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2 days ago · Vasa. Father. John III of Sweden. Mother. Catherine Jagiellon. Religion. Roman Catholicism. Signature. 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 ...
- Władysław IV
Władysław IV Vasa or Ladislaus IV of Poland (9 June 1595 –...
- Charles Ix
Charles IX, also Carl (Swedish: Karl IX; 4 October 1550 – 30...
- Anna Jagiellon
Anna Jagiellon (Polish: Anna Jagiellonka, Lithuanian: Ona...
- Sigismund's Column
Sigismund's Column (Polish: Kolumna Zygmunta), originally...
- Polish–Swedish Union
The Polish–Swedish union was a short-lived personal union...
- Catherine Jagiellon
Catherine Jagiellon (Polish: Katarzyna Jagiellonka; Swedish:...
- Władysław IV
3 days ago · Teutonic Order. The Teutonic Order is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society c. 1190 in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem was formed to aid Christians on their pilgrimages to the Holy Land and to establish hospitals.
- c. 1190 – present
3 days ago · The term "Recovered Territories" is a collective term for different areas with different histories, which can be grouped into three categories: Those that once had been part of the Polish state during the rule of the Piasts, many of which later on had been part of various Piast, Griffin , Jagiellon and Sobieski -ruled duchies, some up to the ...
1 day ago · Jagiellon Poland (1385–1569) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795) Napoleonic Wars (Duchy of Warsaw) Poland under partitions (1815–1918) Second Polish Republic (1918–1939) Poland during World War II (1939–1945) Communist Poland (1945–1989) Third Polish Republic (1989–present) See also.
3 days ago · 04/03/2024. Saint Casimir of Poland. Feast Day: March 4 – CNA. On March 4, the Catholic Church honors Saint Casimir Jagiellon, a prince whose life of service to God has made him a patron saint of Poland, Lithuania, and young people. In 1984, Pope John Paul II addressed Lithuanian pilgrims commemorating the 500th anniversary of the prince’s death.
5 days ago · George Weigel fittingly titled his book about Krakow City of Saints.Indeed, throughout the centuries, many saints and blesseds have called Poland’s second-largest city (and the nation’s former capital) home, including Pope St. John Paul II, St. Albert Chmielowski, Casimir Jagiellon and St. Faustina Kowalska.
3 days ago · The Hasmonean dynasty [4] ( / hæzməˈniːən /; Hebrew: חַשְׁמוֹנָאִים Ḥašmōnāʾīm; Greek: Ασμοναϊκή δυναστεία) was a ruling dynasty of Judea and surrounding regions during the Hellenistic times of the Second Temple period (part of classical antiquity ), from c. 140 BCE to 37 BCE.
