Stephen Báthory
The Poles recognized that both countries' noble classes employed similar military tactics, weaponry, lifestyles and share common history, making them "brothers". When the Poles elected the Hungarian Stephen Báthory (prince of Transylvania) king of Poland in 1576, he introduced military reforms: creating Poland's hussars and importing from Transylvania Poland's first saber-makers, promoting the superior sword. In Poland, the "szabla" became known as the "szabla węgierska" ("Hungarian saber") or "batorówka" after King Stephen Báthory; it was subsequently called the "zygmuntówka" after Poland's King Sigismund III Vasa and the "augustówka" after King Augustus III.