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Sigismund III Vasa [a] (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 from 1592 to 1599. He was the first Polish sovereign from the House of Vasa .
The Polish–Swedish union was a short-lived personal union between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Kingdom of Sweden between 1592 and 1599. It began when Sigismund III Vasa, elected King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, was crowned King of Sweden following the death of his father John III.
King Sigismund III Vasa, a talented but somewhat despotic ruler, involved the country in many wars, which subsequently resulted in the successful capture of Moscow and the loss of Livonia to Sweden. His son, Władysław IV Vasa , fiercely defended the Commonwealth's borders and continued the policy of his father until his death, unlike John II ...
King Sigismund of Poland may refer to: Sigismund I the Old (1467–1548), King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania; Sigismund II Augustus (1520–1572), King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania; Sigismund III Vasa (1566–1632), King of Poland, Sweden and Grand Duke of Lithuania
In the Treaty of Oliva, the Polish King, John II Casimir, renounced his claims to the Swedish crown, which his father Sigismund III Vasa had lost in 1599. Poland formally ceded Swedish Livonia and the city of Riga, which had been under de facto Swedish control since the 1620s. [77] The signing of the treaty ended Swedish involvement in the Deluge.
Sigismund III Vasa 1566–1587–1632: John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 1575–1616: Maria Anna of Austria 1610–1665) Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor 1608–1657: Cecilia Renata of Austria 1611–1644: Władysław IV 1595–1632–1648: John II Casimir 1609–1672 r. 1648–1668: Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 1597–1659: John ...
Sigismund III Vasa King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, King of Sweden; Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368–1437), also King of Hungary and King of Bohemia; Sigismund Kęstutaitis (c. 1365–1440), Grand Duke of Lithuania; Sigismund Korybut (c. 1395-c. 1435), Lithuanian duke who participated in Hussite Wars; Sigismund II, Prince of ...
The staunchly Catholic King of Poland was supported in his ambition by Pope Clement VIII, who hoped to increase his influence over the Russian Orthodox Church. After Sigismund III's negotiations with Moscow proved unsuccessful, the Poles invaded Russia in 1604 and took Moscow, introducing Sigismund III's protege, False Dmitry, to the throne.