I was trying to research some data about Anna Vasa, the sister of Sigismund III of Poland, and I’ve found this text (http://swordandsea.blogspot.com/2009/04/anna-vasa.html) with some interesting information:
“…Anna accompanied her brother, Sigismund, to Poland, when he was elected King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1587. Anna was an able politician, and her father, King John of Sweden, hoped to use her to further Swedish interests in the Baltic, especially in the long-standing dispute over Estonia between Poland and Sweden. Anna remained in Poland for two years. During this period, Sigismund, frustrated with the turbulent Polish nobility, decided to abdicate. He planned to marry Anna to an Austrian Archduke, who would assume the Polish throne in his place. Nothing, however, came of these plans. Political circumstances obliged Sigismund to remain King of Poland, and his sister's marriage never materialized…”
After researching a bit more I’ve found a book (A Short History of Sweden, by Ragnar Svanstrom) that also makes this reference about Sigismund intending to abdicate the Polish throne during that period.
So, WI he had really abdicated? Could he have kept the Swedish throne instead? And who could become king of Poland in his place?
“…Anna accompanied her brother, Sigismund, to Poland, when he was elected King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1587. Anna was an able politician, and her father, King John of Sweden, hoped to use her to further Swedish interests in the Baltic, especially in the long-standing dispute over Estonia between Poland and Sweden. Anna remained in Poland for two years. During this period, Sigismund, frustrated with the turbulent Polish nobility, decided to abdicate. He planned to marry Anna to an Austrian Archduke, who would assume the Polish throne in his place. Nothing, however, came of these plans. Political circumstances obliged Sigismund to remain King of Poland, and his sister's marriage never materialized…”
After researching a bit more I’ve found a book (A Short History of Sweden, by Ragnar Svanstrom) that also makes this reference about Sigismund intending to abdicate the Polish throne during that period.
So, WI he had really abdicated? Could he have kept the Swedish throne instead? And who could become king of Poland in his place?