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LOT 758:
VASA JOHN ALBERT: (1612-1634) Polish Cardinal. Son of Sigismund III Vasa and Constance of ...
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VASA JOHN ALBERT: (1612-1634) Polish Cardinal. Son of Sigismund III Vasa and Constance of Austria. Prince Bishop of Warmia and Krakow. Very rare L.S., `Joan Albertus Cardinalis´, one page, folio, Warsaw, 18th August 1633, to Apostolic Nuntio and Archbishop of Larissa Visconti, in Latin. A year before the present letter was written the King of Poland Sigismund III passed away and his elder son Wladyslaw IV, and brother of John Albert, was crowned King of Poland. John Albert thanks his correspondent `Most Illustrious and Reverend and appreciated friend, your singular letters so benevolent towards us..´ and refers to sad news about some individual in Lithuania, to their work to finish and to Lithuanians. With address leaf, bearing a paper seal affixed. Overall age wear and staining. Professionally repaired. F to G
John Albert Vasa died at the very early age of 22 in Padua Italy. He was sent by his brother and King of Poland Wladyslaw IV on a diplomatic mission. The cause of his death remains uncertain.
