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	Sigismund I of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sigismund I the Old (1467-1548), Polish: Zygmunt I Stary, fifth ruler of the Jagiellonian dynasty, reigned as king of Poland from 1506 until his death.
		Intermittently at war with Vasily III of Muscovy, starting in 1507 (before his army was fully under his command), 1514 marked the fall of Smolensk (under Polish domination) to the Muscovite forces (which lent force to his arguments for the necessity of a standing army).
		Sigismund I's eldest daughter Jadwiga (1513-1573) married Elector Joachim II of Brandenburg.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sigismund_I_of_Poland (497 words)

	Sigismund III. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The son of John III of Sweden and Catherine, sister of Sigismund II of Poland, he united the Vasa and Jagiello dynasties.
		Sigismund intervened in Russia, in the turmoil after the death of Boris Godunov, by sanctioning Polish support of the two pretenders who claimed to be Dmitri.
		Sigismund’s use of Austrian aid to limit the powers of the diet and the dissatisfaction of the Protestants led to a rebellion (1606–7) under Nicholas Zebrzydowski, the palatine of Kraków.
	www.bartleby.com /65/si/Sigismun3.html (426 words)

	SIGISMUND III OF POLAND FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sigismund, supported by Zamoyski and wife of the former king Anna_the_Jagiellonian was elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commnwealth on 19_August 1587 and recognized by the interrex, primate_of_Poland StanisÅaw_Karnkowski.
		Sigismund however did not relinquish his claims to the Swedish throne and his subsequent foreign policy was aimed at regaining the Swedish crown, which led to very harsh relations and several wars between the two countries, to end only after the Great_Northern_War.
		Sigismund was a talented painter and goldsmith: of his three paintings that survive until the present day one was through centuries erroneously attributed to Tintoretto; from his workshop came the main part of the famous silver coffin of St._Adalbert_of_Prague at the Cathedral in Gniezno.
	www.witwib.com /Sigismund_III_of_Poland (1456 words)

	Encyclopedia: Sigismund III of Poland
		King Sigismund III of Poland, Sigismund of Sweden (June 20, 1566 O.S. April 19, 1632), was the son of King John III of Sweden (1537 â“ 1592), of the House of Vasa, and his first wife, Catherine Jagellonica of Poland (1526 â“ 1583).
		Sigismund returned to his ship on the same day, arriving in GdaÅsk next day, and after approxmately two weeks he had departed to KrakÃ³w, where he was crowned on 27 December of that year.
		Sigismund was a talented painter and goldsmith: of his three paintings that survive until the present day one was through centuries erroneously attributed to Tintoretto; from his workshop came the main part of the famous silver coffin of St.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sigismund-III-of-Poland (9991 words)

	Sigismund III Vasa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sigismund III Vasa (1566-1632), the son of the Swedish king John III and Catherine Jagiellonian, king of Poland from 1587 and king of Sweden in 1592-98.
		Sigismund conducted wars with Muscovy and claimed the crown of Muscovy, which the defeated boyars offered to his son, Ladislaus.
		In 1596, Sigismund transferred the capital of Poland from Cracow to Warsaw.
	artyzm.com /matejko/poczet/e_waza.htm (126 words)

	Wenceslas_III_of_Bohemia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Wenceslaus III Premyslid (Czech and Slovak Václav, Hungarian Vencel), (October 6, 1289 – August 4, 1306) was the king of Hungary (1301 - 1305) and king of Bohemia (1305 - 1306).
		Wenceslaus III was the son of Wenceslaus II, King of Bohemia and Poland, and Judith von Habsburg, the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf I.
		Wenceslaus III, however, wanted to claim his hereditary right to the Polish throne, but was murdered under mysterious circumstances in Olomouc, Moravia on August 4, 1306 while on a campaign to Poland.
	www.freecaviar.com /search.php?title=Wenceslas_III_of_Bohemia (355 words)

	Sigismund I of Sweden : Sigismund of Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sigismund I of Sweden : Sigismund of Sweden
		Sigismund I of Sweden, (June 20, 1566 - April 19, 1632), was the son of III of Sweden">John III of Sweden (1537-1592), of the House of Vasa, and his wife Katarina of Poland[?] (1526-1583).
		He ruled as King Sigismund III of Poland or Zygmunt III of Poland from 1587 to 1632 and as King Sigismund I of Sweden from 1592 until he was deposed in 1599.
	www.city-search.org /si/sigismund-of-sweden.html (593 words)

