War of the Swedish Succession (Sigismund III, 1598)

Name: War of the Swedish Succession (Sigismund III, 1598)
Start: 1598
End: 1599

Type Event Region Northern Europe Time 1598–1599

King Sigismund III of Poland and Sweden launched a military campaign to reclaim the Swedish throne usurped by his uncle Charles IX.…

Timeline

1598Finland and southern Sweden · UusimaaSigismund III landed by sea in Finland with Polish and Habsburg reinforcements, attempting to recover the Swedish throne as a Catholic king, and advanced south toward Linköping to confront his uncle Charles IX.
1598Stångebro · ÖstergötlandCharles IX's forces defeated Sigismund's troops near the bridge at Stångebro, where religious and dynastic tensions between the Catholic and Lutheran camps intensified on the battlefield; Sigismund was forced to sign a peace treaty and withdraw to Poland.
1599Stockholm · StockholmThe Swedish Riksdag confirmed Charles IX as the lawful king in 1599 and formally deposed Sigismund; the Vasa dynasty split into Polish and Swedish branches, and the two countries went to war multiple times thereafter.

War against Sigismund https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_against_Sigismund
The Northern Wars: War, State and Society in Northeastern Europe, 1558-1721 — Robert I. Frost (2000)