Zofia Żółkiewska (c. 1590–1634) was a Polish

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, daughter of Great

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of the Crown

Stanisław Żółkiewski Stanisław Żółkiewski (; 1547 – 7 October 1620) was a Polish people, Polish szlachta, nobleman of the Lubicz coat of arms, a magnate, military commander, and Chancellor (Poland), Chancellor of the Polish Crown in the Polish–Lithuanian C ...

and grandmother of King

Jan III Sobieski John III Sobieski ( (); (); () 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, Sobieski was educated at the Jagiellonian University and toured Eur ...

. In 1605 she married the

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of the

Ruthenian Voivodship The Ruthenian Voivodeship (; ; ) was a voivodeship of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1434 until the First Partition of Poland in 1772, with its center in the city of Lwów (lat. Leopolis) (modern day Lviv). Together with a number of ot ...

Jan Daniłowicz Jan Daniłowicz (1570–1628) was a Polish szlachta, nobleman, voivode of the Ruthenian Voivodeship and grandfather of King Jan III Sobieski. He was voivode of the Ruthenian Voivodship since 1613, castellan of Lviv since 1612, Great Krajczy of t ...

and had four children: * Zofia Teofila - mother of

King of Poland Poland was ruled at various times either by dukes and princes (10th to 14th centuries) or by kings (11th to 18th centuries). During the latter period, a tradition of Royal elections in Poland, free election of monarchs made it a uniquely electab ...

* Stanisław (d. 1636) - killed by

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in the Collins English Dictionary are a group of Turkic peoples across Eas ...

* Jan (b. 1613, d. 1618) * Dorota -

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Lwów Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ...

since 1640

Bibliography

* Tadeusz Korzon, ''Dola i niedola Jana Sobieskiego'', Kraków 1898, Tablica I.
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*de Battaglia O. F., ''Ze studiów genealogicznych nad epoką Jana III Sobieskiego'' :''Miesięcznik Heraldyczny. Organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Heraldycznego wydawany przez Oddział Warszawski. R.12 1933 nr 9'', Warszawa 1933, s. 133.
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1590s births 1634 deaths Zofia Year of birth uncertain People from Zhovkva {{Poland-noble-stub