Gustaw I Waza ur. 12 V 1496 zm. 29 IX 1560		Małgorzata Leijonhufvud ur. 1 I 1516 zm. 26 VIII 1551	Zygmunt I Stary ur. 1 I 1467 zm. 1 IV 1548		Bona Sforza ur. 2 II 1494 zm. 19 XI 1557
	Jan III Waza ur. 21 XII 1537 zm. 17 XI 1592			Katarzyna Jagiellonka ur. 1 XI 1526 zm. 16 IX 1583

		1 Anna Habsburżanka ur. 16 VIII 1573 zm. 10 II 1598 OO   31 V 1592		Zygmunt III Waza ur. 20 VI 1566 zm. 30 IV 1632		2 Konstancja Habsburżanka ur. 24 XII 1588 zm. 10 VII 1631 OO   11 XII 1605
	1		1		1		1		1
Anna Maria ur. 23 V 1593 zm. 9 II 1600		Katarzyna ur. 19 IV 1594 zm. 16 V 1594		Władysław IV Waza ur. 9 VI 1595 zm. 20 V 1648		Katarzyna ur. IX 1596 zm. 2 VI 1597		Krzysztof ur. 10 II 1598 zm. 10 II 1598
	2		2		2		2		2
Jan Kazimierz ur. 26 XII 1607 zm. 9 I 1608		Jan II Kazimierz ur. 22 III 1609 zm. 16 XII 1672		Jan Albert Waza ur. 25 VI 1612 zm. 29 XII 1634		Karol Ferdynand ur. 13 X 1613 zm. 9 V 1655		Aleksander Karol Waza ur. 14 XI 1614 zm. 19 XI 1634
	2		2
Anna Konstancja ur. 20 I 1616 zm. 24 V 1616		Anna Katarzyna Konstancja Waza ur. 7 VIII 1619 zm. 8 X 1651

Filip I Piękny ur. 22 VI 1478 zm. 25 IX 1506		Joanna Szalona ur. 6 XI 1479 zm. 12 IV 1555	Władysław II Jagiellończyk ur. 1 III 1456 zm. 13 III 1516		Anna de Foix ur. po 1469 zm. 26 VII 1506
	Ferdynand I Habsburg ur. 10 III 1503 zm. 25 VII 1564			Anna Jagiellonka ur. 23 VII 1503 zm. 27 I 1547

	Maria Anna Bawarska ur. 21 III 1551 zm. 29 IV 1608 OO   26 VIII 1571	Karol Styryjski ur. 3 VI 1540 zm. 10 VII 1590
Ferdynand ur. 15 VII 1572 zm. 3 VIII 1572	Anna ^2) ur. 16 VIII 1573 zm. 10 II 1598	Maria Krystyna ur. 10 XI 1574 zm. 6 IV 1621	Katarzyna Renata ur. 4 I 1576 zm. 29 VI 1595	Elżbieta ur. 13 III 1577 zm. 29 I 1586
Ferdynand II ur. 9 VII 1578 zm. 15 II 1637	Karol ur. 17 VII 1579 zm. 17 V 1580	Georgia Maksymiliana  ur. 22 III 1581  zm. 20 IX 1597	Eleonora ur. 25 IX 1582 zm. 28 I 1620	Maksymilian Ernest  ur. 17 XI 1583  zm. 18 II 1616
Małgorzata ^1) ur. 25 XII 1584 zm. 3 X 1611	Leopold V ur. 9 X 1586 zm. 13 IX 1632	Konstancja ^2^) ur. 25 XII 1588 zm. 10 VII 1631	Maria Magdalena ur. 7 X 1589 zm. 1 XI 1631	Karol ur. 7 VIII 1590 zm. 28 XII 1624

 I, Holy Roman Emperor

and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary(1503–1547). Anne was the only daughter of King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary and his wife Anne de Foix. Her maternal grandparents were Albert V, Duke of Bavaria and Anne Habsburg of Austria.

Constance was also a younger sister of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, Margaret of Austria, Leopold V of Austria and Anna of Austria.

Her older sister Anna was the first wife of king Sigismund III Vasa. After her death Constance and Sigismund III Vasa were married on December 11, 1605.