	Zygmunt_III_Waza (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		King Sigismund III of Poland, Sigismund of Sweden (June 20, 1566 O.S. – April 19, 1632), was the son of King John III of Sweden (1537 – 1592), of the House of Vasa, and his first wife Catherine Jagellonica of Poland (1526 – 1583).
		Sigismund was elected king of the Polish-Lithianian Commnwealth in August 1587.
		This led to a semi-legal rebellion against the king (rokosz), known as rokosz of Zebrzydowski (1606 – 1608), which was a response to Sigismund attempt to introduce majority voting in place of unanimity in the Sejm.
	www.partsquote.com /search.php?title=Zygmunt_III_Waza (914 words)

	AllRefer.com - Sigismund III (Polish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Sigismund III 1566–1632, king of Poland (1587–1632) and Sweden (1592–99).
		A period of factional strife after the death (1586) of King Stephen BAthory was ended by the election of Sigismund as king of Poland, effected through the support of Jan Zamojski, who opposed the candidacy of Maximilian of Austria.
		Sigismund's use of Austrian aid to limit the powers of the diet and the dissatisfaction of the Protestants led to a rebellion (1606–7) under Nicholas Zebrzydowski, the palatine of KrakOw.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/Sigismun3.html (488 words)

	History Channel Search Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The son of King John III of Sweden and his wife Catherine, daughter of Sigismund I of Poland, Sigismund III was born June 20, 1566, in Gripsholm, Sweden.
		He was elected king of Poland by the Sejm (parliament) in 1587 and succeeded to the Swedish throne on the death of his father.
		Sigismund’s attempts to regain the throne of Sweden led to wars with that country which resulted in the loss of most of Livonia (1629).
	historychannel.com /encyclopedia/article.jsp?link=FWNE.fw..si113100.a (239 words)

	Charles IX, king of Sweden. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		This measure was passed in anticipation of the arrival (1594) of John III’s Catholic son and heir, King Sigismund III of Poland, who was obliged to pledge himself to uphold Protestantism in Sweden as a condition for his coronation.
		Sigismund left Sweden in the same year, and Charles summoned the Riksdag, was made regent against the king’s wishes, and ousted all Catholic officials.
		Sigismund landed an army at Kalmar (1598), was defeated by Charles at Stangebro, and was deposed by the Riksdag in 1599.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ch/Charles9Swe.html (294 words)

	Poland Deluged
		Sigismund III (Zygmund) was a member of the House of Vasa - Sweden's ruling family and had reigned in Sweden from 1592 until 1599 when he was deposed for his attempts to reintroduce Catholicism.
		In 1609, Sigismund's ambitions turned to Russia, where various Polish nobles who had supported the claim of the False Dmitrii to the Russian throne were already fighting.
		Sigismund's son Wladyslaw (Ladislaus) IV (1595-1648) was less religious than his father.
	history.wisc.edu /sommerville/351/351-104.htm (1870 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Union of Brest
		Sigismund III, having at last received the document, replied to it on 18 March, 1592, expressing his joy at the decision of the Ruthenian episcopate, promising them his assistance against possible persecutions by the Orthodox, and assuring them that the national rite should be respected and safeguarded.
		To cut this religious agitation short, Sigismund III ordered the Ruthenian episcopate to be convoked in a synod at Brest, 8 October, 1596, and the union to be solemnly proclaimed.
		But Sigismund III efficaciously undertook the defence of the union; in an edict of 5 December, 1596, he ordered the Ruthenians to recognize as bishops only those who had accepted the act of union.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15130a.htm (2079 words)

	The Rulers of Poland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sigismund III Wasa, the son of the Swedish king John III and Catherine Jagiellonian, was king of Poland from 1587 and king of Sweden in 1592-98.
		Sigismund conducted wars with Moscow and claimed the crown, but the defeated boyars offered the crown of Moscow to his son, Wladislaw.
		Jan II Casimir Wasa was the son of Sigismund III and Constance of Habsburg, and half-brother of Wladislaw IV.
	home.no.net /bhb2/pl-h04e.htm (1095 words)

	poland
		The son of King Sigismund I and his second wife, Bona Sforza (1494-1557), Sigismund II was crowned king in 1530 but did not actually succeed to the throne until his father's death 18 years later.
		Sigismund's attempts to regain the throne of Sweden led to wars with that country which result18ed in the loss of most of Livonia (1629).
		Wladyslaw III (1424-44), king of Poland (1434-44) and, as Uladislas I, king of Hungary (1440-44); he led a major effort to stop the advance of the Ottoman Turks in Europe.
	website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/poland.htm (4614 words)

	Sigismund III of Poland -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		After Sigismund promised to uphold Swedish (Teachings of Martin Luther emphasizing the cardinal doctrine of justification by faith alone) Lutheranism he was crowned king of Sweden in 1594.
		Sigismund however did not relinquish his claims to the Swedish throne and his subsequent foreign policy was aimed at regaining the Swedish crown, which led to very harsh relations and several wars between the two countries, to end only after the (Click link for more info and facts about Great Northern War) Great Northern War.
		While Sigismund never managed to regain the Swedish throne, his politics of personal ambition did succeed in provoking a long series of conflicts between the Commonwealth and (A Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula) Sweden and (A Russian principality in the 13th to 16th centuries; Moscow was the capital) Muscovy.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/si/sigismund_iii_of_poland2.htm (1441 words)

