Alexander Charles Vasa ( pl, Aleksander Karol Waza; 4 November 1614 – 19 November 1634) was the fifth son of King
Sigismund III of Poland
Sigismund III Vasa ( pl, Zygmunt III Waza, lt, Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632
N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to ...
and his wife
Constance of Austria.
During the
election of 1632 he supported his brother
Vladislaus IV Vasa
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. After his voyage to
Italy and
Germany in 1634, Alexander supported the movement for the war with
Ottoman Empire but died before he had any significant influence on the events. He died from
smallpox in
Lwów
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or in the village of Wielkie near
Warsaw on 19 November 1634.
1614 births
1634 deaths
Deaths from smallpox
Alexander Charles
Infectious disease deaths in Poland
Burials at Wawel Cathedral
Sons of kings
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