They had seven children:

1. John Casimir (25 Dec 1607-14 Jan 1608)

2. John Casimir (1609–1672), (reigned 1648-1668 as John Casimir II Vasa of Poland)

3. John Albert (1612–1634)

4. Charles Ferdinand (1613–1655)

5. Alexander Charles (1614–1634)

6. Anna Constance (26 Jan 1616-24 May 1616)

7. Anna Catherine Constance (1619–1651)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Sigismund III Vasa[show]

[edit]Marriages and descendants

Sigismund married twice. Firstly, on 31 May 1592, to Anna of Austria (1573–1598), daughter of Archduke Charles II ofAustria

 (1540–1590) and his wife Maria Anna of Bavaria (1551-1608). They had five children:

1. Anna Maria (23 May 1593–1600)

2. Catherine (9 May 1594–1594)

3. Vladislaus (1595–1648), (reigned 1632–1648 as Władysław IV Waza of Poland)

4. Catherine (27 September 1596–1597)

5. Christopher (10 February 1598–1598)

And secondly, on 11 December 1605, to his first wife's sister, Constance of Austria (1588–1631). They had seven children:

1. John Casimir (25 December 1607 – 14 January 1608)

2. John Casimir (1609–1672), (reigned 1648–1668 as John Casimir II Vasa of Poland)

3. John Albert (1612–1634)

4. Carles Ferdinand (1613–1655)

5. Alexander Charles (1614–1634)

6. Anna Constance (26 January 1616 - 24 May 1616)

7. Anna Catherine Constance (7 August 1619 – 8 October 1651) was the first wife of Philip William, Elector Palatine.

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Zygmunt WASA

Anna of Austria

Sigismund III Vasa (Polish: Zygmunt III Waza, Lithuanian: Zigmantas Vaza, English exonym: Sigmund; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, a monarch of the united Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 to 1632, and King of Sweden (where he is known simply as Sigismund) from 1592 until he was deposed in 1599. He was the son of King John III of Sweden and his first wife, Catherine Jagellonica of Poland.

Elected to the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Sigismund sought to create a personal unionbetween the Commonwealth and Sweden (Polish-Swedish union), and succeeded for a time in 1592. After he had been deposed in 1599 from the Swedish throne by his uncle, Charles IX of Sweden, and a meeting of the Riksens ständer (Swedish Riksdag), he spent much of the rest of his life attempting to reclaim it.

Sigismund remains a highly controversial figure in Poland. His long reign coincided with the apex of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's prestige, power and economic influence. On the other hand, it was during his reign that the symptoms of decline leading to the Commonwealth's eventual demise surfaced. Popular histories, such as the books of books of Paweł Jasienica, tend to present Sigismund as the principal source of these destructive processes; whereas academic histories are usually not damning of him. However, the question of whether the Commonwealth's decline was caused by Sigismund's decisions or had its roots in historical processes beyond his personal control, remains a highly debated topic.

He was commemorated in Warsaw with Zygmunt's Column, commissioned by his son and successor, Władysław IV.

Anne was a daughter of Charles II of Austria and Maria Anna of Bavaria. Her paternal grandparents were Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anne of Bohemia (1503–1547), daughter of King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungaryand his wife Anne of Foix-Candale.

Anne became the first wife of Sigismund of Poland and Sweden on 31 May 1592. This marriage was opposed by many nobles (szlachta) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, who were opposed to the alliance with the Habsburgs that Sigismund pursued.

When Sigismund sent a diplomatic mission, led by Cardinal Radziwill, to Prague for his bride, the anti-Habsburg party with chancellor Jan Zamoyski guarded the borders to prevent the Archduchess from entering the country. Anne evaded the guards, arrived in Kraków and was crowned in May 1592 by Primas Karnkowski as the Queen of Poland. (Later during her lifetime the capital of the Commonwealth was moved from Kraków to Warsaw.)

In 1594, she followed her spouse to Sweden, where she was crowned as the Queen of Sweden in Uppsala the 19 February. The Poles demanded that she leave her daughter behind her as security in Poland during their stay in Sweden, and she was afraid that the Swedes would demand the same when she returned to Poland, if she gave birth during her stay in Sweden. 19 April 1594, she gave birth to a daughter, whose baptism was elaborately celebrated at the Swedish court, but the child died soon after. During her stay in Sweden, she became involved in a conflict with Dowager Queen Gunilla Bielke. She was regarded as quite polite but distant and depressive during her stay. She did not speak Swedish, and she regarded the Swedish people as heretics and rebels and only showed herself in public when she was forced to. At her departure from Sweden in July 1594, she was grantedLinköping

, Söderköping and Stegeborg on the condition that she respect the Protestant belief within in these feifs.

