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 (4 November 1614 19 November 1634), Polish: Aleksander Karol Waza, was the fifth son of King Sigismund III Vasa and his wife Constance of Austria.

During the election of 1632 he supported his brother Vladislaus IV Vasa. After his voyage to Italy and Germany in 1634, supported the movement for the war with Ottoman Empire but died before he had any significant influence on the events. Died in Lwów or his residence in village Wielkie near Warsaw (sources vary) on 19 November 1634 from smallpox.


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