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Jan II Kazimierz Waza

1609 - 1672 · King of Poland · b. in Kraków

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Ruler of Poland-Lithuania from 1648 to 1668

John II Casimir Vasa was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1648 to his abdication in 1668 as well as a claimant to the throne of Sweden from 1648 to 1660. He was the first son of Sigismund III Vasa with his second wife Constance of Austria. John Casimir succeeded his older half-brother, Władysław IV Vasa.

Key achievements

  • 01Reigned during the Swedish Deluge
  • 02Abdicated the Polish throne in 1668
  • 03A former cardinal of the Catholic Church

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