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John II Casimir

Type Figure Region Poland Time 1609–1672 Also known as John Casimir Vasa

John II Casimir (1609–1672), a member of Poland's Vasa dynasty, was active as prince and general in the 1630s, became king in 1648 amid Cossack upris…

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  1. 1632–1640Kraków · Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthIn the 1630s John Casimir, as a member of the Vasa royal house, took part in the Commonwealth's military and political affairs under his brother Władysław IV; he traveled to Spain and elsewhere and represented Commonwealth interests in the aftermath of the Thirty Years' War, accumulating military-political experience ahead of his 1648 accession.

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