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Władysław IV Vasa

1595 - 1648

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Władysław IV Vasa or Ladislaus IV of Poland (9 June 1595 – 20 May 1648) was King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and claimant of the thrones of Sweden and Russia. Born into the House of Vasa as a prince of Poland and of Sweden, Władysław IV was the eldest son of Sigismund III Vasa and Sigismund's first wife, Anna of Austria. Władysław was elected Tsar of Russia by the Seven Boyars in 1610, when the Polish army captured Moscow, but did not assume the throne because of his father's position and a popular uprising. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Władysław IV Vasa has received more than 912,887 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Władysław IV Vasa is the 614th most popular politician (down from 554th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Poland (down from 22nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Polish Politician.

Władysław IV Vasa is most famous for being the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. He was the son of Sigismund III Vasa and his fourth wife, Constance of Austria.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Over the past year Władysław IV Vasa has had the most page views in the with 152,950 views, followed by Polish (136,117), and English (112,448). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Azerbaijani (201.60%), Bulgarian (87.78%), and Cantonese (47.44%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Władysław IV Vasa ranks 614 out of 19,576. Before him are Geronimo, Hong Taiji, Sweyn Forkbeard, Shinzō Abe, Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, and Manuel I of Portugal. After him are Christian X of Denmark, Yongzheng Emperor, Umberto I of Italy, Gojong of Korea, Yuan Shikai, and Reza Shah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1595, Władysław IV Vasa ranks 3. Before him are Pocahontas, and Bohdan Khmelnytsky. After him are Injo of Joseon, Alessandro Algardi, George William, Elector of Brandenburg, Vasile Lupu, Dirck van Baburen, Jean Chapelain, Antonio Maria Abbatini, Ludovico Ludovisi, and Albert Girard. Among people deceased in 1648, Władysław IV Vasa ranks 3. Before him are Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire, and Christian IV of Denmark. After him are Marin Mersenne, Tirso de Molina, Joseph Calasanz, George I Rákóczi, Claudia de' Medici, Claude Françoise de Lorraine, Qin Liangyu, Vincent Voiture, and Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Władysław IV Vasa ranks 26 out of 1,694. Before him are Wernher von Braun (1912), Erich Ludendorff (1865), Wisława Szymborska (1923), Janusz Korczak (1878), Lech Kaczyński (1949), and Fedor von Bock (1880). After him are Eric of Pomerania (1381), Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902), Ernst Cassirer (1874), Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846), Zygmunt Bauman (1925), and Yitzhak Shamir (1915).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Władysław IV Vasa ranks 5. Before him are David Ben-Gurion (1886), Lech Wałęsa (1943), Paul von Hindenburg (1847), and Lech Kaczyński (1949). After him are Yitzhak Shamir (1915), Sigismund II Augustus (1520), Vladislaus II of Hungary (1456), Casimir III the Great (1310), Donald Tusk (1957), Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923), and Sigismund I the Old (1467).

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