Sigismund (variants: Sigmund, 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".

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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 i ...

''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, 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 ...

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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 Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

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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 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's ...

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

(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 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 (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 meticulo ...

(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 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 psychopathology, pathologies explained as originatin ...

(1856–1939), Austrian founder of psychoanalysis born Sigismund Schlomo Freud * Sigismund Gelenius (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 Sigismund Ernst Hohenwart (1745–1825) was the third bishop of Linz from 1809 to 1825. He had been a cathedral canon of Gurk and Vicar-General of Klagenfurt. He was appointed by the emperor on 10 January 1809, but the appointment did not rec ...

(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 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 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 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 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 (1829–1909), Prussian general and military theorist * Sigismund von Schrattenbach (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 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 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 Space Marine character from the

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''. 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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