Sobieski (noble family)

The noble coat of arms of the Sobieski family, Janina coat of arms community

Sobieski is the name of a Polish noble family that belonged to the Janina coat of arms . The feminine form of the name is Sobieska . The family died out in 1737.

Significant bearers of this name are:

• Johann III. Sobieski (1629–1696) Polish general, statesman, from 1674 King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania;
• Maria Kazimiera Sobieska (1641–1716) actually Maria Kazimiera d'Arquien , wife of Johann Sobieski, Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania from 1674 by marriage;
• Jakob Louis Heinrich Sobieski (1667–1737) Prince of Poland;
• Teresa Kunegunda Sobieska (1676–1730) Princess of Poland and from 1695, as wife of Elector Maximilian II. Emanuel (Bavaria) , Princess of Bavaria;
• Alexander Benedikt Sobieski (1677–1714) Prince of Poland;
• Maria Clementina Sobieska (1702–1735) daughter of the Polish prince Jakob Louis Heinrich Sobieski, titular queen of Great Britain, Ireland and France by marriage;