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Zofia Helena Hlebowicz Połońska
Zofia is a Slavic given name of Old Greek origin, meaning wisdom. It is a variant of Sofia. Famous people with the name Zofia: *Anna Zofia Sapieha (1799–1864) *Maria Zofia Sieniawska *Zofia Albinowska-Minkiewiczowa (1886–1971) *Zofia Branicka (1790–1879) *Zofia Czartoryska (1778–1837) *Zofia Czeska (1584–1650) *Zofia Grabczan (born 1962) *Zofia Helman (born 1937), Polish musicologist *Zofia Jaroszewska (1902–1985), Polish actress *Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska (1925–2015) *Zofia Kisielew *Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1890–1968) *Zofia Krasińska (died 1640s) *Zofia Kulik (born 1947) *Zofia Lissa (1908–1980), Polish musicologist *Zofia Lubomirska (1718–1790) *Zofia Nałkowska (1884–1954) *Zofia Nehringowa (1910–1972), Polish long track speed skater *Zofia Nowakowska (born 1988) *Zofia Odrowąż (1537–1580) *Zofia Ostrogska (1595–1622) *Zofia Potocka (1760–1822) *Zofia Romer (1885–1972) *Zofia Tarnowska (1534–1570) *Zofia Teofillia Daniłowicz *Zofia Zakrzewska ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavic Names
Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries. The main types of Slavic names: * Two-basic names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', '' Němir/měr''), *voldъ (''Vsevolod'', ''Rogvolod''), *pъlkъ (''Svetopolk'', ''Yaropolk''), *slavъ (''Vladislav'', ''Dobroslav'', ''Vseslav'') and their derivatives (''Dobrynya, Tishila, Ratisha, Putyata'', etc.) * Names from flora and fauna (''Shchuka'' - pike, ''Yersh'' - ruffe, ''Zayac'' - hare, ''Wolk''/'' Vuk'' - wolf, ''Orel'' - eagle) * Names in order of birth (''Pervusha'' - born first, ''Vtorusha''/''Vtorak'' - born second, ''Tretiusha''/''Tretyak'' - born third) * Names according to human qualities (''Hrabr'' - brave, ''Milana/Milena'' - beautiful, ''Milosh'' - cute) * Names containing the root of the name of a pagan deities (''Troyan'', ''Perunek/Peruvit'', ''Yarovit'', ''Stribor'', ''Šventaragis'', ''Veleslava'') A number of names from Slavic roots appeared as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zofia Krasińska
Zofia is a Slavic given name of Old Greek origin, meaning wisdom. It is a variant of Sofia. Famous people with the name Zofia: * Anna Zofia Sapieha (1799–1864) * Maria Zofia Sieniawska * Zofia Albinowska-Minkiewiczowa (1886–1971) * Zofia Branicka (1790–1879) * Zofia Czartoryska (1778–1837) *Zofia Czeska (1584–1650) *Zofia Grabczan (born 1962) * Zofia Helman (born 1937), Polish musicologist *Zofia Jaroszewska (1902–1985), Polish actress * Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska (1925–2015) *Zofia Kisielew * Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1890–1968) * Zofia Krasińska (died 1640s) * Zofia Kulik (born 1947) *Zofia Lissa (1908–1980), Polish musicologist * Zofia Lubomirska (1718–1790) * Zofia Nałkowska (1884–1954) * Zofia Nehringowa (1910–1972), Polish long track speed skater *Zofia Nowakowska (born 1988) * Zofia Odrowąż (1537–1580) * Zofia Ostrogska (1595–1622) * Zofia Potocka (1760–1822) * Zofia Romer (1885–1972) * Zofia Tarnowska (1534–1570) * Zofia Teofillia Daniłowi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zofia Zakrzewska
Zofia Zakrzewska (7 April 1916 – 8 January 1999) was a Polish scoutmaster of the Polish Scouting Association and Naczelnik ZHP (1956–1964). See also * Scouting in Poland 1916 births 1999 deaths Polish Scouts and Guides {{Poland-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zofia Teofillia Daniłowicz
Teofila Zofia Sobieska, née Daniłowicz (Polish: ''Daniłowiczówna'') (1607 – 27 November 1661) was a Polish noblewoman (''szlachcianka''), mother of Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland. Zofia Teofila was the daughter of Voivode of Ruthenia Jan Daniłowicz and Zofia Żółkiewska, the daughter of Hetman Stanisław Żółkiewski h. Lubicz. Marriage and issue She married the Voivode of Bełz and Ruthenia, Jakub Sobieski h. Janina on 16 May 1627 in Żółkiew. They had seven children: # Marek Sobieski – Rotmistrz, starost of Krasnystaw # Jan III Sobieski – King of Poland # Katarzyna Sobieska – wife of Władysław Dominik Zasławski and Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł, mother of Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł #Anna Rozalia Sobieska – Benedictine nonne in Lwów Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zofia Tarnowska
