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, 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 I the Old, Sigismund II Augustus). The Polish spelling is Zygmunt, 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 (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 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 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) Ishak Bey Kraloğlu 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