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Sobieski Carriage 02
Sobieski (singular masculine; singular feminine: Sobieska; plural: Sobiescy) is a Polish noble family name, and may refer to: People * Sobieski family, or the House of Sobieski, a notable family of Polish nobility, whose members included: ** Marek Sobieski (1549/1550–1605), voivode of Lublin, father of Jakub Sobieski ** Jakub Sobieski (1590–1646), father of King John III Sobieski ** John III Sobieski (1629–1696), King of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1674 to 1696 ** Aleksander Benedykt Sobieski (1677–1714), son of King John III Sobieski ** Jakub Ludwik Sobieski (James Louis Henry Sobieski (1667–1737), son of King John III Sobieski and last male line descendant of Marek Sobieski ** Teofila Zofia Sobieska (1607–1661) ** Katarzyna Sobieska (1634–1694) ** Konstanty Władysław Sobieski (1680-1726) ** Maria Teresa Sobieska (1673–1675) ** Teresa Kunegunda Sobieska (1676–1730), Polish princess ** Maria Klementyna Sobieska (1702–1735), wife of James Franci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Central Europe. The preamble to the Constitution of the Republic of Poland defines the Polish nation as comprising all the citizens of Poland, regardless of heritage or ethnicity. The majority of Poles adhere to Roman Catholicism. The population of self-declared Poles in Poland is estimated at 37,394,000 out of an overall population of 38,512,000 (based on the 2011 census), of whom 36,522,000 declared Polish alone. A wide-ranging Polish diaspora (the '' Polonia'') exists throughout Europe, the Americas, and in Australasia. Today, the largest urban concentrations of Poles are within the Warsaw and Silesian metropolitan areas. Ethnic Poles are considered to be the descendants of the ancient West Slavic Lechites and other tribes that inhabi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