Countess Zofia Tarnowska (1534–1570) was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman and heiress. She was the daughter of Hetman Jan Amor Tarnowski h. Leliwa and Zofia Szydłowiecka h. Odrowąż. Marriage and issue Zofia married Prince Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski and had five children: * Elżbieta Ostrogska (died 1599), married voivode of Brześć Litewski Jan Janusz Kiszka h. Dąbrowa and later Krzysztof Mikołaj "Piorun" Radziwiłł h. Trąby in 1593 * Janusz Ostrogski (1554-1620), was married to Zuzanna Seredi, Katarzyna Lubomirska and Teofilia Tarło * Katarzyna Ostrogska (1560–1579), married Krzysztof Mikołaj "Piorun" Radziwiłł h. Trąby in 1578 * Konstanty Ostrogski (died 1588), married Aleksandra Tyszkiewicz h. Leliwa * Aleksander Ostrogski (1571-1603), married Anna Kostka h. Dąbrowa See also * Ternopil Bibliography * Podhorodecki Leszek, ''Sławni hetmani Rzeczypospolitej'', Warszawa 1994, s. 43, 65–66, 73. References 1534 births 1570 deaths P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zofia Romer
Zofia Romer ''née'' Dembowska (February 16, 1885 – August 23, 1972) was a Polish painter. She was born in 1885 in Dorpat (now Tartu, Estonia) to well-known physician Tadeusz Dembowski and his wife Matylda. She grew up in Lithuania and Poland studying under various painters. Education In Lithuania, she studied painting first under Ivan Trutnev in Vilnius and subsequently under Roth and Shimon Holoszy in Krakow, Poland and Munich, Germany. In 1903 and 1904, she continued her studies in Paris with the well known portrait painter Jacques-Émile Blanche and the historical painter Luc-Olivier Merson. She completed her formal artistic education back in Krakow with Józef Siedlecki at the Baraniecki Museum. Marriage and career As a young woman she was romantically linked with Bronisław Malinowski and Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz.Michael Young, Malinowski: Odyssey of an Anthropologist, 1884-1920, Yale University Press, 2004 In 1911 she married Eugeniusz Romer, a wealthy and influen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zofia Potocka
Zofia Potocka née ''Clavone'' ( uk, Софія Костянтинівна Потоцька; 11 January 1760 – 24 November 1822) was a Greek slave courtesan and a Russian agent, later a Polish noblewoman. She was famous in contemporary Europe for her beauty and adventurous life. During the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) she was the lover of the Russian commander prince Grigory Potemkin and acted as an agent in Russian service.Simon Sebag Montefiore (2006). Potemkin och Katarina den stora – en kejserliga förbindelse (Potemkin: Catherine the Great's Imperial Partner) (in Swedish). prisma. . Compatriots of her time wrote: "She was beautiful as a dream, a child of southern countries. All those who have seen her admire her beauty, igniting a fire in the hearts of men and envy in the eyes of women." Life Early life Potocka was born in 1760 January 1 (11 January, New Style) in the Turkish city of Bursa to Constantine Clavone, a poor Greek cattle merchant, and Maria Clavone. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zofia Ostrogska
Princess Zofia Ostrogska ( lt, Zofija Ostrogiškaitė, links=no; 1595–1622) was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman of Ruthenian origin, known as the heiress of one of the greatest fortunes in Poland. She was the wealthiest woman in Poland. She married Stanisław Lubomirski in 1613. Through this marriage he became an owner of 18 towns, 313 villages and 163 granges in the provinces of Kraków, Sandomierz, Ruthenia and Volhynia. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ostrogska, Zofia 1595 births 1622 deaths Zofia Ostrogska Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zofia Odrowąż
