Sigismund I Jagiello/Talk

I'm beginning to really question the title of this article. Is there some reason it's not Sigismund I of Poland? I'm asking because frankly it would never occur to me to look up a king by his family name -- although I would look up a family name in connection to a particular dynasty. Could other historian types please weigh in?

On another point, I would like to encourage everybody to avoid prosopography instead of actual history -- lists of relatives are the historical equivalent of dictionary entries -- and we all know that the Wikipedia isn't a dictionary! JHK

Actually, in Polish history he is known as Zygmunt Stary (Sigismund the Old). His son, howeverm is known as Zygmunt II August (Sigismud II August). I have no clue how to name the pages though. -- WojPob

Thanks! I was hoping one of the Polish contingent would answer! My suggestion is that we do a link of Sigismund I of Poland|Sigismund the Old -- that would allow folks to look under both names. I think the Jagiello stuff should go into a separate page -- like Hohenzollern, etc. JHK

There is a Jagiello page like the Hohezollern one: Jagiello. -- Paul Drye