John Sigismund Vasa Explained

House:Vasa
Father:John II Casimir Vasa
Mother:Marie Louise Gonzaga
Birth Date:6 January 1652
Birth Place:Warsaw, Poland
Death Place:Warsaw, Poland
Place Of Burial:Wawel Castle, Kraków, Poland

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

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]

References

Notes and References

  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.