Zofia Odrowąż (1537–1580) was a Polish noblewoman. She was the daughter of castellan and voivode Stanisław Odrowąż and only daughter of Anna of Masovia, last Masovian duchess of the Piast dynasty, and became the widow of the castellan of Wojnicz and castellan of Sandomierz. She married firstly, Hetman Jan Krzysztof Tarnowski and secondly, castellan and voivode Jan Kostka in 1569. Life Shortly before 9 November 1555 she became the wife of Jan Krzysztof Tarnowski (1537–1567). After his death, late in 1574 she married Jan Kostka Jan Kostka (ca. 1529–1581) was a Polish noble and a candidate in elections for the new King of Poland in 1572. He was also an advisor to Kings Henry of Valois and Stefan Batory. He was a courtier and a secretary of the King, Podskarbi of Du .... With him, she had three surviving children: * Jan Kostka * Anna Ostrogska * Katarzyna Sieniawska References 1537 births 1580 deaths Zofia {{Poland-noble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zofia Nowakowska
Zofia Nowakowska (born 25 February 1988, Kościan) is a Polish singer. She has been a leading vocalist of the Studio Buffo musical theater and has appeared on artistic presentations headed by the composer Piotr Rubik. Besides Polish performances, she has also recorded an English version of the song "The Right to Love". In 2021, she played the role of Jenna Hunterson in a Polish version of "Waitress the Musical". Career From 2004-2010, Nowakowska was part of the Studio Buffo musical theatre company where she played in several roles including Marie Antoinette in Ça Ira , a musical written by Roger Waters George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. In 1965, he co-founded the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. Waters initially served as the bassist, but following the departure of singer-so .... She has worked on dubbing several Disney films into Polish. Most notably doing the voice of Nali in The Lion King (2019 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zofia Nehringowa
Zofia Nehringowa (sometimes identified by her married surnames Duda and later Krzeszczyk; 10 May 1910 – 1 January 1972) was a Polish long track speed skater in the late 1920s and 1930s. Biography Born in Warsaw, Nehringowa started skating when she was 15 years old at the ''Warszawskie Towarzystwo Łyżwiarskie'' (Warsaw Ice Skating Society) and was trained by Edward Nehring (born 1892). From 1930 she skated for KS Polonia Warszawa.''Łyżwiarski jubileusz'', Warszawa 2001.W. Zieleśkiewicz, ''Encyklopedia sportów zimowych'', Warszawa 2002Bogdan Chruścicki, Kazimierz Kowalczyk, Jacek Żemantowski ''Dziewiąta dekada panczenistów'', Warszawa 2011 Twelve times she was the Polish champion, including 4 times champion at the Polish Allround Championships in 1931, 1932, 1935, and 1939. She won the 5000m national title in 1931 and 1934. Her results in the 500m (1:02.00 from 15 February 1931), 1000m (2:16.4 from 26 January 1929) 1500m (3:28.0 from 27 January 1929), 3000m ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zofia Nałkowska
Zofia Nałkowska (, Warsaw, Congress Poland, 10 November 1884 – 17 December 1954, Warsaw) was a Polish prose writer, dramatist, and prolific essayist. She served as the executive member of the prestigious Polish Academy of Literature (1933–1939) during the interwar period. Biography Nałkowska was born into a family of intellectuals dedicated to issues of social justice, and studied at the clandestine Flying University under the Russian partition. Upon Poland's return to independence she became one of the country's most distinguished feminist writers of novels, novellas and stage-plays characterized by socio-realism and psychological depth. Literary output Nałkowska's first literary success was the ''Romans Teresy Hennert'' (The Romance of Teresa Hennert, 1923) followed by a slew of popular novels. She is best known for her books ''Granica'' (Boundary, 1935), the ''Węzły życia'' (Bonds of Life, 1948) and ''Medaliony'' (''Medallions'', 1947). In her writing, Nałkowska bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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