Sobieski (singular masculine; singular feminine: Sobieska; plural: Sobiescy) is a

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name, and may refer to:

People

Sobieski family The House of Sobieski (plural: Sobiescy, feminine form: Sobieska) was a prominent magnate family of Polish nobility in the 16th and 17th centuries from which the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Jan III Sobieski originated. The family ...

, or the House of Sobieski, a notable family of Polish nobility, whose members included: **

Marek Sobieski Marek Sobieski (1549/1550 – 1605) was a Polish–Lithuanian noble (szlachcic). He was a courtier from 1577, a Royal Court Chorąży (chorąży nadworny królewski) from 1581, a castellan of Lublin from 1597, and a voivode of Lublin Voivod ...

(1549/1550–1605), voivode of Lublin, father of Jakub Sobieski **

Jakub Sobieski Jakub Sobieski (5 May 1590 – 23 June 1646) was a Polish noble, parliamentarian, diarist, political activist, military leader and father of King John III Sobieski. He was the son of castellan and voivode Marek Sobieski and Jadwiga Snopkowska ...

(1590–1646), father of King John III Sobieski **

John III Sobieski John III Sobieski ( pl, Jan III Sobieski; lt, Jonas III Sobieskis; la, Ioannes III Sobiscius; 17 August 1629 – 17 June 1696) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696. Born into Polish nobility, Sobie ...

(1629–1696), King of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1674 to 1696 **

Aleksander Benedykt Sobieski Aleksander Benedykt Stanisław Sobieski (; 9 September 1677 – 16 November 1714) was a Polish prince, nobleman, diplomat, writer, scholar and the son of John III Sobieski, King of Poland, and his wife, Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d'Arquien ...

(1677–1714), son of King John III Sobieski **

Jakub Ludwik Sobieski James Louis Henry Sobieski (Polish: ''Jakub Ludwik Henryk Sobieski''; French: ''Jacques Louis Henri de Sobieski'') 2 November 1667 – 19 December 1737) was a Polish-French nobleman, politician, diplomat, scholar, traveller and the son of John II ...

(James Louis Henry Sobieski (1667–1737), son of King John III Sobieski and last male line descendant of Marek Sobieski **

Teofila Zofia Sobieska 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 Ja ...

(1607–1661) **

Katarzyna Sobieska Katarzyna Sobieska (1634–1694) was the sister of King John III Sobieski of Poland and a noblewoman. She married Władysław Dominik Zasławski in 1650. She was later married to Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł on 13 June 1658. 1634 bi ...

(1634–1694) **

Konstanty Władysław Sobieski Konstanty Władysław Sobieski (1 May 1680 – 28 February 1726) was a Polish prince, nobleman, politician, diplomat, and scholar. The son of John III Sobieski, King of Poland, and his wife, Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d'Arquien, Sobieski m ...

(1680-1726) **

Maria Teresa Sobieska John III Sobieski ( pl, Jan III Sobieski; lt, Jonas III Sobieskis; la, Ioannes III Sobiscius; 17 August 1629 – 17 June 1696) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696. Born into Polish nobility, Sobie ...

(1673–1675) **

Teresa Kunegunda Sobieska Theresa Kunegunda ( pl, Teresa Kunegunda Sobieska, german: Kurfürstin Therese Kunigunde) (4 March 1676 – 10 March 1730) was a Polish princess, Electress of Bavaria and of the Electorate of the Palatinate. By birth she was member of the House o ...

(1676–1730), Polish princess **

Maria Klementyna Sobieska Maria Clementina Sobieska ( pl, Maria Klementyna Sobieska; 18 July 1702 – 18 January 1735) a titular queen of England, Scotland and Ireland by marriage to James Francis Edward Stuart, a Jacobite claimant to the British throne. The granddaughte ...

