Jan Stanisław Sapieha
Jan Stanisław Sapieha( 25 October 1589- 10 April 1635 in Lyakhavichy) was a Polish- Lithuanian noble, starost of Słonim, Court Marshal of Lithuania from 1617, Great Lithuanian Marshal from 1621.
He was the son of Lew Sapieha.
Jan studied abroad.
He was a friend and supporter of prince and later king Władysław IV Vasa and served as a deputy to many Sejms.
Sapieha took part in the Polish- Swedish wars, but gained the reputation of a weak tactician and suffered several defeats.
Near the end of his life he had mental health problems, but his friend king Władysław IV allowed him to remain at the royal court until his death.
Cecilia Renata of Austria
Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria (German: "Cäcilia Renata"; Polish: "Cecylia Renata"; 16 July 1611 – 24 March 1644) was Queen of Poland as the wife of King Władysław IV Vasa.
Piotr Baryka
Piotr Baryka( 1600 – 1675) was a seventeenth- century Polish soldier and writer, most probably of burgher origin, of whom very little is known.
He is listed as one of the authors present at the coronation of Władysław IV.
Sigismund III Vasa
Sigismund III Vasa (20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632
), also known as Sigismund III of Poland, was King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and monarch of the united Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 to 1632 as well as King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 until his deposition in 1599.
Sigismund was the son of John III of Sweden and his first wife, Catherine Jagiellon of Poland.
Elected to the throne of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, he sought to create a personal union between 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 Protestant uncle, Charles IX of Sweden, and a meeting of the Riksens ständer, he spent much of the rest of his life attempting to reclaim it.
A pious yet erratic ruler, Sigismund attempted to hold absolute power in all his dominions.
Shortly after his victory over internal opposition, Sigismund took advantage of a period of civil unrest in Muscovy, known as the Time of Troubles, and invaded Russia, holding Moscow for two years (1610–12) and Smolensk thereafter.
In 1617 the Polish–Swedish conflict, which had been interrupted by an armistice in 1611, broke out again.
While Sigismund's army was also fighting Ottoman forces in Moldavia (1617–21), King Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden invaded Sigismund's lands, capturing Riga in 1621 and seizing almost all of Polish Livonia.
Sigismund, who concluded the Truce of Altmark with Sweden in 1629, never regained the Swedish crown.
His Swedish wars resulted, moreover, in Poland's loss of northern Livonian territories and in a diminution of the kingdom's international prestige.
Sigismund remains a highly controversial figure in Poland.
One of the country's most recognizable monarchs, he transferred the capital from Kraków to Warsaw in 1596 and 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 Paweł Jasienica, tend to present Sigismund as the principal source of these destructive processes; whereas academic histories are usually not as 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 highly debatable.
He was commemorated in Warsaw with Sigismund's Column, one of the city's landmarks and the first secular monument in the form of a column in modern history.
It was commissioned after Sigismund's death by his son and successor, Władysław IV.
Władysław IV Vasa
Władysław IV Vasa or Ladislaus IV Vasa (9 June 1595 – 20 May 1648) was king of Poland, of the House of Vasa, who ruled from 1632 until his death in 1648.
Władysław IV was the son of Sigismund III Vasa (Polish: "Zygmunt III Waza") and his wife, Anna of Austria (also known as Anna of Habsburg).
Władysław was elected Tsar of Russia by the Seven Boyars in 1610 when the Polish army captured Moscow, but did not assume the throne due to his father's position and a popular uprising.
Nevertheless, until 1634 he used the title of Grand Duke of Muscovy.
Elected king of Poland in 1632, he was fairly successful in defending the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth against invasion, most notably in the Smolensk War of 1632–34, in which he participated personally.
He supported religious tolerance and carried out military reforms, such as the founding of the Commonwealth Navy.
He was also a renowned patron of the arts and music.
He failed, however, to realize his dreams of regaining the Swedish crown, gaining fame by defeating the Ottoman Empire, strengthening royal power, and reforming the Commonwealth.
He died without a legitimate male heir and was succeeded to the Polish throne by his half-brother, John II Casimir Vasa ("Jan Kazimierz Waza").
Władysław's death marked the end of relative stability in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, as conflicts and tensions that had been growing over several decades came to a head with devastating consequences, notably the largest of the Cossack uprisings – the Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648) – and the Swedish invasion ("the Deluge", 1655–60).
Rozyna Małgorzata von Eckenberg
Rozyna Małgorzata von Eckenberg( 1625- 1648), was a Polish court official.
She was the daughter of NN von Eckenberg and Margarethe von Toll.
She came to Poland as a lady- in- waiting to the new queen of Poland, Cecilia Renata of Austria, and was appointed governess to Sigismund Casimir.
Between the death of Cecilia and the next marriage of the king, she was mistress of Władysław IV Vasa from 1644 to 1646.
She married Michał Jerzy Czartoryski.
Giacinto Campana
Giacinto Campana( born c. 1600, Bologna) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.
He trained first with Francesco Brizio, then with Francesco Albani.
He moved to Poland to paint for King Władysław IV Vasa, and died in Poland.
Przemysław of Racibórz
Przemysław of Racibórz( between 21 October 1258 and 12 June 1268 – 7 May 1306) was a Duke of Racibórz since 1282 until his death( until 1290 with his brother as co-ruler).
He was the fourth son of Władysław, Duke of Opole- Racibórz, by his wife Euphemia, daughter of Władysław Odonic, Duke of Greater Poland.
He was born between 21 October 1258 and 12 June 1268.
He was not mentioned among other sons of Władysław on document from 21 October 1258.
First document, where Przemysław was mentioned, is from 12 June 1268.
Casimir of Bytom
Casimir of Bytom( 1253/57 – 10 March 1312) was a Duke of Opole during 1282– 1284( with his brother as co-ruler) and Duke of Bytom from 1284 until his death.
He was the second son of Władysław, Duke of Opole – Racibórz, by his wife Euphemia, daughter of Władysław Odonic, Duke of Greater Poland.
Władysław Konstanty Vasa
Władysław Konstanty, Count of Wasenau (1635 - 19 March 1698) was the illegitimate son of King of Poland Władysław IV Vasa and his mistress, Jadwiga Łuszkowska.
He was the Captain of the Guard for Queen Christina of Sweden, his second cousin, while in Rome.
Also in Rome, he was appointed a Papal Chamberlain for Pope Alexander VIII.
Upon the death of Christina he did not receive the benefits she had intended to leave for him and was reduced to poverty.

Question: Where was the place of death of Władysław Iv Vasa's father?
Answer: Warsaw