John III of Sweden
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John III was King of Sweden from 1569 until his death. He ascended the Swedish throne after successfully rebelling against his older half-brother Erik XIV. He is mainly remembered for his attempts to
Portrait by Johan Baptista van Uther, 1582
Gold coin of King John III
Image of King John on a wall of Stockholm Palace
John's parents as shown on their grave monument
Sigismund III Vasa
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Sigismund III Vasa was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden from 1592 to 1599. He was the first Polish sovereign from the House of Vasa. Zealo
John III of Sweden
…1563. In 1581, he assumed the title Grand Duke of Finland. His first wife was Catherine Jagiellon of the Polish–Lithuanian ruling family, and their son Sigismund eventually ascended both the Polish–Lithuanian and Swedish thrones. He ended the Northern Seven Years' War, but instead, Sweden was drawn into the 25…
Portrait by Pieter Soutman, c. 1624
John III, his wife Catherine Jagiellon and young Sigismund imprisoned at Gripsholm, as imagined in an 1859 painting by Józef Simmler
Sigismund in his youth, 1585
Chancellor Jan Zamoyski staunchly opposed the pro-Habsburg alliance.