Person

Sigismund III Vasa

1566–1632 · 17th century

Sigismund III Vasa was king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632, and king of Sweden from 1592 until he was deposed in 1599. A zealous Catholic, he moved the royal residence from Kraków to Warsaw and fought long wars with Sweden, Russia and the Ottomans; during the Time of Troubles his forces occupied Moscow.

Sigismund III Vasa
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