Anne and Sigismund fell in love and Anne gained the friendship and respect of many of her former enemies with her politeness and culture.^{[citation needed]}

CONSTANCE OF AUSTRIA

Konstancja Habsburżanka

Konstancja królowa Polski

Herb Konstancji Austriaczki

Konstancja Habsburżanka (ur. 24 grudnia 1588 w Grazu, zm. 10 lipca 1631 w Warszawie) – królowa Polski i Szwecji wielka księżna Litwy, córka arcyksięcia Karola Styryjskiego i Marii Anny Bawarskiej, która była siostrzenicą jej ojca.

Jej dziadkami ze strony ojca byli więc: cesarz Ferdynand I Habsburg i Anna Jagiellonka, natomiast ze strony matki:Albert V, książę Bawarii oraz Anna Habsburg.

Miała czternaścioro rodzeństwa; w tym cesarza Ferdynanda II, Małgorzatę Austriacką, arcyksięcia Leopolda V i Annę Habsburg - pierwszą żonę Zygmunta III Wazy, królową Polski i Szwecji.

Po śmierci Anny 11 grudnia 1605 Zygmunt III ożenił się z Konstancją. Zaraz po ślubie królowa zdobyła wpływ na politykę króla. Stała się gorącą rzeczniczką Habsburgów na Polskim dworze. Wpływała na rozdawanie urzędów dworskich, duchownych i senatorskich. Starała się w ten sposób tworzyć silne stronnictwo dworskie. Aby wzmocnić swoją pozycję żeniła swoje dwórki ze znaczniejszymi magnatami, m.in. Stanisławem Albrychtem Radziwiłłem.

Królowa była bardzo wykształcona. Oprócz ojczystego języka niemieckiego znała łacinę, hiszpański, włoski i polski. Nauczyła się go zaraz po swojej koronacji, ale rzadko się nim posługiwała. Była żarliwą katoliczką, słuchała dwóch mszy dziennie, czytała modlitewniki i brewiarze. Chciała zapewnić tron swojemu najstarszemu synowi Janowi Kazimierzowi, z pominięciem Władysława, syna Zygmunta III z pierwszego małżeństwa. Pomysł ten nie został zrealizowany, a królowa zmarła na udar 10 lipca 1631. Wcześniej kupiła dobra żywieckie, aby po śmierci stały się zabezpieczeniem jej synów i sfinansowała budowę kilku pałaców w Warszawie (wszystkie spłonęły, lub zostały zniszczone) dla swoich dzieci. Była także opiekunką księży, malarzy i poetów. Została pochowana w podziemiach kaplicy Wazów w katedrze wawelskiej. Była kobietą zapobiegliwą.

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Królowa Konstancja z synem Janem Kazimierzem

Jan Wężyk (1575–1638), of Wąż Coat of Arms, was the bishop of Przemyśl (from 1619/1620 until 1626) and archbishop of Gniezno

, (from 1626), Primate of Poland and Interrex (for 9 months) after the death of king Sigismund III Vasa in 1632, before the royal election of Władysław IV Waza.

As the Interrerx he supported improving the procedures of the royal elections. He was a political ally of Polish queen consort Constance of Austria, and took part in reform of church law in Poland.

He authored Synodus provincialis Gnesnensis A.D. 1628 die 22 mai celebrata (1629), Synodus provincialis Gnesensis(1634), and Constitutiones Synodorum Metropolitanae Ecclesiae Gnesnensis Provincialium (1630).

De Wąż enl’an 0962 le nom est passé par Wanc en 1381 . Il existait sous la forme Wanclik vers 1600.Les variations locales étaient fonction

de la langue d’usage et des pouvoirs politiques et religieux. Il y a eu aussi des érradications physiques au cours des guerres de religions lorsque on voulait absolument détruire l’autre. Jan Kazimierz Waza Erikson a été conduit à choisir de devenir jésuite pour sortir de prison. Il a même été nommé Cardinal par le Pape Innocent X

This article is about the 17th century king of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. For another person sometimes referred to as Władysław IV of Poland, see the 14th century Władysław I the Elbow-high

Władysław IV Vasa (Polish: Władysław IV Waza, Latin: Vladislaus IV Vasa and Ladislaus IV Vasa, Lithuanian:Vladislovas IV Vaza, June 9, 1595 – May 20, 1648) was a Polish and Swedish prince from the House of Vasa, the son of Sigismund III Vasa and his wife, Anna of Austria (also known as Anna of Habsburg). Władysław IV reigned as King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from November 8, 1632, to his death in 1648. In 1610, the teenage Władysław was elected Tsar of Russia by Seven Boyars, but did not assume the Muscovite throne due to his father's opposition and popular uprising in Russia; he used the title of Grand Duke of Muscovy until 1634.

