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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 was deposed by his Protestant uncle, Duke Charles, who had won the Battle of (*) Stångebro (“STONE”-ge-broh). A later ruler from this dynasty (10[1])abdicated the throne in 1654, converted to Catholicism, and (-5[1])settled into Rome’s Palazzo Farnese. (10[1])A king of Poland from this house, who captured Smolensk from Russia in the Time of Troubles, was named Sigismund III. (10[1])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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