Maria Teresa Sobieska
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Maria Teresa Sobieska - Polish princess, daughter of King John III Sobieski
and Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien
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, and the Queen of France, Maria Theresa of Spain
. However, the girl died a few months before the coronation of her father, awaiting baptism. His beloved daughter's death plunged Sobieski into deep despair, which he expressed in the letters written by he and his wife during this period. Maria Teresa Sobieska was buried in the parish church in Zhovkva.
John III Sobieski
John III Sobieski was one of the most notable monarchs of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, from 1674 until his death King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. Sobieski's 22-year-reign was marked by a period of the Commonwealth's stabilization, much needed after the turmoil of the Deluge and...
and Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien
Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d'Arquien
Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien, in Polish: Maria Kazimiera, known also by the diminutive form "Marysieńka" was consort to King John III Sobieski, from 1674 to 1696.-Biography:...
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Biography
Maria Teresa was called Menonka by her parents. When her father became king, he decided to baptize his two daughters during the coronation celebrations. Her godparents were the King of England, Charles IICharles II of England
Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...
, and the Queen of France, Maria Theresa of Spain
Maria Theresa of Spain
Maria Theresa of Austria was the daughter of Philip IV, King of Spain and Elizabeth of France. Maria Theresa was Queen of France as wife of King Louis XIV and mother of the Grand Dauphin, an ancestor of the last four Bourbon kings of France.-Early life:Born as Infanta María Teresa of Spain at the...
. However, the girl died a few months before the coronation of her father, awaiting baptism. His beloved daughter's death plunged Sobieski into deep despair, which he expressed in the letters written by he and his wife during this period. Maria Teresa Sobieska was buried in the parish church in Zhovkva.
Sources
- Komaszyński M., Teresa Kunegunda Sobieska, Warszawa 1982, s. 7-8.
- Komaszyński M., Maria Kazimiera d'Arquien Sobieska królowa Polski 1641–1716, Kraków 1983, s. 86–89.
- Skrzypietz A., Narodziny i śmierć dzieci w rodzinie Sobieskich [w:] S. Achremczyk (red.), Między barokiem a oświeceniem. Radości i troski dnia codziennego, Olsztyn 2006, s. 285-286.
- Żołądź-Strzelczyk D., Dziecko w dawnej Polsce, Poznań 2007, s. 35, 93, 243.