John Sigismund Vasa (6 January 1652 - 20 February 1652) 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.B. Fabiani: Habit princess: Portrait of Vasa 1651, Warsaw, 1972, p 68, ed. 44. However, he died before the age of two months; his sister, Maria Anna Teresa, had also died some months before John's birth.S. Ochmann-Staniszewska: the Vasa dynasty in Poland, Warsaw 2006, p 239 He was buried in the Vasa Crypt, at Wawel Castle in the Tomb of the Kings.Z. Wdowiszewski: Genealogy of the House of Jagiellon and Vasa in Poland, Krakow 2005, p 239.
According to contemporary sources, though his name was Charles Louis (Karol Ludwik), on his coffin his name was inscribed as Jan Zygmunt (John Sigismund).Z. Wdowiszewski: Genealogy of the House of Jagiellon and Vasa in Poland, Krakow 2005, p. 239.
Notes
References 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.