Anna Maria Vasa
| Anna Maria Vasa | |
|---|---|
 Portrait by Martin Kober (1596) | |
| Born | 23 May 1593 Kraków, Poland |
| Died | 9 February 1600 (aged 6) Kraków, Poland |
| Burial | |
| House | Vasa |
| Father | Sigismund III Vasa |
| Mother | Anne of Austria |
Anna Maria Vasa[a] or Anne Marie (23 May 1593 – 9 February 1600)[1] was a Princess of Poland and Sweden as the eldest surviving daughter of King Sigismund III Vasa and his first wife, Queen Anne of Austria. She was heiress presumptive from 1593 until 1595.
Biography
[edit]Birth and background
[edit]Anna Maria was born on 23 May 1593 in Kraków, Poland. Her parents' marriage was a political one, it was intended to tie the House of Vasa and the prestigious Habsburgs.[2]
As her younger brother Władysław, she was taken care of by her father's mistress, Urszula Meyerin (1570–1635), who was senior governess to the King's children and supervisor of Royal Nurses.[3][4]
In July 1593, Anna Maria was taken by her paternal aunt Anna Vasa of Sweden to her baptismal. Anna Maria's mother died on 10 February 1598 less than three years after giving birth to Władysław.[5] On 9 February 1600, Anna Maria died of Measles in Kraków. Her body was buried in the Wawel Cathedral.
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References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Polish: Anna Maria Waza, Lithuanian: Anna Marija Vaza
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b Wdowiszewski 2005, p. 242.
- ^ Czapliński 1976, p. 11.
- ^ Czapliński 1976, p. 18.
- ^ Bohun & Rosalak 2007, p. 4.
- ^ Czapliński 1976, p. 11 and 18.
Bibliography
[edit]- Wdowiszewski, Zygmunt (2005). Genealogia Jagiellonów i Domu Wazów w Polsce [Genealogy of the Jagiellonians and the House of Vasa in Poland] (in Polish). Avalon. ISBN 9788391849729.
- Östergren, Stefan (2005). Sigismund: en biografi över den svensk-polske monarken [Sigismund: a biography of the Swedish-Polish monarch] (in Swedish). Fredestad. ISBN 9789186428242.
- Czapliński, Władysław (1976) [1972]. Władysław IV i jego czasy [Władysław IV and his times] (in Polish). Wiedza Powszechna.
- Bohun, Bohun; Rosalak, Maciej (24 July 2007). "Władysław IV Waza 1595–1658". Rzeczpospolita and Mówią Wieki (in Polish). 23.
External links
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