Władysław managed to prevent the Commonwealth becoming embroiled in the bloody Thirty Years' War that ravaged western Europe during his reign, and was fairly successful in defending the Commonwealth from invasions. He supported religious tolerance and carried out military reforms. He failed, however, to realize his dreams of regaining the Swedish crown, or gaining fame through conquest of the Ottoman Empire, or to reform and strengthen the Commonwealth.

His death marked the end of the Golden Age of the Commonwealth, as conflicts and tensions that Władysław had failed to resolve led in 1648 to the greatest of the Cossack uprisings—the Khmelnytsky Uprising—and to Swedish invasion ("The Deluge").

Royal titles

§ Royal titles in Latin: Vladislaus Quartus Dei gratia rex Poloniae, magnus dux Lithuaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samogitiae, Livoniaeque, necnon Suecorum, Gothorum Vandalorumque haereditarius rex, electus magnus dux Moschoviae.

§ English translation: Vladislaus IV, by the grace of God, king of Poland, grand duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Livonia, and also hereditary king of the Swedes, Goths and Vandals, elected Grand Duke of Moscow.

As Władysław Zygmunt Waza-Jagiellon, in 1632 he was elected King of Poland. By paternal inheritance, he legally succeeded as King of Sweden. He was also heir to one of the several Christian claims to the title of King of Jerusalem, but the Kingdom of Jerusalem had been defunct for several centuries. His titles were the longest of those of any Polish king ever.^[1]

John II Casimir (Polish: Jan II Kazimierz Waza; German: Johann II. Kasimir Wasa; Lithuanian: Jonas Kazimieras Vaza (22 March 1609 – 16 December 1672) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania^[1] during the era of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Duke of Opole in Upper Silesia, and titular King of Sweden 1648-1660. In Poland, he is known and commonly referred as Jan Kazimierz. His parents were Sigismund III Vasa(1566–1632) and Constance of Austria (1588–1631). His older brother, and predecessor on the throne, wasWładysław IV Vasa

. Related to the Habsburg rulers of the Holy Roman Empire he was the third and last monarch on the Polish throne from the House of Vasa. He was the last ruler of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth bearing a dynastical blood of House of Gediminas and a branch of it, the Jagiellons, although from female line.

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· 1 Royal titles

· 2 Biography

· 3 Legacy

· 4 Patron of arts

· 5 Ancestors

· 6 References

· 7 See also

Jean II Casimir Vasa (Jan Kazimierz Waza) est un roi polonais qui régna de 1648 à 1668 durant son règne laPologne perdit de grandes parties de son territoire par ses combats contre la Russie, la Suède, les Tatars et l'Ukraine.

Né le 22 mars 1609 à Cracovie, le second fils de Sigismond III Vasa combattit la France avec les Habsbourgpendant la guerre de Trente Ans. Arrêté en France alors qu'il voyageait vers l'Espagne,pour devenir Amiral de la flotte d’Espagne et vice-roi du Portugal il reste deux ans en prison (1638–1640) à Sisteron en Provence. Libéré sous condition d’abandonner toute ambition politique il entre chez les Jésuites. Le pape Innocent X le fait Cardinal,mais il renonce au bout d'un an.(En 1640 , le peintre Anton Wanclik, qui vivait à Buckingham à la cour de Charles 1^er et de la sœur de Louis XIII vit dans son entourage pendant plusieurs mois.)

A la mort de son frère le roi Ladislas IV Vasa, il est élu en 1648 au trône de Pologne et obtint une dispense pour épouser la veuve de celui-ci Marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers.

Malgré son désir de négocier avec les cosaques ukrainiens, il dut continuer la lutte sous la pression de la noblesse polonaise désirant agrandir leur possession. il gagna la bataille de Beresteczko contre les forces cosaques et tatars (20-30 juin 1651), mais les combats reprirent quand les cosaques s'allièrent avec la Russie. En même temps, la Suède envahit le Pologne.

