Two branches of the Vasas, one lasting claim

The rupture leaves victims and a claim that will outlive its protagonists. In 1600, several councillors who supported Sigismund are executed at Linköping. Charles consolidates his power and will eventually reign as Charles IX. Sweden passes to his branch of the Vasa dynasty. Sigismund retains Poland-Lithuania and continues to claim his Swedish inheritance. The family rivalry becomes entangled with disputes over Estonia and Livonia and the interests of the Baltic states. His sons Władysław and John Casimir maintain the claim; renunciation comes with the Peace of Oliva in 1660. The personal union has lasted only a few years. Its failure has placed two branches of the same dynasty on opposing sides for generations.