Polish–Swedish union
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The Polish–Swedish union was a short-lived personal union between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Kingdom of Sweden between 1592 and 1599. It began when Sigismund III Vasa, elected King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, was crowned King of Sweden following the death of his father John III. The union ended following a civil war in Sweden in which he lost the crown to his uncle, who eventually became Charles IX. Sigismund afterwards returned to Warsaw and pursued a war against his former realm.
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Polish–Swedish union | |||||||||||||
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1592–1599 | |||||||||||||
Motto: "Pro iure et populo" "Cor regis in manu Domini" "Coelitus sublima dantur" | |||||||||||||
Common languages | Latin, Polish, Swedish | ||||||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||||||
Government | Parliamentary elective monarchy | ||||||||||||
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• 1592–1599 | Sigismund III Vasa | ||||||||||||
Legislature | General Sejm | ||||||||||||
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Chamber of Deputies | |||||||||||||
Historical era | Early modern period | ||||||||||||
17 November 1592 | |||||||||||||
18 May 1595 | |||||||||||||
• Riksdag of 1595 | 30 September 1595 | ||||||||||||
February 1598 | |||||||||||||
24 July 1599 | |||||||||||||
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