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 Polish–Swedish wars
surface form: 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
surface form: Counter-Reformation in Europe

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 of Södermanland
surface form: 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