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Sigismund III Vasa, Swedish-Polish son of John III of Sweden (born 1566)
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Sigismund III Vasa
Ruler of Poland-Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and of Sweden from 1592 to 1599
Sigismund III Vasa 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. Religiously zealous, he imposed Catholicism across the vast realm, and his crusades…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
John III of Sweden
King of Sweden from 1569 to 1592
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