1587–1660 · 6 chapters

A crown too great

A prince of Vasa and Jagiellonian descent brings Poland-Lithuania and Sweden together. Distance, agreements about government and conflict with his uncle Charles turn the union into a struggle for the throne.

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Sigismund III Vasa: winning an election and losing an inheritance

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Sigismund III Vasa

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John III of Sweden

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Catherine Jagiellon

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Maximilian III of Austria

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Charles IX of Sweden

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Anna of Austria

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Władysław IV Vasa

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John II Casimir Vasa

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