Livio Odescalchi and his candidacy for Polish throne between 1696 and 1697
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Jarosław Pietrzak
Date Issued
2024
Type
article
Volume
7
Start Page
193
End Page
224
Journal
Abstract
In historiography, the circumstances of Prince Livio Odescalchi’s candidacy have been recalled, but so far there has been no comprehensive approach to the topic. The period after the death of King John III Sobieski was a time when many competitors appeared among the candidates for the royal crown. The nephew of Pope Innocent XI, he was undoubtedly associated with the great idea of the anti-Turkish campaign and the involvement of the Papacy in financing the activities of the Holy League. Therefore, it potentially enjoyed fame and became a guarantee of further assurances from the Holy See regarding subsidizing the war. However, malicious people whispered that he was unable to offer anything to the Republic of Poland except an art gallery or saints’ relics. The work aims to determine what the actual plans of the Papacy and Prince Odescalchi himself to claim the Polish crown were. Did the papal or imperial diplomacy really want to support his candidacy? The analysis of Vatican and Polish sources created during the interregnum of 1696/1697 will probably provide answers to the question of how the European powers responded to his candidacy, how the agitation was conducted to support him and what the Polish nobility thought about his candidacy.
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