births
August 23, 1486
Sigismund von Herberstein, Slovenian historian and diplomat (died 1566)
Sigismund von Herberstein
Siegmund (Sigismund) Freiherr von Herberstein was a Carniolan diplomat, writer, historian and member of the Holy Roman Empire Imperial Council. He was most noted for his extensive writing on the geography, history and customs of Russia, and contributed greatly to early Western European knowledge of that area.