Vasa dynasty
E418444
The Vasa dynasty was a royal house of Swedish origin that produced monarchs who ruled Sweden, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and other territories in the 16th and 17th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vasa dynasty canonical | 22 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4174471 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Vasa dynasty Context triple: [Kingdom of Poland, rulingDynasty, Vasa dynasty]
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Billung dynasty
The Billung dynasty was a powerful medieval German noble family that rose to prominence in northern Germany, particularly in Saxony, during the 10th and 11th centuries.
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Chagataid dynasty
The Chagataid dynasty was a Mongol royal lineage descended from Chagatai, son of Genghis Khan, that ruled a central Asian khanate spanning parts of modern-day Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Xinjiang.
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Lodi dynasty
The Lodi dynasty was the last ruling family of the Delhi Sultanate, an Afghan-led Muslim dynasty that governed parts of northern India in the 15th and early 16th centuries until its defeat by the Mughals.
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Manghit dynasty
The Manghit dynasty was a ruling Uzbek family that controlled the Khanate (later Emirate) of Bukhara from the mid-18th to early 20th century, overseeing one of Central Asia’s last major Islamic monarchies before Russian conquest.
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Kart dynasty
The Kart dynasty was a medieval Persianate ruling family that governed the region of Herat and parts of Khorasan in present-day Afghanistan and Iran from the 13th to the early 16th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Vasa dynasty Target entity description: The Vasa dynasty was a royal house of Swedish origin that produced monarchs who ruled Sweden, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and other territories in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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A.
Billung dynasty
The Billung dynasty was a powerful medieval German noble family that rose to prominence in northern Germany, particularly in Saxony, during the 10th and 11th centuries.
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B.
Chagataid dynasty
The Chagataid dynasty was a Mongol royal lineage descended from Chagatai, son of Genghis Khan, that ruled a central Asian khanate spanning parts of modern-day Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Xinjiang.
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C.
Lodi dynasty
The Lodi dynasty was the last ruling family of the Delhi Sultanate, an Afghan-led Muslim dynasty that governed parts of northern India in the 15th and early 16th centuries until its defeat by the Mughals.
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D.
Manghit dynasty
The Manghit dynasty was a ruling Uzbek family that controlled the Khanate (later Emirate) of Bukhara from the mid-18th to early 20th century, overseeing one of Central Asia’s last major Islamic monarchies before Russian conquest.
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E.
Kart dynasty
The Kart dynasty was a medieval Persianate ruling family that governed the region of Herat and parts of Khorasan in present-day Afghanistan and Iran from the 13th to the early 16th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
European royal house
ⓘ
royal dynasty ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | House of Vasa ⓘ |
| capitalDuringRule |
Kraków
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stockholm ⓘ Warsaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | Vasa sheaf ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Sweden ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Swedish nobility ⓘ |
| followedBy |
House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken
ⓘ
surface form:
House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken (in Sweden)
House of Wettin ⓘ
surface form:
House of Wettin (in Poland–Lithuania)
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| founder | Gustav I of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMonarch |
Charles IX of Sweden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Christina of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ Eric XIV of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ Gustav I of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ Gustav II Adolf of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ John II Casimir Vasa ⓘ John III of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ
surface form:
Sigismund II Augustus of Poland (through marriage ties and succession context)
Sigismund III Vasa ⓘ Władysław IV Vasa ⓘ |
| inception | 1523 ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Latin
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Polish ⓘ Swedish ⓘ |
| namedAfter | House of Vasa ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Gustav I of Sweden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gustav II Adolf of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ John II Casimir Vasa NERFINISHED ⓘ Queen Christina of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ Sigismund III Vasa ⓘ Władysław IV Vasa ONNED1 ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Kalmar Union
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surface form:
Kalmar Union (as overarching union before independent Vasa rule in Sweden)
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| religion |
Lutheranism (Swedish branch)
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Roman Catholicism (Polish branch) ⓘ |
| ruled |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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Kingdom of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ Livonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ONNED1 ⓘ parts of Estonia ⓘ parts of Finland ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Protestant Reformation in Sweden
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surface form:
Swedish Reformation
Swedish War of Liberation ⓘ Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
surface form:
Thirty Years' War (Swedish involvement under Gustav II Adolf)
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| timePeriod |
16th century
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17th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Vasa dynasty Description of subject: The Vasa dynasty was a royal house of Swedish origin that produced monarchs who ruled Sweden, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and other territories in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Referenced by (22)
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