Talk:House of Vasa

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[edit] Did the Polish Vasas really "die out"?

The article now reads: "After John, the Polish Vasa died out". Was this really the case? Was John the last male of the line or only the last Polish Vasa on the throne?KarlXII 23:08, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

They did not leave any male nor female survivor. The death of John II Casimir, a couple of years after his abdication, brought an end to the entire issue of Bona Sforza with Sigismund I, and (consequently of course) to Sigismund III's issue. It is not only the male line which went extinct. No daughters either had produced surviving children. They suffered from the Jagiellon dynasty difficulties to continue the progenity in any legitimate way. ObRoy 11:30, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

PS We do not necessarily know if some of them actually managed to leave bastard issue to continue the genetic line, but at least no such are documented in a sufficient way, and anyway the illegitimates would not have had a serious role in royal succession. ObRoy 11:30, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

PPS The Vasa of Sweden continued in female line from several siblings of John III of Sweden, but they, of course, were not descendants of Polish kings. ObRoy 11:30, 7 July 2006 (UTC)