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John II Casimir Vasa

1609 - 1672

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John II Casimir Vasa (Polish: Jan II Kazimierz Waza; Lithuanian: Jonas Kazimieras Vaza; 22 March 1609 – 16 December 1672) 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. As a prince, John Casimir embarked at Genoa for Spain in 1638 to negotiate a league with Philip IV against France, but was captured by Cardinal Richelieu and imprisoned at Vincennes where he remained for two years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John II Casimir Vasa is the 1,372nd most popular politician (down from 1,075th in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Poland (down from 67th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Polish Politician.

John II Casimir Vasa is most famous for being the king of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1648 to 1668.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John II Casimir Vasa ranks 1,372 out of 19,576. Before him are Georgy Lvov, Mohammed Omar, Antiochus I Soter, Claudius Gothicus, Yazdegerd III, and Theodor Heuss. After him are Jovian, Jiaqing Emperor, Richard of Cornwall, Vasili IV of Russia, Sasaki Kojirō, and Mohammed VI of Morocco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1609, John II Casimir Vasa ranks 2. Before him is Henrietta Maria of France. After him are Frederick III of Denmark, Judith Leyster, Raimondo Montecuccoli, Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria, Sophia Eleonore of Saxony, Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine, Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, Hanzade Sultan, and Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. Among people deceased in 1672, John II Casimir Vasa ranks 2. Before him is Heinrich Schütz. After him are Johan de Witt, Franciscus Sylvius, Peter Stuyvesant, Pedro Calungsod, Al-Rashid of Morocco, John Wilkins, Hümaşah Sultan, Marguerite of Lorraine, Adriaen van de Velde, and Adil Giray.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, John II Casimir Vasa ranks 68 out of 1,694. Before him are Władysław III of Poland (1424), Ferdinand Lassalle (1825), Irena Sendler (1910), Konstantin Rokossovsky (1896), Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928), and Gustav Fechner (1801). After him are Friedrich Bergius (1884), Andrzej Wajda (1926), Christian Wolff (1679), Emil von Behring (1854), Yitzhak Shamir (1915), and Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, John II Casimir Vasa ranks 14. Before him are Vladislaus II of Hungary (1456), Casimir III the Great (1310), Donald Tusk (1957), Sigismund I the Old (1467), Władysław III of Poland (1424), and Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928). After him are Yitzhak Shamir (1915), Ladislaus I of Hungary (1046), Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1785), Horst Köhler (1943), Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (1767), and Anna Jagiellon (1523).

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