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The 1648 free election in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth began on October 6, 1648, and ended on November 17 of the same year. The new King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania was Jan Kazimierz Waza, the younger brother of previous king, Wladyslaw IV Waza, who had died on May 20, 1648. == Background == The death of King Wladyslaw IV Waza, which took place in the town of Merkine, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, was not a surprise, as the king, despite being only 52 years of age, suffered from gout and kidney failure. Wladyslaw died at the beginning of the Khmelnytsky Uprising, which devastated southeastern part of the enormous country. Following the customary rule, Poland-Lithuania was ruled by an interrex, the senile Primate Maciej Lubienski. Due to Lubienski’s health problems, the powerful Crown Chancellor Jerzy Ossolinski became the de facto interrex. The 1648 free election was, to a large degree, influenced by the ongoing conflict in the Ukrainian provinces of Poland. The two opposing factions that emerged during the election were: * the pro-peace camp, headed by Jerzy Ossolinski and the Starosta of Kiev Adam Kisiel. It supported the election of Jan Kazimierz, * the pro-war camp, headed by Jeremi Wisniowiecki and Aleksander Koniecpolski. This camp backed Jan Kazimierz’s brother, the Prince-Bishop of Breslau, Karol Ferdynand Vasa. Apart from the two House of Vasa candidates, the Protestant nobility supported Sigismund Rakoczi, son of Duke of Transilvania, George I Rakoczi. Sigismund was also backed by Orthodox Christians, and by Bohdan Khmelnytsky. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Free election, 1648」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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