Alexander Charles Vasa

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Gustav I Parents    Erik Johansson (Vasa), Cecilia Månsdotter Children    Eric, John, Catherine, Cecilia, Magnus, Anna, Sofia, Elizabeth, Charles Eric XIV Children    Sigrid, Gustav John III Children    Sigismund, Princess Anna, John Sigismund Children    Władysław IV, John II Casimir, John Albert, Charles Ferdinand, Alexander Charles, Anna Catherine Konstantia Charles IX Children    Catherine, Gustav Adolf, Maria Elizabeth, Christina, Carl Philip Grandson    Charles X Gustav Gustav II Adolf Children    Christina Christina

Alexander Charles Vasa (November 4, 1614 – November 19, 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 Wladislav IV Waza. After his voyage to Italy and Germany in 1634, supported the movement for the war with Ottoman Empire but died before he had any siginifact influence on the events. Died in Lwów or his residence in village Wielkie near Warsaw (sources vary) in 19 November 1634 from smallpox.