Union of Sweden and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth under personal union

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The Union of Sweden and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth under personal union was a brief early 17th-century dynastic union in which Sigismund III Vasa simultaneously ruled both realms, linking two major European powers under a single monarch.

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instanceOf dynastic union ⓘ
historical political union ⓘ
personal union ⓘ
dissolvedBy deposition of Sigismund III Vasa as King of Sweden ⓘ
victory of Duke Charles (later Charles IX of Sweden) ⓘ
endTime 1599 ⓘ
followedBy Swedish–Polish wars ⓘ
War against Sigismund ⓘ
formedBy accession of Sigismund III Vasa to the Swedish throne ⓘ
inheritance of the Swedish crown by the Polish king ⓘ
hasCapitalInOneRealm Stockholm ⓘ
hasCapitalInOtherRealm Kraków ⓘ
Warsaw ⓘ
hasCauseOfTension Sigismund III Vasa's Catholicism in Lutheran Sweden ⓘ
power struggle between Sigismund III and Duke Charles ⓘ
hasComponentState Crown of the Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
hasConflict War against Sigismund ⓘ
internal Swedish succession crisis ⓘ
hasContext Counter-Reformation in Europe ⓘ
linked to: Counter-Reformation

conflict between Catholic and Protestant powers ⓘ
hasDuration 7 years ⓘ
hasGovernmentFormInCommonwealth elective monarchy ⓘ
hasGovernmentFormInSweden hereditary monarchy ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance contributed to long-term Polish–Swedish rivalry in the Baltic region ⓘ
linked two major European powers under a single monarch ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Sigismund III Vasa ⓘ
hasLanguageInCommonwealth Latin ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
Ruthenian ⓘ
hasLanguageInSweden Swedish ⓘ
hasLegislatureInCommonwealth Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
hasMonarch Sigismund III Vasa ⓘ
hasMonarchTitle Grand Duke of Lithuania ⓘ
King of Poland ⓘ
King of Sweden ⓘ
hasNobilityEstateInSweden Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
hasOpponent Duke Charles of Södermanland ⓘ
hasReligionInCommonwealth Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
hasReligionInSweden Lutheranism ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod early modern period ⓘ
late 16th century ⓘ
precededBy separate rule of Sweden and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
startTime 1592 ⓘ

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Sigismund III Vasa → notableEvent → Union of Sweden and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth under personal union ⓘ