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Ladislaus IV of Poland

Ladislaus IV of Poland or Wladislaw Vasa (1595-1648), was the son of Sigismund III of Poland (1566-1632), of the House of Vasa, and his wife Anna of Austria[?] (1573 - 1598). He reigned as King of Poland from 1632 to 1648.

His father Sigismund, grandson of Gustav I of Sweden, had succeded his fater to the Swedish throne in 1592 only to be deposed from the by his uncle Charles IX of Sweden in 1599. This lead to a long standing feud where the Polish kings of the house of Vasa claimed the Swedish throne. Effects of this were the Swedish War[?] (1600-1629). Poland an Sweden where also on opposite sides in the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648).

Ladisalaus died in 1648 and was succeeded by his half brother and cousin Jan II Kazimierz.

Preceded by:
Sigismund III
List of Polish rulers Succeeded by:
Jan II Kazimierz



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