Sigismund (variants: Sigmund, Siegmund) is a German proper name, meaning "protection through victory", from Old High German ''sigu'' "victory" + ''munt'' "hand, protection". Tacitus latinises it '' Segimundus''. 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 or Old High German ''sigu'' (both from about 9th century). A 5th century Prince of Burgundy was known both as ''Sigismund'' and ''Sigimund'' (see Ernst Förstemann, ''Altdeutsche Personennamen'', 1906; Henning Kaufmann, ''Altdeutsche Personennamen'', Ergänzungsband, 1968). Its Hungarian equivalent is Zsigmond. A Lithuanian name

Žygimantas Žygimantas is a Lithuanian masculine given name, which is a variant of Sigismund, a German name meaning "protection through victory." Notable people with the name include: *Žygimantas II of Lithuania (1467–1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke ...

, meaning "wealth of (military) campaign", from

Lithuanian Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ...

''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 Ruthenian ( Belarusian: руская мова; Ukrainian: руська мова; Ruthenian: руска(ѧ) мова; also see other names) is an exonymic linguonym for a closely-related group of East Slavic linguistic varieties, particularly th ...

as Жыгімонт (such are the cases of

Sigismund Kestutaitis Sigismund (variants: Sigmund, Siegmund) is a German proper name, meaning "protection through victory", from Old High German ''sigu'' "victory" + ''munt'' "hand, protection". Tacitus latinises it ''Segimundus''. There appears to be an older form of ...

, Sigismund Korybut,

Sigismund I the Old Sigismund I the Old ( pl, Zygmunt I Stary, lt, Žygimantas II Senasis; 1 January 1467 – 1 April 1548) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1506 until his death in 1548. Sigismund I was a member of the Jagiellonian dynasty, the ...

, Sigismund II Augustus). The Polish spelling is

Zygmunt Zygmunt, Zigmunt, Zigmund and spelling variations thereof are masculine given names and occasionally surnames. People so named include: Given name Medieval period * Sigismund I the Old (1467–1548), Zygmunt I Stary in Polish, King of Poland and Gr ...

, and the Croatian variant is Žigmund. Sigismund was the name of various European rulers: * Saint Sigismund of Burgundy (died 523), King of the Burgundians * Sigismund I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (died 1405) *

Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg (15 February 1368 – 9 December 1437) was a monarch as King of Hungary and Croatia ('' jure uxoris'') from 1387, King of Germany from 1410, King of Bohemia from 1419, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 until his death in ...

(1368–1437), also King of Hungary and King of Bohemia * Sigismund Kęstutaitis (c. 1365–1440), Grand Duke of Lithuania * Sigismund Korybut (c. 1395-c. 1435), Lithuanian duke who participated in Hussite Wars * Sigismund II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (died after 1452) * Sigismund, Archduke of Austria (1427–1496), ruler of Further Austria * Sigismund of Bavaria (1439–1501), Duke of Bavaria *

(1467–1548), King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania *

Sigismund von Herberstein Siegmund (Sigismund) Freiherr von Herberstein (or Baron Sigismund von Herberstein; 23 August 1486 – 28 March 1566) was a Carniolan diplomat, writer, historian and member of the Holy Roman Empire Imperial Council. He was most noted for his extensi ...

(1486–1566), Carniolan diplomat, writer, historian and member of the Holy Roman Empire Imperial Council * Sigismund II Augustus (1520–1572), King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania * Sigismund of Brandenburg (1538–1566), Prince-Archbishop of Magdeburg and Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Halberstadt * Sigismund Rákóczi (died 1608), briefly Prince of Transylvania * Sigismund III Vasa (1566–1632), King of Poland, Sweden and Grand Duke of Lithuania * Sigismund Báthory (1572–1613), Prince of Transylvania * John Sigismund (1572-1618), Elector of Brandenburg * Sigismund Francis of Austria (1630–1665), ruler of Further Austria * Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1864-1866) *

Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1896–1978) Prince William Victor Charles Augustus Henry Sigismund of Prussia (german: Wilhelm Viktor Karl August Heinrich Sigismund; 27 November 1896 at Kiel – 14 November 1978 at Esparza, Costa Rica), was the second son of Prince Henry of Prussia and ...

