Context: John III (20 December 1537  17 November 1592) was King of Sweden from 1568 until his death. He was the son of King Gustav I of Sweden and his second wife Margaret Leijonhufvud. He was also, quite autonomously, the ruler of Finland, as "Duke John" from 1556 to 1563. In 1581 he assumed also the title Grand Prince of Finland. He attained the Swedish throne after a rebellion against his brother Eric XIV. He is mainly remembered for his attempts to close the gap between the newly established Lutheran Church of Sweden and the Catholic church., The Spanish Empire was one of the largest empires in history. It reached the peak of its military, political and economic power under the Spanish Habsburgs, through most of the 16th and 17th centuries, and its greatest territorial extent under the House of Bourbon in the 18th century, when it was the largest empire in the world. The Spanish Empire became the foremost global power of its time and was the first to be called "the empire on which the sun never sets"., A composite monarchy (or composite state) is a historical category, introduced by J. H. Elliott, that describes early modern states consisting of several countries under one ruler, who governs his territories as if they were separate kingdoms, in accordance with local traditions and legal structures. The composite state was the typical kind in the early modern period. H. G. Koenigsberger divides composite states into two classes: those, like the Spanish Empire, that consisted of countries separated by either other states or by the sea, and those, like PolandLithuania, that were contiguous., Sigismund III Vasa ( also known as Sigismund III of Poland , Polish : Zygmunt III Waza , Lithuanian : Žygimantas Vaza , English exonym : Sigmund ; 20 June 1566 -- 30 April 1632 N.S. ) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania , monarch of the united Polish -- Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 to 1632 , and King of Sweden ( where he is known simply as Sigismund ) from 1592 as a composite monarchy until he was deposed in 1599 . He was the son of King John III of Sweden and his first wife , Catherine Jagellonica of Poland . Elected to the throne of the Polish -- Lithuanian Commonwealth , Sigismund sought to create a personal union between the Commonwealth and Sweden ( Polish -- Swedish union ) , and succeeded for a time in 1592 . After he had been deposed in 1599 from the Swedish throne by his uncle , Charles IX of Sweden , and a meeting of the Riksens ständer ( Swedish Riksdag ) , he spent much of the rest of his life attempting to reclaim it . Shortly after his victory over his internal enemies , Sigismund took advantage of a period of civil unrest in Muscovy ( known as the Time of Troubles ) and invaded Russia , holding Moscow for two years ( 1610 -- 12 ) and Smolensk thereafter . In 1617 the Polish -- Swedish conflict , which had been interrupted by an armistice in 1611 , broke out again . While Sigismund 's army was also fighting Ottoman forces in Moldavia ( 1617 -- 21 ) , King Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden ( Charles IX 's son ) invaded Sigismund 's lands , capturing Riga ( 1621 ) and seizing almost all of Polish Livonia . Sigismund , who concluded the Truce of Altmark with Sweden in 1629 , never regained the Swedish crown . His Swedish wars resulted , moreover , in Poland 's loss of Livonia and in a diminution of the kingdom 's international prestige . Sigismund remains a highly controversial figure in Poland . His long reign coincided with the apex of the Polish -- Lithuanian Commonwealth 's prestige , power and economic influence . On the other hand , it was during his reign that the symptoms of decline leading to the Commonwealth 's eventual demise surfaced . Popular histories , such as the books of Pawe Jasienica , tend to present Sigismund as the principal source of these destructive processes ; whereas academic histories are usually not as damning of him . However , the question of whether the Commonwealth 's decline was caused by Sigismund 's decisions or had its roots in historical processes beyond his personal control , remains a highly debated topic . He was commemorated in Warsaw with Sigismund 's Column , commissioned by his son and successor , Wadysaw IV., Gustav I, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known as Gustav Vasa (12 May 1496  29 September 1560), was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560, previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm ("Riksföreståndare") from 1521, during the ongoing Swedish War of Liberation against King Christian II of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Initially of low standing, Gustav rose to lead the rebel movement following the Stockholm Bloodbath, in which his father perished. Gustav's election as King on 6 June 1523 and his triumphant entry into Stockholm eleven days later meant the end of Medieval Sweden's elective monarchy and the Kalmar Union, and the birth of a hereditary monarchy under the House of Vasa and its successors, including the current House of Bernadotte., Subject: sigismund iii vasa, Relation: noble_family, Options: (A) house of bourbon (B) house of vasa
Output: house of vasa