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Sigismund III Vasa of Sweden, king of Sweden and king of Poland was born 1566 in Sweden , died 1632 in Warsaw.

His father was [John III]? of Sweden, king of Sweden and Catharine Jagiello. Catharine's parents were Sigismund I Jagiello and his wife Bona Sforza.

The Jagiello royal House of Lithuania held the crown of Poland since the first ruler Wladislaw Jagiello received it via his wife Hedwig in 1383 . Catharine passed the crown on to her son Sigismund III ,after the last Jagiello Sigismund II , August died in 1570.

Sigismund III married Anna Habsburg. They had a son , who later ruled as [Wladislaw IV]? Sigismund.

After Anna's death her sister Konstantia married Sigismund III. Among their several sons were:

    [Johan Kasimir]?   1609 - 1672
    [Johan Albert]?    1612 - 1634
    [Karl Ferdinand]?  1613 - 1655
    [Alexander Karl]?  1614 - 1635

Sigismund III wore many hats . He was the Grand Duke or Dux of many lands , besides having been the king or Rex SVE Sweden and Rex Poloniae Poland



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