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Sigismund III

Type Figure Region Poland Time c. 1566–1632 Also known as Sigismund III

Sigismund III (c. 1566–1632) of the Swedish Vasa dynasty was king of both the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden;…

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  1. 1587–1599Kraków · PolandElected King of Poland in 1587 and heir to the Swedish throne in 1592; his Catholic policies and centralization provoked resistance from the Swedish Protestant nobility, and after his defeat at Stångebro in 1598 he was deposed by the Swedish Riksdag in 1599, shattering the two-crowns ideal.
  2. 1601–1610Warsaw · PolandAfter losing Sweden, Sigismund III made Warsaw his political center, strengthened royal authority, and intervened in northern affairs. Polish–Swedish relations remained tense; he pressed the Swedish border and watched Russian turmoil to advance Commonwealth interests in the east, laying groundwork for the later Polish–Muscovite War.

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