Just before the Union of Lublin (1569), the four voivodeships of (Kiev, Podlaskie, Bracław, and Wołyń) of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were transferred to the Polish Crown by direct order of Sigismund II Augustus while the Duchy of Livonia, acquired in 1561, became a condominium (joint domain) of both Lithuania and Poland.
Sigismund II Augustus (1520 – 1572), King of Poland and Grand Duke Sigismund III of Lithuania
Originally commissioned by King Sigismund II Augustus, these tapestries came into existence to commemorate the commencement of his third marriage.
Augustus | Sigismund | Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor | Augustus John | Augustus Saint-Gaudens | Sigismund III Vasa | Augustus Pugin | Augustus II the Strong | Augustus De Morgan | Sigismund I the Old | Charles Augustus FitzRoy | F. Augustus Heinze | Ernest Augustus I of Hanover | Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | Sigismund II Augustus | John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg | Augustus III of Poland | Augustus (honorific) | Seimone Augustus | George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield | Frank Augustus Miller | Augustus Pablo | Augustus Noble Hand | Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex | Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia | Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg | Frederick Augustus II | Fort Augustus | Ernest Augustus Taylor | Charles Augustus Wheaton |
During this period Sigismund II Augustus, the King of Poland and Duke of Lithuania appointed them as administrators of Lithuania, based at Kražiai.