Par traité, il renonça à ses droits sur la couronne de Suède et céda la Livonie. La guerre contre la Russie fut terminé par la trêve d'Andrusovo. Il est d'abord défait par Charles-Gustave, roi de Suède, à Varsovie, 1656.

Le 19 septembre 1657, il signe le traité de Welawa par lequel il renonce à la souveraineté sur le duché dePrusse. Il repoussa ensuite Charles-Gustave, roi de Suède, et conclut le traité d'Oliwa, 1660. Ses armées, commandées par Sobieski, vainquirent les Tartares en 1661.

Cependant, ayant perdu son épouse en 1667, et écœuré par la guerre et la révolte de la diète, il abdique le 16 septembre 1668. Il se retira en France en 1670 et devient abbé titulaire de Saint-Germain-des-Prés et de Saint-Martin de Nevers. Il mourut le 16 décembre 1672 à Nevers et fut inhumé dans l'église abbatiale de Saint-Germain-des-Prés à Paris.

Marié le 14 septembre 1672 à Paris, avec Françoise Marie Mignot (1624-1711). Il rencontra la riche veuve du maréchal François de L'Hospital dans l'un des salons parisiens qu'il fréquentait. Ils se marièrent à Paris, rue des Fossés Montmartre, mais le mariage ne fut jamais déclaré et ils eurent une fille.. Elle était à Nevers près de son mari lorsqu'il mourut trois mois après le mariage.

Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria (German: Cäcilia Renata; Polish: Cecylia Renata; 16 July 1611 – 24 March 1644) was Queen of Poland as consort to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's King Władysław IV Vasa.

Marie Louise Gonzaga (known in Poland as Ludwika Maria; 18 August 1611 - 10 May 1667) was queen consort to two Polish kings: Władysław IV Vasa, and John II Casimir Vasa. She was born in Paris (or Nevers) toCharles I, Duke of Mantua

, and Catherine of Guise.

Marriages

Władysław was married twice. At the very beginning of 1634, or even at the end of 1633 Władysław asked pope Urban VIIIfor permission (or better to say promise of permission, since no name was included) to marry a Protestant princess. The pope refused, and speed of this refusal Władysław treated as insult. At the beginning of 1634 Władysław sent Aleksander Przypkowski with a secret mission to king of England Charles I. Envoy had to discuss king's marriage plans and English help for reconstruction of Polish fleet. King's marriage plans were discussed on Senate meeting on 19 March 1635, but only four bishops were present and only one supported plan. There exist also other documents concerning planned marriage of Władysław and Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia, Princess Palatine (daughter of Frederick V, Elector Palatine, also known as the "Winter King"). However, when he was "cheated" during peace talks with Sweden in 1635 - by Polish magnates and nobles, many of them Protestant, by Protestant Swedes and by Protestant representatives of other foreign monarchs against a new war between the Commonwealth and Sweden, a war Władysław pushed for - Władysław changed his mind about marrying a Protestant and decided to seek support from the Catholic factions, especially the Habsburgs.

Another marriage briefly considered in 1636 was to Anna Wiśniowiecka, daughter of Michał Wiśniowiecki and sister ofJeremi Wiśniowiecki

, of the powerful Polish magnate family of Wiśniowiecki. Although Władysław was quite supportive of the marriage, it was blocked by the Sejm. Anna eventually married Zbigniew Firlej between 1636 and 1638.

Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor's proposal of marriage between Władysław and Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria(sister of future Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor) arrived in Warsaw somewhere during spring 1636. King's trusted, father Walerian (of Franciscan religious order) and voivode Kasper Doenhoff arrived in Regensburg (Polish: Ratyzbona) on 26 October 1636 with consent and performed negotiations. Archduchess dowry was agreed for 100,000 złoty (currency unit), the Emperor promised to pay dowries of Siegmund III both wives: Anna and Konstance. Additionally the son of Władysław and Cecilia Renata was to obtain duchy of Opole and Racibórz in Silesia (księstwo opolsko-raciborskie). However before everything was confirmed and signed Ferdinand II died and Ferdinand III backed from giving the Silesian duchy to the son of Władysław. Instead a dowry was written/protected by Bohemian estates of Třeboň (Trebon). The marriage took place in 1637.

After Cecilia's death in 1644, he married the French princess Ludwika Maria Gonzaga de Nevers, daughter of Karol I Gonzaga, prince de Nevers in 1646.

