John Sigismund Vasa

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John Sigismund Vasa
Born6 January 1652
Warsaw, Poland
Died20 February 1652(1652-02-20) (aged 0)
Warsaw, Poland
Burial
HouseVasa
FatherJohn II Casimir Vasa
MotherMarie Louise Gonzaga

John Sigismund Vasa (6 January 1652, Warsaw - 20 February 1652, Warsaw) was a Polish prince, the son of John II Casimir and Marie Louise Gonzaga.

Biography[edit]

His parents had vowed that he would spend two years as the novice of the Order of the Discalced Carmelites.[1] However, he died before the age of two months; his sister, Maria Anna Teresa, had also died some months before John's birth.[2] He was buried in the Vasa Crypt, at Wawel Castle in the Tomb of the Kings.[3]

According to contemporary sources, though his name was Charles Louis (Karol Ludwik), on his coffin his name was inscribed as Jan Zygmunt (John Sigismund).[4]

Ancestry[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ B. Fabiani: Habit princess: Portrait of Vasa 1651, Warsaw, 1972, p 68, ed. 44.
  2. ^ S. Ochmann-Staniszewska: the Vasa dynasty in Poland, Warsaw 2006, p 239
  3. ^ Z. Wdowiszewski: Genealogy of the House of Jagiellon and Vasa in Poland, Krakow 2005, p 239.
  4. ^ Z. Wdowiszewski: Genealogy of the House of Jagiellon and Vasa in Poland, Krakow 2005, p. 239.

References[edit]

  • B. Fabiani: Habit princess. Portrait of Vasa in 1651 , [in:] Lorentz S., Michalowski, K., Yearbook of the National Museum in Warsaw, Vol. XVI, Warsaw, 1972, pp. 68, 76.
  • S. Ochmann-Staniszewska: Vasa dynasty in Poland, Warsaw 2006, pp. 211, 239.
  • Z. Wdowiszewski: Genealogy of the House of Jagiellon and Vasa in Poland, ed. Avalon, Kraków 2005, p. 239.