The Sobański, plural: Sobańscy, feminine form: Sobańska is a Polish

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family. The family originated from

Masovia Mazovia or Masovia ( ) is a historical region in mid-north-eastern Poland. It spans the North European Plain, roughly between Łódź and Białystok, with Warsaw being the largest city and Płock being the capital of the region . Throughout the ...

, taking their name from the village Sobania and Sobanice in the land of

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and

Ciechanów Ciechanów is a city in north-central Poland, seat of the Ciechanów County in the Masovian Voivodeship. As of December 2021, it has a population of 43,495. A city with almost a thousand years of history, recorded in 1065, Ciechanów is one of ...

. Connected with the families Bieliński, Łubieński, Jełowicki, Borukowski and Gostkowski.

History

In the 15th century the Sobański family split into two lines: the "''Ciechanowska''" (older line) and "''Wyszogrodzka''" (younger line), the latter one used the nickname ''Ścibor''. One branch of the Ścibor-Sobański settled in

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, another one in

Volhynia Volhynia or Volynia ( ; see #Names and etymology, below) is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between southeastern Poland, southwestern Belarus, and northwestern Ukraine. The borders of the region are not clearly defined, but in ...

and

Podolia Podolia or Podillia is a historic region in Eastern Europe located in the west-central and southwestern parts of Ukraine and northeastern Moldova (i.e. northern Transnistria). Podolia is bordered by the Dniester River and Boh River. It features ...

. In 1880

Feliks Sobański Feliks Hilary Ludwik Michał Sobański (born 11 January 1833 nr. Hajsyn Podolia - died 29 November 1913 Paris) was a Polish landowner, social activist, supporter of the arts and philanthropist. He was awarded the hereditary title of 'count' by th ...

from Podolia,Polski Słownik Biograficzny t. 39 s. 422 founder of the "

n line" of the family, received the hereditary title of

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from Pope

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Notable family members

Antoni Sobański Antoni Marian Henryk Sobański (1 May 1898 – 13 April 1941) was a Polish journalist, writer and socialite. He is mainly associated with ''Wiadomości Literackie'' (a literary newspaper) and the liberal artistic bohemia of the Polish interwar per ...

Jarosław Marek Sobański Jarosław (; , ; ; ) is a town in southeastern Poland, situated on the San River. The town had 35,475 inhabitants in 2023. It is the capital of Jarosław County in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. History Jarosław is located in the territory of ...

Małgorzata Sobańska Małgorzata Sobańska-Mańkowska (born April 25, 1969, in Poznań, Wielkopolskie) is a retired female long-distance runner from Poland. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as ...

* Remigiusz Sobański *

Stanisław Sobański Stanislav and variants may refer to: People *Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places * Stanislav, Kherson Oblast, a coastal village in Ukraine * Stanislaus County, ...

Teodor Sobański Teodor is a masculine given name. In English, it is a cognate of Theodore. Notable people with the name include: * Teodor Andrault de Langeron (19th century), President of Warsaw * Teodor Andrzej Potocki (1664–1738), Polish nobleman * Teodor An ...

Coat of arms

The Sobański family used the

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Palaces

File:Obodowka.jpg, Sobański Palace in Obodówka (presently in Ukraine) File:Palac Sobanskich Wwa Ujazdowskie.JPG,

Sobański Palace The Sobański Palace (Polish: ''Pałac Sobańskich w Guzowie'') is a Renaissance Revival palace built in 1880 and located in Guzów, Żyrardów County, Mazovian Voivodeship, Poland. The palace served as a residence of such prominent Polish noble f ...

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

File:Widok na pałac Sobańskich w Guzowie.jpg,

in Guzów

References

Bibliography

* Maria z Grocholskich Hieronimowa Sobańska: "Wspominki nikłe". Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Primum 2002 * Polski Słownik Biograficzny, tom XXXIX, Instytut Historii PAN, Warszawa-Kraków 1999–2000 * "''Drzewo Genealogiczne 64 herbowe po mieczu i kądzieli Sobańskich, Jałowieckich, Drohojowskich wydane w 200 numerowanych egzemplarzach jako rękopis, w Warszawie, Nakładem Rodziny''", 8.02.1912

External links

* http://www.cbr.edu.pl/rme-archiwum/2005/rme8/stronki/2.html {{Poland-noble-stub