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A king from this dynasty who compiled liturgical reforms into the Red Book was the target of the Mornay Plot, a never-executed conspiracy to murder him during a Scottish sword dance. Another ruler from this house installed an unpopular governor who was deposed in a peasant rebellion called the Cudgel War. That Catholic dual monarch from this dynasty (15[1])was deposed by his Protestant uncle, Duke Charles, who had won the Battle of (*) Stångebro (“STONE”-ge-broh). A later ruler from this dynasty abdicated the throne in 1654, (10[1])converted to Catholicism, (10[1])and settled into Rome’s Palazzo Farnese. A king of Poland from this house, who captured Smolensk from Russia in the Time of Troubles, was named Sigismund III. For 10 points, name this dynasty to which Queen Christina belonged, the ruling house of early modern Sweden. ■END■

ANSWER: House of Vasa (The first king mentioned is John III Vasa.)
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