Facts:   - mother: anne of austria    - predecessor: sigismund iii vasa vasili iv      - house: house of vasa    - birth date: 9 june 1595    - issue: sigismund illegitimate '' -rrb- casimir maria anna isabella władysław konstanty -lrb- ''    - succession: king all russia of poland grand duke of lithuania tsar of    - reign: 8 1610 -- 21 february 1613 november 1632 -- 20 may 1648 19 july    - death date: 20 may 1648    - father: sigismund iii vasa    - name: władysław iv vasa    - death place: merkinė , polish-lithuanian commonwealth    - birth place: Łobzów , near kraków , poland    - signature: vladislaus rex.png    - coronation: 6 february 1633    - successor: john ii casimir vasa michael i    - spouses: cecilia renata of austria marie louise gonzaga    - image: wladislaus iv of poland.png    - religion: roman catholicism   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of władysław iv vasa .
`` this article is about the 17th-century polish king ; for another person called władysław iv of poland , see władysław i the elbow-high '' władysław iv vasa -lrb- ; or `` ladislaus iv vasa '' ; ; 9 june 1595 -- 20 may 1648 -rrb- was a polish prince from the royal house of vasa .he reigned as king of poland and grand duke of lithuania from 8 november 1632 to his death in 1648 .władysław iv was the son of sigismund iii vasa -lrb- polish : `` zygmunt iii waza '' -rrb- and his wife , anna of austria -lrb- also known as anna of habsburg -rrb- .in 1610 the teen-aged władysław was elected tsar of russia by the seven boyars , but did not assume the russian throne due to his father 's opposition and a popular uprising in russia .nevertheless , until 1634 he used the title of grand duke of muscovy .elected king of poland in 1632 , władysław was fairly successful in defending the polish -- lithuanian commonwealth against invasion , most notably in the smolensk war of 1632 -- 34 , in which he participated personally .he supported religious tolerance and carried out military reforms , such as the founding of the commonwealth navy .he was also a renowned patron of the arts and music .he failed , however , to realize his dreams of regaining the swedish crown , gaining fame by conquering the ottoman empire , strengthening royal power , and reforming the commonwealth .he died without a legitimate male heir and was succeeded to the polish throne by his half-brother , john ii casimir vasa -lrb- `` jan kazimierz waza '' -rrb- .władysław 's death marked the end of relative stability in the polish -- lithuanian commonwealth , as conflicts and tensions that had been growing over several decades came to a head with devastating consequences , notably the largest of the cossack uprisings -- the khmelnytsky uprising -lrb- 1648 -rrb- -- and the swedish invasion -lrb- `` the deluge '' , 1655 -- 60 -rrb- .