	AllRefer.com - Vasa (Scandinavian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		John III married the sister of Sigismund II of Poland, and their son was elected (1587) king of Poland as Sigismund III.
		On John's death Sigismund succeeded to the Swedish throne, but his Catholicism led to his deposition (1599) in Sweden, where his uncle Charles IX (reigned 1604–11) succeeded him.
		In Poland, Sigismund III was succeeded (1632) by his son Ladislaus IV, who was succeeded (1648) by his brother John II.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/V/Vasa.html (275 words)

	Sigismund I
		Sigismund I, 1467–1548, king of Poland (1506–48), son of
		Casimir IV Elected to succeed his brother, Alexander I, Sigismund faced the problem of consolidating his domestic power in order successfully to counter external threats to Poland.
		Sigismund sought peaceful relations with the khans of Crimea but was still involved in border warfare with them.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0845185.html (286 words)

	The Eastern Wing of the Balance of Power System
		This was, of course, an open challenge to Sigismund III, because since 1600 he had been at war with his uncle, Charles IX of Sweden.
		Sigismund III still had illusions of regaining the Swedish crown with the aid of the Habsburgs, but precisely because the Poles did not want to get entangled in the Thirty Years’ War, the Diets voted taxes only for the defense of the commonwealth.
		That was precisely the opinion of Sigismund III and it was one of the reasons why Wladyslaw IV also hesitated to break with the Habsburgs.
	victorian.fortunecity.com /wooton/34/halecki/12.htm (6076 words)

	Gold Donatives of Gdansk
		With Centtral Europe and Prussia to the west, Russia to the east and the Vistula River leading to Poland's interior, Gdansk was strategically situated at the crossroads of commerce and sea travel.
		This 1614 donative of King Sigismund III was valued at 10 ducats.
		The earlier donatives, created during the reigns of Stephen Bathory and Sigismund III and the early part of Wladyslaw IV's reign, display more of the characteristics of coins.
	www.forum-polonia-houston.com /other/monety/monety.htm (873 words)

	Articles - Wladislaus IV of Poland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		His father Sigismund, grandson of Gustav I of Sweden, had succeded his father to the Swedish throne in 1592 only to be deposed from the throne by his uncle Charles IX of Sweden in 1599.
		Sigismund, a devout Catholic, pursued other military conflicts abroad, barely avoiding involving the Commonwealth in the Thirty Year War and supported counter-reformation, both policies which lead to incrasing tensions inside the Commonwealth.
		His election was part of an unsuccessful plan by Sigismund to conquer all of Russia and convert the population to Catholicism.
	www.lastring.com /articles/Ladislaus_IV_of_Poland?mySession=3e5096cd9f856b42ea181efd11656052 (2050 words)

	Sigismund III
		In 1592, Sigismund inherited the Swedish throne from his father, but his reluctance to accept Protestantism as the state religion in Sweden involved him in conflict with the Swedes and with his uncle, who was regent (see
		Charles IX Although finally crowned in 1594, Sigismund was defeated (1598) at Stangebro and was formally deposed by the Swedish diet in 1599.
		Sigismund intervened in Russia, in the turmoil after the death of Boris
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0845187.html (404 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Sigismund
		Sigismund (1368-1437), Holy Roman emperor (1411-1437) and king of Hungary (1387-1437) and Bohemia (1419-1437), the son of Holy Roman Emperor...
		Sigismund III (1566-1632), King of Poland (1587-1632) and, as Sigismund I, of Sweden (1592-1599).
		Sigismund I, called The Old (1467-1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548).
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Sigismund.html (95 words)

	Coinage of Poland in Riga, 1581-1621
		After the death of Stephan Bathory, the new king of Poland became Sigismund III Vasa, the son of king of Sweden, Johann III.
		When he died in 1592, Sigismund III Vasa became also the king of Sweden.
		During the reign of Sigismund III Vasa, Riga continued the coinage.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Olympus/5539/polriga/polriga.html (452 words)

	Courtly Lives - Swedish Kings of Poland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sigismund III(1566-1632) married (1) Anne (1573-1598), daughter of Charles Archduke of Austria, in 1592.
		Sigismund was of the Swedish House Of Vasa.
		Ladislas Sigmund (1595-1648), son of Sigmund III Vasa and Anne of Austria, took the throne in 1632 as Ladislas IV.
	www.angelfire.com /mi4/polcrt/SwKingsPol.html (320 words)

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