Zofia Czarnkowska Opalińska
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Sofia Anna Czarnkowska (also called Zofia Czarnkowska Opalińska or Catherine-Sophie-Anne Czarnkowska) (12 March 1660-2 December 1701) was the daughter of Adam Uriel Czarnkowski and Theresa Zaleska. She was also the grand-mother of Marie Leszczynska (who would be Queen Consort of France
, married to Louis XV of France
) and Anne Leszczynska.
She died on 8 December 1701 from pneumonia aged 41, at Breslau (today Wrocław).
A monument was erected in 1748 in the church of Sierakow
. The crypt
in a nearby castle contains the sarcophagus
of the Opalinski family.
Among her matrilineal descendants is the current reigning King Juan Carlos I of Spain, who is her descendant through an unbroken line of Bourbon princesses from Marie Leszczynska of France, who married within the Bourbon house.
on December 4, 1678. They had several children:
Queen consort
A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...
, married to Louis XV of France
Louis XV of France
Louis XV was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death. He succeeded his great-grandfather at the age of five, his first cousin Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, served as Regent of the kingdom until Louis's majority in 1723...
) and Anne Leszczynska.
She died on 8 December 1701 from pneumonia aged 41, at Breslau (today Wrocław).
A monument was erected in 1748 in the church of Sierakow
Sieraków
Sieraków is a town in western Poland with 6,022 inhabitants . Located by the Warta River, it has been situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship , previously in Poznań Voivodeship ....
. The crypt
Crypt
In architecture, a crypt is a stone chamber or vault beneath the floor of a burial vault possibly containing sarcophagi, coffins or relics....
in a nearby castle contains the sarcophagus
Sarcophagus
A sarcophagus is a funeral receptacle for a corpse, most commonly carved or cut from stone. The word "sarcophagus" comes from the Greek σαρξ sarx meaning "flesh", and φαγειν phagein meaning "to eat", hence sarkophagus means "flesh-eating"; from the phrase lithos sarkophagos...
of the Opalinski family.
Among her matrilineal descendants is the current reigning King Juan Carlos I of Spain, who is her descendant through an unbroken line of Bourbon princesses from Marie Leszczynska of France, who married within the Bourbon house.
Succession
She was married to Jan Karol OpalinskiJan Karol Opalinski
Jan Karol Opalinski was a Polish starost and kasztelan of Poznań. He was the son of Krzysztof Opaliński and Teresa Konstancya Czarnkowska. In December 1678, he married Zofia Anna Czarnkowska and was the father of Katarzyna Opalińska. Katarzyna went on to marry Stanisław Leszczyński, the King...
on December 4, 1678. They had several children:
- Maria (August 1679-October 1679)
- Catherine (Katarzyna) Opalińska, Queen of Poland (1680–1743)
- Stillborn child (1681)
- Stanislas (1682-1682)