Vasa

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Vasa was a prominent royal dynasty in Sweden and Poland-Lithuania that produced several influential monarchs during the 16th and 17th centuries.

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Vasa canonical 12
Vasa era 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf noble family
royal dynasty
capitalDuringRule Stockholm
Warsaw
coatOfArms Vasa sheaf
country Poland
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Sweden
dynasticUnionWith Jagiellonian dynasty (through Catherine Jagiellon)
endTime 1689
ethnicOrigin Swedish
founder Gustav I of Sweden
foundingMember Gustav I of Sweden
houseType hereditary monarchy
languageUsed Latin
Polish
Swedish
namedAfter House of Vasa estate in Uppland
linked to: Vasa estate
notableEventDuringRule Deluge (Swedish invasion of Poland)
Polish–Swedish wars
Swedish Reformation
Thirty Years' War
Wars with Muscovy
notableMember Catherine Jagiellon
Charles IX of Sweden
Christina of Sweden
Eric XIV of Sweden
Gustav I of Sweden
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
John II Casimir Vasa
John III of Sweden
Sigismund III Vasa
Władysław IV Vasa
politicalSystemInfluenced Polish–Lithuanian elective monarchy
Swedish Empire
predecessor Kalmar Union (as ruling power in Sweden)
linked to: Kalmar Union
region Central Europe
Scandinavia
religion Lutheranism
Roman Catholicism
royalTitleHeld Grand Duke of Lithuania
Grand Prince of Finland
King of Poland
King of Sweden
startTime 1523
successor House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken
House of Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Kleeburg
symbol golden wheat sheaf on blue field

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