padua) was a prominent German merchant and art patron of the 18th century in Venice. Life Born in Berlin, he came to Venice in 1709, where he accumulated substantial wealth. ...

(1687–1775), German merchant and art patron in Venice * Sigismund Zaremba (1861–1915), Ukrainian and Russian composer *

Sigismund Zinzan Sir Sigismund Zinzan ''alias'' Sir Sigismund Alexander was an equerry to Queen Elizabeth I and a champion in the tiltyard who participated in tournaments during the latter years of Queen Elizabeth's reign and throughout the reign of King James. ...

, an equerry to Queen Elizabeth I of England Sigismund may also refer to fictional characters: * Segismundo, main character of Calderón de la Barca's '' La vida es sueño''. *Sigismund, a

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character from the

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novel series, '' The Horus Heresy''. Other things named Sigismund: *

Sigismund Bell The Royal Sigismund Bell ( pl, Królewski Dzwon Zygmunt or ) is the largest of the five bells hanging in the Sigismund Tower of the Wawel Cathedral in the Polish city of Kraków. It was cast in 1520 by Hans Behem and named after King Sigismund I ...

, a famous bell in the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków, cast in 1520

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