Karol Ferdynand Vasa

Karol Ferdynand Waza
Parents	Sigismund III Vasa, Constance of Austria
Date of Birth	October 13, 1613
Place of Birth	Warsaw, Poland
Date of Death	May 9, 1655
Place of Death	Wyszków, Poland
Place of Burial	Jesuits' Church in Warsaw

Charles Ferdinand Vasa (Karol Ferdynand Waza) (October 13, 1613 in Warsaw - May 9, 1655 in Wyszków), was Prince-Bishop of Breslau/Wrocław from 1625, bishop of Płock from 1640 and Duke of Oppeln Opole from 1648 to 1655.

Biography

Charles Ferdinand was the fourth son of King Sigismund III Vasa and his wife Constance of Austria and the brother of John Casimir, John Albert, Alexander Charles and Anna Catherine Constance.

Charles Ferdinand was a great patron of art and supporter of the Society of Jesus (he had an enormous silver altar built for the Jesuit Church in Warsaw). In the 1640s, royal architect, Giovanni Battista Gisleni built for him a palace situated on the northern bastion of the Warsaw Royal Castle fortifications. It was later ransacked and destroyed by Sweds and Germans of Brandenburg in 1650s, during the Deluge. He also had a large wooden palace in Wyszków.

Gallery

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  Monument dedicated to memory of Karol Ferdynand Waza in Wyszków, erected after his death in 1655.

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  He rebuilt the Castle in Otmuchów, after devastation during the Thirty Years' War.

See also

• Płock Cathedral
• Nysa

External links

• Portrait of Charles Ferdinand Vasa

Karol Ferdynand Vasa House of Vasa Born: 13 October 1613 in Warsaw Died: 9 May 1655 in Wyszków
Religious titles
Regnal titles
Preceded by Karl von Innerösterreich	Prince-Bishop of Wrocław 1625-1655 (He was represented by Administrator Johann Balthasar Liesch von Hornau, because Vasa did not reside in Breslau)	Succeeded by Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria
Religious titles
Preceded by Stanisław Łubieński	Bishop of Płock 1640-1655	Succeeded by Jan Gembicki