War against Sigismund

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The War against Sigismund was a late 16th-century Swedish civil war in which Duke Charles (later Charles IX) fought to depose the Catholic king Sigismund III Vasa and secure Protestant control of Sweden.

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War against Sigismund canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
civil war ⓘ
conflictType Swedish civil war ⓘ
religious war ⓘ
endTime 1599 ⓘ
followedBy continued dynastic conflict between the Swedish and Polish branches of the Vasa dynasty ⓘ
reign of Charles IX of Sweden ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Conflict between Duke Charles and Sigismund III Vasa ⓘ
Swedish War against Sigismund ⓘ
hasCause conflict over the Swedish throne between Duke Charles and Sigismund III Vasa ⓘ
fear of Counter-Reformation influence in Sweden ⓘ
opposition to Sigismund III Vasa’s attempts to rule Sweden from Poland ⓘ
religious tension between Protestant and Catholic factions in Sweden ⓘ
hasCombatant Polish–Lithuanian forces loyal to Sigismund III Vasa ⓘ
Swedish Riksråd supporters of Duke Charles ⓘ
hasKeyEvent Battle of Stångebro ⓘ
Uppsala Synod (as a religious-political background event) ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Charles IX of Sweden ⓘ
Duke Charles of Södermanland ⓘ
Sigismund III Vasa ⓘ
hasLegalConsequence Riksdag decisions limiting Catholic influence in Sweden ⓘ
confirmation of Protestant succession to the Swedish throne ⓘ
hasLocation Finland (part of the Swedish realm) ⓘ
linked to: Finland

Götaland ⓘ
Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ
Svealand ⓘ
hasLongTermEffect contribution to later Polish–Swedish wars in the 17th century ⓘ
deterioration of relations between Sweden and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
entrenchment of Lutheranism as state religion in Sweden ⓘ
hasMainBelligerent Duke Charles of Södermanland ⓘ
Sigismund III Vasa ⓘ
hasOutcome elevation of Duke Charles as regent of Sweden ⓘ
formal deposition of Sigismund by the Riksdag of 1599 ⓘ
hasResult consolidation of Protestant control in Sweden ⓘ
deposition of Sigismund III Vasa as king of Sweden ⓘ
strengthening of the Swedish Estates and nobility opposed to Sigismund ⓘ
victory of Duke Charles ⓘ
hasSide Catholic royal faction in Sweden ⓘ
Protestant faction in Sweden ⓘ
involvesDynasty House of Vasa ⓘ
partOf history of Sweden ⓘ
politicalContext personal union between Sweden and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth under Sigismund III Vasa ⓘ
precededBy growing opposition to Sigismund’s absentee rule in Sweden ⓘ
tensions between the Swedish Privy Council and Sigismund III Vasa ⓘ
religiousContext Catholic Counter-Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Counter-Reformation

Lutheran Reformation in Sweden ⓘ
startTime 1597 ⓘ
temporalContext late 16th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sigismund III Vasa → conflict → War against Sigismund ⓘ
Charles IX of Sweden → conflict → War against Sigismund ⓘ
Polish–Swedish wars → includesConflict → War against Sigismund ⓘ
Charles IX of Sweden → conflict → War against Sigismund ⓘ
subject linked to: Charles IX
Linköping Bloodbath → resultOf → War against Sigismund ⓘ
Linköping Bloodbath → conflict → War against Sigismund ⓘ
Battle of Stångebro → conflict → War against Sigismund ⓘ
Battle of Stångebro → partOf → War against Sigismund ⓘ
Swedish War against Sigismund → alsoKnownAs → War against Sigismund ⓘ
Arvid Stålarm → participatedIn → War against Sigismund ⓘ