Teofila Zofia Sobieska

Teofila Zofia Sobieska
Coat of arms	Sas
Full name	Zofia Teofila z Daniłowiczów Sobieska
Born	1607 Żurów, Poland (now Ukraine)
Died	(1661-11-27)27 November 1661 Zhovkva, Poland (now Ukraine)
Family	Daniłowicz
Consort	Jakub Sobieski h. Janina
Father	Jan Daniłowicz h. Sas
Mother	Zofia Żółkiewska h. Lubicz

Teofila Zofia Sobieska, née Daniłowicz (Polish: Daniłowiczówna) (1607 – 27 November 1661) was a Polish noblewoman (szlachcianka), mother of Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland.

Zofia Teofila was the daughter of Voivode of Ruthenia Jan Daniłowicz and Zofia Żółkiewska, the daughter of Hetman Stanisław Żółkiewski h. Lubicz.

Marriage and issue

She married the Voivode of Bełz and Ruthenia, Jakub Sobieski h. Janina on 16 May 1627 in Żółkiew. They had seven children:

1. Marek Sobieski – Rotmistrz, starost of Krasnystaw
2. Jan III Sobieski – King of Poland
3. Katarzyna Sobieska – wife of Władysław Dominik Zasławski and Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł, mother of Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł
4. Anna Rozalia Sobieska – Benedictine nonne in Lwów
5. Zofia Sobieska – died in childhood
6. Stanisław – died in childhood
7. Stanisław Michał – died in childhood

Bibliography

• Gąsiorowski, Stefan (1999–2000). "Teofila Zofia Sobieska". Polski Słownik Biograficzny. Vol. 39. Polska Akademia Nauk & Polska Akademia Umiejętności.
• Skrzypietz Aleksandra (2005). "Teofila z Daniłłowiczów Sobieska – "nie białogłowskiego, ale męskiego serca" niewiasta" (PDF). Wschodni Rocznik Humanistyczny. 2. Radzyńskie Stowarzyszenie Inicjatyw Lokalnych: 29–53.