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The house, member by member

One family drawn as a tree, then every member, oldest first where a date is recorded.

5 children in the house

  1. John II Casimir Vasa 1609 CE – 1672 CE
  2. John Albert Vasa 1612 CE – 1634 CE
  3. Karol Ferdynand Vasa 1613 CE – 1655 CE
  4. Alexander Charles Vasa 1614 CE – 1634 CE
  5. Anna Catherine Constance Vasa 1619 CE – 1651 CE
One family in House of Vasa: members whose records name these parents, oldest first. A parent from another house is on the child’s own page. Open the family tree

Offices held in the house

The members in each office, in order — a selection from the office’s whole line.

Monarch of Sweden

  • 4 holders
  • 2 gaps
  1. 6 June 1523 CE – 29 September 1560 CE Gustav I of Sweden King of Sweden from 1523 to 1560
  2. Gap about 32 years before the next in this house

    17 November 1592 CE – 24 July 1599 CE Sigismund III Vasa King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 until 1632 and King of Sweden from 1592 until 1599 (1566–1632)
  3. Gap about 12 years before the next in this house

    30 October 1611 CE – 6 November 1632 CE Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden Swedish king (regent 1611–1632) (1594–1632)
  4. 6 November 1632 CE – 6 June 1654 CE Christina of Sweden Queen of Sweden, ruled from 1632 until abdication in 1654 (1626–1689)

King of Poland

  • 3 holders
  1. 19 August 1587 CE – 19 April 1632 CE Sigismund III Vasa King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 until 1632 and King of Sweden from 1592 until 1599 (1566–1632)
  2. 8 November 1632 CE – 20 May 1648 CE Władysław IV Vasa King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1595-1648)
  3. 20 November 1648 CE – 16 September 1668 CE John II Casimir Vasa King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania 1648–1668; (1609-1672)

Commendatory abbot

  • 2 holders
  • 1 undated
  1. 1670 CE – 1672 CE John II Casimir Vasa King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania 1648–1668; (1609-1672)

No dates recorded 1

Every recorded holder

Affiliation

From the members’ own records, not the people the house ruled.

Affiliations recorded on members

An affiliation recorded by a third party, often for one period of a life. It is not the religion of anyone this house ruled.

Connections

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