John Sigismund Vasa [SEP] mother
John Sigismund Vasa
John Sigismund Vasa (January 6, 1652, Warsaw - February 20, 1652, Warsaw) - Polish prince, the son of John II Casimir and Marie Louise Gonzaga.
Biography.
His parents, happy for the birth of an heir, had vowed that when the child was born, he would spend two years as the novice of the Order of the Discalced Carmelites. However, unfortunately for them, the boy died under the age of two months. This plunged his parents into deep despair
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Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Sigismund III Vasa was born when his parents, John III and Catherine Jagiellon, were held prisoner by John's brother King Eric XIV, but John replaced Eric in 1568. Sweden had become Protestant, but young Sigismund was raised Catholic. His Polish connection came through his mother, daughter of Sigismund I the Old, and the Jagiellonian dynasty had ruled
Poland and then the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth since 1386. Sigismund was elected King of the