
Information
Name: Kingdom of Sweden (Poland)
Type: Polity
Nation: sweden
Start: 1592
End: 1600
Kingdom of Sweden (Poland): All Data
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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.