Facts: - mother: anne of austria - predecessor: sigismund iii vasa vasili iv - house: house of vasa - birth date: 9 june 1595 - issue: sigismund illegitimate '' -rrb- casimir maria anna isabella wadysaw konstanty -lrb- '' - succession: king all russia of poland grand duke of lithuania tsar of - reign: 8 1610 -- 21 february 1613 november 1632 -- 20 may 1648 19 july - death date: 20 may 1648 - father: sigismund iii vasa - name: wadysaw iv vasa - death place: merkine , polish-lithuanian commonwealth - birth place: obzow , near krakow , poland - signature: vladislaus rex.png - coronation: 6 february 1633 - successor: john ii casimir vasa michael i - spouses: cecilia renata of austria marie louise gonzaga - image: wladislaus iv of poland.png - religion: roman catholicism Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of wadysaw iv vasa .
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'' this article is about the 17th-century polish king ; for another person called wadysaw iv of poland , see wadysaw i the elbow-high '' wadysaw iv vasa -lrb- ; or '' ladislaus iv vasa '' ; ; 9 june 1595 -- 20 may 1648 -rrb- was a polish prince from the royal house of vasa .he reigned as king of poland and grand duke of lithuania from 8 november 1632 to his death in 1648 .wadysaw iv was the son of sigismund iii vasa -lrb- polish : '' zygmunt iii waza '' -rrb- and his wife , anna of austria -lrb- also known as anna of habsburg -rrb- .in 1610 the teen-aged wadysaw was elected tsar of russia by the seven boyars , but did not assume the russian throne due to his father 's opposition and a popular uprising in russia .nevertheless , until 1634 he used the title of grand duke of muscovy .elected king of poland in 1632 , wadysaw was fairly successful in defending the polish -- lithuanian commonwealth against invasion , most notably in the smolensk war of 1632 -- 34 , in which he participated personally .he supported religious tolerance and carried out military reforms , such as the founding of the commonwealth navy .he was also a renowned patron of the arts and music .he failed , however , to realize his dreams of regaining the swedish crown , gaining fame by conquering the ottoman empire , strengthening royal power , and reforming the commonwealth .he died without a legitimate male heir and was succeeded to the polish throne by his half-brother , john ii casimir vasa -lrb- '' jan kazimierz waza '' -rrb- .wadysaw 's death marked the end of relative stability in the polish -- lithuanian commonwealth , as conflicts and tensions that had been growing over several decades came to a head with devastating consequences , notably the largest of the cossack uprisings -- the khmelnytsky uprising -lrb- 1648 -rrb- -- and the swedish invasion -lrb- '' the deluge '' , 1655 -- 60 -rrb- .