Sobieski

Sobieski (singular masculine; singular feminine: Sobieska; plural: Sobiescy) is a Polish noble family name, and may refer to:

People

• Sobieski family, or the House of Sobieski, a notable family of Polish nobility, whose members included:
  • Marek Sobieski (1549/1550–1605), voivode of Lublin, father of Jakub Sobieski
  • Jakub Sobieski (1590–1646), father of King John III Sobieski
  • John III Sobieski (1629–1696), King of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1674 to 1696
  • Aleksander Benedykt Sobieski (1677–1714), son of King John III Sobieski
  • Jakub Ludwik Sobieski (James Louis Henry Sobieski (1667–1737), son of King John III Sobieski and last male line descendant of Marek Sobieski
  • Teofila Zofia Sobieska (1607–1661)
  • Katarzyna Sobieska (1634–1694)
  • Konstanty Władysław Sobieski (1680–1726)
  • Maria Teresa Sobieska (1673–1675)
  • Teresa Kunegunda Sobieska (1676–1730), Polish princess
  • Maria Klementyna Sobieska (1702–1735), wife of James Francis Edward Stuart, the Old Pretender
  • Maria Teresa Sobieska (1673–1675)
  • Maria Karolina Sobieska (1697–1740), duchess of Bouillon and last surviving member of the family.

Other people with the surname Sobieski:

• Ben Sobieski (born 1979), American football player
• Carol Sobieski (1939–1990), American screenwriter
• Leelee Sobieski (born 1982), American actress
• Wacław Sobieski (1872–1935), Polish historian

See also Sobieski Stuarts (1795–1872 & 1802–1880), two brothers who claimed Stuart ancestry.

Places

Poland

• Sobieski, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland
• Sobieski, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-east Poland

United States

• Sobieski, Minnesota, city
• Sobieski, Wisconsin, census-designated place
• Sobieski Corners, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

Other uses

• Sobieski (train), a EuroCity express train between Vienna and Warsaw
• Sobieski Institute (Instytut Sobieskiego), a Polish think tank
• Sobieski Vodka, Polish vodka
• MS Sobieski, a Polish liner used as a troopship in World War II.
• Sobieski Stuarts