Poland’s King Sigismund III Vasa, son of…

1592 CE

Poland’s King Sigismund III Vasa, son of John III of Sweden and his first wife, Catherine Jagellonica of Poland, marries the nineteen-year-old Austrian archduchess Anna of Austria in 1592.

After his father's death on November 17 of the same year, he receives permission from the Sejm to accept the Swedish throne.

Conflicts arise, however: Duke Charles, the oldest living son of Gustav Vasa, does not approve the accession of Sigismund, his nephew and a Catholic, to the government of a realm that could just as well be his.

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Marcin Kober: Sigismund III Vasa, Painting (ca. 1590)

Marcin Kober: Sigismund III Vasa, Painting (ca. 1590)

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Kraków Krakow Poland View →

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Charles IX Vasa View → Sigismund III Vasa View →

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Christians, Roman Catholic View → Austria, Archduchy of View → Protestantism View → Sweden, (second) Kingdom of View → Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Commonwealth of the Two Nations) View →

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