After having spent her childhood with her mother, she was to have married Gaston, Duke of Orléans, in 1627, but King Louis XIII of France opposed the marriage and subsequently imprisoned her in the Vincennes fortress and later in a convent.

The first proposal that she marry the King of Poland, Władysław IV Vasa, was made in 1634, but Władysław eventually married Cecilia Renata of Austria.

In 1640, Marie Louise met Władysław's brother, John Casimir, and started her literary salon in Paris.

Cecilia Renata died in 1644, and on 5 November 1645 Marie Louise married Władysław IV by proxy, John Casimir representing his brother. She had to change her name from Marie Louise to Ludwika Maria in order for the marriage to take place, as in Poland the name Maria was at that time considered reserved only for Mary, mother of Jesus.

Marie Louise married Wladyslaw by proxy 4 November 1645. The proper wedding of Marie Louise and Władysław IV took place in Warsaw on 10 March 1646. Two years later, on 20 May 1648, Marie Louise was widowed by the death of Władysław IV. John Casimir was eventually elected the next King of Poland, and married her on 30 May 1649.

Marie Louise was an active and energetic woman, with ambitious economic and political plans. The Polish nobilitywere scandalized at the Queen's meddling into politics, nevertheless she played an instrumental role leading the Polish troops in repulsing the Swedish forces during the Deluge. She wished to change the voting system of the Polish senate and grant the monarch more power. Her intelligence was estimated to have been higher than that of the king.

She also founded the first Polish newspaper, Merkuriusz Polski (The Polish Mercury, 1652), and the first Polishconvent

 of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary (1654). She supported Tito Livio Burattini, an Italian polymath (one of the first Egyptologists), who also designed "flying machines". He lived in Poland since the early 1650s.^[1] As a former salonist in France, she opened a literary salon in Poland, the first in the country. Rumours pointed her out as the mother of her successor as queen, Marysienka, through adultery, but there are no confirmation to these rumours.

She died in Warsaw on 10 May 1667 and was buried in Kraków at Wawel Cathedral. John Casimir abdicated the Polish throne a year later

Queen consort of Poland Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania
Tenure	5 November 1645 - 20 May 1648 30 May 1649 - 10 May 1667
Coronation	15 July 1646
Spouse	Władysław IV Vasa John II Casimir Vasa
House	House of Vasa House of Gonzaga
Father	Charles I, Duke of Mantua
Mother	Catherine of Guise
Born	18 August 1611 Nevers, France
Died	10 May 1667 (aged 55) Warsaw, Poland
Burial	Wawel Castle, Kraków, Poland

Queen consort of Poland Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania
Tenure	5 November 1645 - 20 May 1648 30 May 1649 - 10 May 1667
Coronation	15 July 1646
Spouse	Władysław IV Vasa John II Casimir Vasa
House	House of Vasa House of Gonzaga
Father	Charles I, Duke of Mantua
Mother	Catherine of Guise
Born	18 August 1611 Nevers, France
Died	10 May 1667 (aged 55) Warsaw, Poland
Burial	Wawel Castle, Kraków, Poland

Władysław IV Vasa

Jan II Kazimierz WASA John II Casimir Vasa

Claudine Françoise Mignot

Claudine Françoise Mignot [commonly called Marie] (January 20, 1624 – November 30, 1711), French adventuress, was born nearGrenoble

, at Meylan.

At the age of sixteen she attracted the notice of the secretary of Pierre des Portes d'Amblerieux, treasurer of the province of Dauphiné, and Amblerieux promised to promote their marriage. He married the girl himself, however, and left her his fortune.

His will was disputed by his family, and Claudine went to Paris in 1653 to secure its fulfilment. She sought the protection of François de l'Hôpital, marshal of France, then a man of seventy-five. He married her within a week of their first meeting, and after seven years of marriage died leaving her part of his estate. They had one son (c. 1654 - c. 1657).

By a third and morganatic marriage in 1672 with John Casimir, ex-king of Poland, a few weeks before his death, she received a third fortune. Immediately on her marriage with Amblerieux she had begun to educate herself, and her wealth and talents assured her a welcome in Paris. They had one daughter Marie Catherine (1670 - after 1672)

She retired in her old age to a Carmelite convent in the city, where she died on the 30 November 1711. Her history, very much modified, was the subject of a play by Bayard and Paul Duport, Marie Mignot (1829).