Ruler · 1566 – 1632

Sigismund III Vasa

Lived 1566 – 1632; monarch. King of Poland of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1587 – 1632; also in the line of Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Duchy of Livonia, Sweden and Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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Lived: 1566 – 1632; 66 years
In office: 45 years; one reign
Lines: 5; states
Left it: natural death; Kokkonen & Sundell

King of Poland

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth · the 5th of 15 dated reigns · 1530 – 1795

1 before

Henry III of France1573 – 1574

Anna Jagiellon1575 – 1596

Stephen Báthory1576 – 1586

Sigismund III Vasa1587 – 1632

Władysław IV Vasa1632 – 1648

John II Casimir Vasa1648 – 1668

Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki1669 – 1673

7 after

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1587 – 1632 · 45 years · came to it aged 21

Left it: natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

Also in the line of Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (13th of 23), Duchy of Livonia (5th of 5), Sweden (43rd of 62) and Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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