Alexander Charles Vasa

Alexander Charles Vasa
Born	(1614-11-04)4 November 1614
Died	19 November 1634(1634-11-19) (aged 20) Lwów or Wielkie
House	Vasa
Father	Sigismund III Vasa
Mother	Constance of Austria

Alexander Charles Vasa (Polish: Aleksander Karol Waza; 4 November 1614 – 19 November 1634) was a Prince of Poland,^[1] the fifth son of King Sigismund III of Poland and his wife Constance of Austria.

During the election of 1632 he supported his brother Vladislaus IV Vasa who became King of Poland.^[2] 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^[3] in Lwów or in the village of Wielkie near Warsaw on 19 November 1634.

References

1. Gordon, Bonnie (2023-05-31). Voice Machines: The Castrato, the Cat Piano, and Other Strange Sounds. University of Chicago Press. p. 401. ISBN 978-0-226-82514-4. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
2. Coelho, V. (2013-03-09). Music and Science in the Age of Galileo. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 82. ISBN 978-94-015-8004-5. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
3. Goudriaan, Elisa (2017-10-02). Florentine Patricians and Their Networks: Structures Behind the Cultural Success and the Political Representation of the Medici Court (1600–1660). BRILL. p. 44. ISBN 978-90-04-35358-9. Retrieved 2025-08-13.