Tacierzyństwo i samotne ojcostwo. Zygmunt III i jego dzieci w latach 1593—1605
Fatherhood and Single Fatherhood. Sigismund III and His Children in the Years 1593—1605

Summary/Abstract: In her article, Aleksandra Barwicka-Makula discusses King Sigismund III in the role of a father.She analyses this monarch’s attitude to the offspring born from his marriage to Anna Habsburg andfocuses on the period after the death of his first wife, which provides an opportunity to present howthe king fulfilled the task of a single father and what emotions accompanied his fulfilment of this task.A characteristic feature of Sigismund III’s upbringing style is that it was based on Habsburg models,developed at the Graz court by Archduchess Maria of Bavaria. The monarch consciously sought tostrengthen family ties with the Styrian Habsburgs. In his will of May 19th, 1598, he appointed hismother-in-law and his brother-in-law, Archduke Ferdinand, later to become the emperor, as legalguardians of his offspring in the event of his own death. He hoped that his active contacts with thecourt in Graz, and through it with other European courts, would in future provide his children withappropriate connections to enable them to reach high dignities and honors.

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