House of Vasa
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The House of Vasa was a royal house that was founded in 1523 in Sweden. Its members ruled the Kingdom of Sweden from 1523 to 1654 and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 to 1668. Its agnatic
Eric XIV Vasa, King of Sweden
John III Vasa, Queen Catherine Jagiellon and young Sigismund (future King of Poland and Sweden, Grand Duke of Lithuania) in Gripsholm Castle
Personal coat of arms
Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Sweden, Grand Duke of Lithuania and Finland
Gustav Vasa
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Gustav Eriksson Vasa, also known as Gustav I, was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560. He was previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm from 1521, during the Swedish War of Libera
House of Vasa
…high offices during the 15th century. In 1523, after the Stockholm bloodbath and the abolition of the Kalmar Union, Gustav Eriksson (Vasa) became King Gustav I of Sweden and the royal house was founded. His reign is sometimes referred to as the beginning of the modern Swedish state, which included the King's break with…
Portrait by Jakob Binck, 1542
Christian II, Gustav Vasa's main antagonist
Roggeborgen, in Strängnäs, was a central location during the events when Gustav Eriksson was elected king of Sweden.
Gustav Vasa examines the Finnish translation of the New Testament presented by Mikael Agricola.