(1702–1735), wife of James Francis Edward Stuart, the ''Old Pretender'' **

(1673–1675) **

Maria Karolina Sobieska Maria Karolina Sobieska (25 November 1697 – 8 May 1740) was a Polish noblewoman, daughter of Jakub Ludwik Sobieski. Known as Marie Charlotte or only Charlotte, she was the Princess of Turenne and later Duchess of Bouillon by marriage. Charlo ...

(1697–1740), duchess of Bouillon and last surviving member of the family. Other people with the surname Sobieski: *

Ben Sobieski Benjamin James Sobieski (born May 3, 1979) is a former American football player. He attended Mahtomedi Senior High School and the University of Iowa before being drafted in the fifth round of the 2003 NFL Draft (number 151 overall) by the Buffalo ...

(born 1979), American football player *

Carol Sobieski Carol Sobieski (March 16, 1939 – November 4, 1990) was an American screenwriter whose work included the scripts for ''Annie (1982 film), Annie'' (1982) and ''Fried Green Tomatoes (film), Fried Green Tomatoes'' (1991). Early life Sobieski was b ...

(1939–1990), American screenwriter *

Leelee Sobieski Liliane Rudabet Gloria Elsveta "Leelee" Sobieski (born June 10, 1983) is an American artist and former actress. She achieved fame in her teens with roles in films such as '' Deep Impact'', ''Eyes Wide Shut'', '' Joy Ride'', '' Here on Earth'', a ...

(born 1982), American actress *

Wacław Sobieski Wacław Sobieski (October 26, 1872 in Lwów – April 3, 1935 in Kraków, Poland) was a Polish historian. Biography Sobieski was a professor at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, a member of the Polish Academy of Learning (''Polska Akade ...

(1872–1935), Polish historian See also

Sobieski Stuarts In the 1820s, two English brothers, John Carter Allen (1795–1872) and Charles Manning Allen (1802–1880) adopted the names John Sobieski Stuart and Charles Edward Stuart, moved to Scotland, became Roman Catholics, and about 1839 began to claim ...

(born 1795 & 1802), two brothers who claimed Stuart ancestry.

Places

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Sobieski, Masovian Voivodeship Sobieski is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Joniec, within Płońsk County, Masovian Voivodeship The Masovian Voivodeship, also known as the Mazovia Province ( pl, województwo mazowieckie ) is a voivodeship (province) in eas ...

, in east-central Poland *

Sobieski, Podlaskie Voivodeship Sobieski is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mońki, within Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Mońki and north-west of the regional capital Białystok Białyst ...

, in north-east Poland ;United States *

Sobieski, Minnesota Sobieski is a city in Morrison County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 210 at the 2020 census. History Sobieski was named after Polish Hero King John III Sobieski. The House of Sobieski was a noble family with a prominent role in ...

, city *

Sobieski, Wisconsin Sobieski, Wisconsin is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated census-designated place in Oconto County, Wisconsin, Oconto County in northeastern Wisconsin, United States. It is located within the Little Suamico, Wisconsin, Town of Little Suamico. A ...

, census-designated place *

Sobieski Corners, Wisconsin Little Suamico is a town in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,877 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Little Suamico, Sobieski, and Sobieski Corners are located with the town. History The earliest ...

, an unincorporated community

Other uses

* ''Sobieski'' (train), a EuroCity express train between Vienna and Warsaw *

Sobieski Institute Instytut Sobieskiego (The Sobieski Institute) is a think tank founded in Poland in 2004, known for its political advocacy of the Polish conservative political movement. The Poland's social conservative party Law and Justice , which governed Poland ...

(''Instytut Sobieskiego''), a Polish think tank *

Sobieski Vodka Sobieski is a Polish vodka brand. This company became a property of Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits in 1998. Sobieski is named after Jan III Sobieski, king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1674 to 1696. His nickname is the "Lion of Le ...

, Polish vodka * MS ''Sobieski'', a Polish liner used as a troopship in World War II. *

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