POLAND/LITHUANIA - SIGISMOND III VASA* - Lot 310

POLAND/LITHUANIA - SIGISMOND III VASA* september 18, 1587 - april 30, 1632 SIG : III : D : G : REX . P.M.D.L. Sigismundus III Dei Gratia Rex Poloniae Magnus Dux Lithuaniae. His bearded bust, milled, crowned, right. R/. Legend: III GROS ARG TRIP M D L 15-95. Above, Vasa coat of arms between the eagle of Poland and the Cavalier of Lithuania. ♦ Kopicki 1179 Three silver gros (Trojak ryski) 1595 Vilnius (2.46 g) T.B. Attached is a 3 Polker silver coin 1622 in the name of Sigismund III. *Sigismund III Vasa was born on June 20, 1566 at Gripsholm Castle in Sweden and died on April 30, 1632 in Warsaw. He was a prince of the Vasa dynasty, elected King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania in 1587. He also became King of Sweden on the death of his father John III in 1592. Deposed from the Swedish throne after a brief civil war by his uncle Charles IX in 1604, Sigismund did not relinquish his rights. This led to a series of wars between the two kingdoms. On his death, he left two sons, Ladislas and Jean Casimir, who both reigned. It was he who transferred Poland's capital from Krakow to Warsaw. He was King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Mazovia, Samogitia, Livonia, Russia, Prussia and Crown King of Sweden, Goths and Wendes.