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Sigismund III Vasa
Sigismund III Vasa
(also known as
Sigismund III of Poland
, , , English
exonym
:
Sigmund
; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632
N.S.
) was
King of Poland
and
Grand Duke of Lithuania
, monarch of the united
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
from 1587 to 1632, and
King of Sweden
(where he is known simply as
Sigismund
) from 1592 as a
composite monarchy
until he was deposed in 1599. He was the son of King
John III of Sweden
and his first wife,
Catherine Jagellonica of Poland
.
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