Ishak Bey Kraloğlu Ishak Bey Kraloğlu ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Ishak-beg Kraljević, Исхак-бег Краљевић; died after 1493), christened Sigismund Tomašević (), was a Bosnian prince, the last known member of the House of Kotromanić and an Ottoman statesman. ...

or Sigismund of Bosnia (born in the 1450s?), son of King Stephen Thomas of Bosnia Others named Sigismund include: * Sigismund Albicus (c. 1360–1427), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Prague * Sigismund Bachrich (1841–1913), Hungarian composer, violinist and violist * Sigismund Bacstrom (c. 1750-1805), German doctor, surgeon and scholar of alchemy *

Sigismund Payne Best Captain Sigismund Payne Best OBE (14 April 1885 – 21 September 1978) was a British Secret Intelligence Service agent during the First and Second World Wars. He was captured by German Gestapo and ''Sicherheitsdienst'' (SD) men on 9 November 19 ...

(1885–1978), British secret agent during the First and Second World Wars *

Sigismund von Braun Sigismund Freiherr von Braun (14 April 1911 – 13 July 1998) was a German diplomat and Secretary of State in the Foreign Office (1970–1972). Biography Sigismund von Braun was born in Berlin- Zehlendorf in 1911, the eldest son of the East Pru ...

(1911–1998), German diplomat and Secretary of State * Sigismund Danielewicz (1847–1927), California trade union organizer and anarchist * Sigmund Freud (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 Sigismund von Götzen or Sigmundt von Götz (1576–1650) was the Calvinist chancellor of the privy council of George William, Elector of Brandenburg. In 1630, he forced out of office the Roman Catholic Count Adam of Schwarzenberg, who had been ...

(1576–1650), German diplomat and politician * Sigismund Ernst Hohenwart (1745–1825), Bishop of Linz *

Sigismund Koelle Sigismund Wilhelm Koelle or Kölle (July 14, 1823 – February 18, 1902) was a German missionary working on behalf of the London-based Church Missionary Society, at first in Sierra Leone, where he became a pioneer scholar of the languages of Africa ...

(1820–1902), German missionary and pioneer scholar of African languages *

Zsigmond Kornfeld Zsigmond Kornfeld (1902) Zsigmond Kornfeld (27 March 1852 – 24 March 1909) was a Bohemian-born Jewish Hungarian banker, economist, and baron. Life Kornfeld was born on 27 March 1852 in Golčův Jeníkov, Bohemia, Austrian Empire. His uncle was ...

(1852–1909), Hungarian banker and baron * Sigismund Ernst Richard Krone (1861–1917), German naturalist, zoologist, spelunker, archaeologist and researcher * Sigismund Mendl (1866—1945), British politician *

Sigismund von Neukomm Sigismond Neukomm or Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm fter ennoblement as a knight">ennoblement.html" ;"title="fter ennoblement">fter ennoblement as a knight(10 July 1778, in Salzburg – 3 April 1858, in Paris) was an Austrian composer and pianist ...

(1778–1858), Austrian composer and pianist * Sigismund Felix Freiherr von Ow-Felldorf (1855–1936), Bishop of Passau *

Sigismund von Reitzenstein Freiherr Sigismund Karl Johann von Reitzenstein (3 February 1766 in Nemmersdorf - 5 March 1847 in Karlsruhe) was the first minister of state of the Grand Duchy of Baden. From 1781, Reitzenstein studied law in Göttingen and Erlangen before gett ...

(1766–1847), first minister of state of the Grand Duchy of Baden *

Sigismund von Schlichting Sigismund Wilhelm Lorenz von Schlichting (3 October 1829 – 22 October 1909) was a Prussian general and military theorist, perhaps best known for his participation in the debates over infantry tactics in the 1880s and 1890s. Schlichting was ...

(1829–1909), Prussian general and military theorist * Sigismund von Schrattenbach (1698–1771), Archbishop of Salzburg * Sigismund Streit (1687–1775), German merchant and art patron in Venice *

Sigismund Zaremba Sigismund Vladislavovitch Zaremba (Russian: Сигизмунд Владиславович Заремба, 11 June 1861 Zhytomyr, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire – 27 November 1915 Petrograd, Russian Empire) was a Ukrainian and Russian ...

(1861–1915), Ukrainian and Russian composer * Sigismund Zinzan, 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 Space Marine character from the Warhammer 40,000 novel series, ''

The Horus Heresy ''The Horus Heresy'' is an ongoing series of science fantasy set in the fictional ''Warhammer 40,000'' setting of tabletop miniatures wargame company Games Workshop. Penned by several authors, the series takes place during the Horus Heresy, a ...

''. Other things named Sigismund: * Sigismund Bell, a famous bell in the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków, cast in 1520

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