Władysław IV Vasa
King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1595-1648)
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Elected tsar of Russia at fifteen when Polish forces took Moscow, he never sat the throne — his father refused, a revolt followed — but he kept the title for twenty-four years. Later, as king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania, he held the Commonwealth together through war, religious tolerance, and a rare popularity that made his reign the last stretch of
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Born 9 June 1595, eldest son of Sigismund III Vasa and Anna of Austria, Władysław carried claims to Sweden and Russia alongside his Polish birthright. In 1610 the Seven Boyars named him tsar after the Polish army captured Moscow, but his father's intransigence and an uprising blocked the coronation; he used the title grand duke of Moscow until 1634 anyway. Elected king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania in 1632, he fought personally in the Smolensk War of 1632–1634 and beat back foreign threats, including the Ottoman Empire. He founded the Commonwealth Navy, backed religious tolerance, and…
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