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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sigismund_III_VasaSigismund III Vasa - Wikipedia

    Sigismund III Vasa (Polish: Zygmunt III Waza, Lithuanian: Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to 1599.

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  3. www.britannica.com › biography › Sigismund-III-VasaSigismund III Vasa | King of Poland and of Sweden | Britannica

    Apr 30, 2024 · Sigismund III Vasa (born June 20, 1566, Gripsholm, Swed.—died April 30, 1632, Warsaw, Pol.) was the king of Poland (1587–1632) and of Sweden (1592–99) who sought to effect a permanent union of Poland and Sweden but instead created hostile relations and wars between the two states lasting until 1660. The elder son of King John III Vasa of ...

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › House_of_VasaHouse of Vasa - Wikipedia

    Their Catholic son Sigismund III Vasa, then ruler of a short-lived Polish–Swedish union, was usurped in 1599 by John's Protestant brother King Charles IX of Sweden in the War against Sigismund. The dynasty was then split into a Protestant Swedish branch and a Catholic Polish one, which contended for crowns in subsequent wars.

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  6. www.newworldencyclopedia.org › Sigismund_III_VasaSigismund III Vasa - New World Encyclopedia

    Sigismund III Vasa (Polish: Zygmunt III Waza) (June 20, 1566 – April 30, 1632) was Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Polish, a monarch of the united Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 to 1632, and King of Sweden (where he was known simply as Sigismund) from 1592 until he was deposed in 1599. He was the son of King John III of Sweden ...

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  7. www.britannica.com › topic › history-of-SwedenHistory of Sweden - The early Vasa kings (1523–1611)

    Their son, Sigismund III Vasa, was elected king of Poland in 1587 before inheriting the throne of Sweden in 1592. Opposition to Sigismund developed because of his Roman Catholicism and his extensive stays in Poland.

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    Sigismund III Vasa was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to 1599. He was the first Polish sovereign from the House of Vasa.

  10. www.britannica.com › topic › House-of-VasaHouse of Vasa | Royal Family, Reformation, Monarchy

    A grandson of Gustav I Vasa became king of Poland, as Sigismund III Vasa, in 1587 and was concurrently king of Sweden from 1592. On Sigismund’s death in 1604, a son, Władysław IV Vasa, was elected to the Polish throne; and an uncle, Charles IX, already regent, received the Swedish crown.

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