Aleksandra Marianna Wiesiołowska (died on 14 August 1645) was the daughter of magnate

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 Voiv ...

and

Jadwiga Snopkowska Marek Sobieski (1549/1550 – 1605) was a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Polish–Lithuanian noble (szlachcic). He was a courtier from 1577, a Royal Court Chorąży (chorąży nadworny królewski) from 1581, a castellan of Lublin from 159 ...

. She was married to Court Marshal of Lithuania Krzysztof Wiesiołowski and became later a

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as a widow.

Life

Sobieska married the Lithuanian countryman and later Grand Marshal of Lithuania, Krzysztof Wiesiołowski. The marriage of Aleksandra and Krzysztof was childless, Aleksandra Wiesiołowska, together with her husband, sponsored the erection of the church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the monastery of the Sisters of the Most Holy Saviour in Grodno, the construction of which was completed in 1642. After her husband's death in 1637, Alexandra entered the monastery she founded, where she served as

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. In the monastery founded by Aleksandra Wiesiołowska there was her portrait.

Bibliography

* Borkowska M. OSB, Leksykon zakonnic polskich epoki przedrozbiorowej. Tom III. Polska Centralna i Południowa, Wydawnictwo DiG, Warszawa 2008, , s. 30. * Kamieniecka E., Z zagadnień sztuki Grodna połowy XVII wieku, (w:) Lorentz S., Michałowski K., Rocznik Muzeum Narodowego w Warszawie, t. XVI, Warszawa 1972, ss. 87–134. * Podhorodecki L., Sobiescy herbu Janina, Ludowa Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza, Warszawa 1981, , s. 9. 1645 deaths 17th-century Polish nobility 17th-century Polish Roman Catholic nuns Aleksandra Aleksandra Year of birth missing Bridgettine nuns {{Poland-noble-stub