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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 1592 to 1599. He was the first Polish sovereign from the House of Vasa.
- 19 August 1587 – 30 April 1632
- Catherine Jagiellon
30 de abr. de 2024 · Sigismund III Vasa (born June 20, 1566, Gripsholm, Swed.—died April 30, 1632, Warsaw, Pol.) was the king of Poland (1587–1632) and of Sweden (1592–99) who sought to effect a permanent union of Poland and Sweden but instead created hostile relations and wars between the two states lasting until 1660. The elder son of King John ...
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Royal titles in Latin: Sigismundus Tertius Dei gratia rex Poloniæ, magnus dux Lithuaniæ, Russiæ, Prussiæ, Masoviæ, Samogitiæ, Livoniæque, necnon Suecorum, Gothorum Vandalorumque hæreditarius rex.
He was born at Gripsholm during his parents' imprisonment by King Eric XIV. Although Sweden was Protestant, Sigismund was raised a Catholic. This fact, combined with the troublesome personal union, would later strike back at his attempts to find support in Sweden. His mother, Katarzyna Jagiellonka, was the daughter of Sigismund I the Old and his wi...
Sigismund III Vasa is mainly remembered for his part in initiating and perpetuating a series of wars that coincided with his own futile struggle for full control of a Polish-Swedish Commonwealth. During his lifetime, he would have a hand in drawing his subjects into the harrowing Thirty Years' War and effectively leading Polandto the end of its Gol...
Lukowski, Jerzy, and Hubert Zawadzki. 2001. A Concise History of Poland. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521559170.Kieniewicz, Stefan. 1984. Warszawa w latach 1526-1795. Warsaw, PL: Państwowe Wydawn. Naukowe. ISBN 8301033231.Muzeum Zamku i Szpitala Wojskowega na Ujazdowie. Zamek Ujazdowski.Retrieved October 24, 2008.Oakley, Stewart P. 1992. War and Peace in the Baltic, 1560-1790. London: Routledge. ISBN 0415024722.The column and statue commemorate King Sigismund III Vasa, who in 1596 had moved Poland's capital from Kraków to Warsaw. On the Corinthian column which used to be of red marble and is 8.5 m (28 ft) tall, a sculpture of the King, 2.75 m (9 ft) tall, in archaistic armour is placed. [3] .
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. The union ended following a civil war in Sweden in which he lost the crown to his uncle, who eventually became Charles IX.
Sigismund III Vasa 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 1592 to 1599. He was the first Polish sovereign from the House of Vasa.
Their son, Sigismund III Vasa, was elected king of Poland in 1587 before inheriting the throne of Sweden in 1592. Opposition to Sigismund developed because of his Roman Catholicism and his extensive stays in Poland.
