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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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John II Casimir Vasa has received more than 434,913 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. John II Casimir Vasa is the 1,075th most popular politician (up from 1,244th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Poland (up from 76th in 2019) and the 15th 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John II Casimir Vasas by language

Over the past year John II Casimir Vasa has had the most page views in the with 156,979 views, followed by English (59,680), and Russian (48,000). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Serbo-Croatian (292.20%), German (85.41%), and Catalan (32.03%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John II Casimir Vasa ranks 1,075 out of 19,576. Before him are False Dmitry I, Lysimachus, Valdemar IV of Denmark, Park Geun-hye, Ariq Böke, and Corazon Aquino. After him are Alaeddin Pasha, Pierre Laval, Itō Hirobumi, Władysław III of Poland, Magnus Maximus, and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1609, John II Casimir Vasa ranks 2. Before him is Frederick III of Denmark. After him are Raimondo Montecuccoli, Judith Leyster, Henrietta Maria of France, Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria, Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine, Kâtip Çelebi, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi, Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, and Hanzade Sultan. Among people deceased in 1672, John II Casimir Vasa ranks 1. After him are Heinrich Schütz, Johan de Witt, Al-Rashid of Morocco, Peter Stuyvesant, Franciscus Sylvius, John Wilkins, Hümaşah Sultan, Marguerite of Lorraine, Adil Giray, Adriaen van de Velde, and Madeleine Béjart.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, John II Casimir Vasa ranks 67 out of 1,694. Before him are Bolesław I the Brave (967), Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928), Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916), Albert A. Michelson (1852), Emanuel Lasker (1868), and Faustina Kowalska (1905). After him are Władysław III of Poland (1424), Erich von Falkenhayn (1861), Walther Nernst (1864), Gustav Fechner (1801), Marie Walewska (1786), and Anna Jagiellon (1523).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, John II Casimir Vasa ranks 15. Before him are Casimir III the Great (1310), Donald Tusk (1957), Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923), Sigismund I the Old (1467), Bolesław I the Brave (967), and Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928). After him are Władysław III of Poland (1424), Marie Walewska (1786), Anna Jagiellon (1523), Ladislaus I of Hungary (1046), Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427), and Catherine Jagiellon (1526).

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