Sofia Anna Czarnkowska (also called Zofia Czarnkowska Opalińska or Catherine-Sophie-Anne Czarnkowska) (12 March 1660 – 2 December 1701) was a Polish noblewoman, known as the maternal grandmother of the queen of France,
Marie Leszczyńska.
Life
She was the daughter of Adam Uriel Czarnkowski and Theresa Zaleska. She married
Jan Karol Opaliński
Jan Karol Opaliński (1642 – 26 March 1695), known as Henri Opaliński in France, was a Polish starost and Castellan, kasztelan of Poznań. He was the son of Krzysztof Opaliński and Teresa Konstancya Czarnkowska.
Marriage and issue
In Dec ...
on December 4, 1678. They had the children Maria (August 1679 – October 1679),
Catherine (Katarzyna) Opalińska, Queen of Poland (1680–1743), a stillborn child (1681), and Stanislas (1682–1682). She became the grandmother of
Marie Leszczyńska (who would be
Queen Consort of France
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, married to
Louis XV of France) and
Anna Leszczyńska.
She died on 8 December 1701 from
pneumonia aged 41, at
Breslau (today
Wrocław).
Legacy
A monument was erected in 1748 in the church of
Sieraków
Sieraków (; german: Zirke) is a town in western Poland with 8,768 inhabitants (2012). Located by the Warta River, it is situated in the Międzychód County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. Sieraków is known as a holiday destination with well-d ...
.
Story of the church of Sierakow, on the parish site of the city
/ref> The crypt
A crypt (from Latin ''crypta'' "vault") is a stone chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building. It typically contains coffins, sarcophagi, or religious relics.
Originally, crypts were typically found below the main apse of a chur ...
in a nearby castle contains the sarcophagus
A sarcophagus (plural sarcophagi or sarcophaguses) is a box-like funeral receptacle for a corpse, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried. The word ''sarcophagus'' comes from the Greek ...
of the Opaliński family.
Among her matrilineal descendants is the King Juan Carlos I
Juan Carlos I (;,
* ca, Joan Carles I,
* gl, Xoán Carlos I, Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 Novem ...
of Spain, who is her descendant through an unbroken line of Bourbon princesses from Marie Leszczyńska of France, who married within the Bourbon house.
See also
* Opaliński family
Opaliński (plural Opalińscy) was the name of an old and notable Polish noble family which produced one Queen Consort of Poland.
History
They originated from the town of Opalenica and used the Coat of arms of Łodzia. They were powerful ...
References
1660 births
1701 deaths
Opaliński family
17th-century Polish people
17th-century Polish women
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