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7 unusual facts about Sobieski


Jakub Sobieski

Jakub Sobieski (May 5, 1590 – June 23, 1646) was a Polish-Lithuanian noble, parliamentarian, diarist, political activist, military leader and father of King Jan III Sobieski.

Katarzyna Sobieska

Katarzyna Sobieska (1634–1694) was the sister of King of Poland Jan III Sobieski and a noble lady.

Lendo Wielkie

The estate first belonged to szlachta nobility and, at the end of 16th century, was bought by the famous Sobieski family.

Sobieski, Minnesota

The House of Sobieski was a noble family with a prominent role in Polish history, and the choice of name reflects the large Polish American element in the town's population.

Tim White-Sobieski

In particular, his works of this period have always a narrative or literary element ( Visor’d, Garden of Stones, The Sound and the Fury, Cold Forest) and inspired by poetry of Walt Whitman or prose of William Faulkner.

Zolochiv Castle

Zolochiv Castle was a residence of the Sobieski noble family on a hill at the confluence of two small rivers in the south-eastern part of Zolochiv, Galicia (now part of Ukraine's Lviv Oblast).

After Jakub Ludwik Sobieski's death in 1737, the castle passed to the Radziwill princely family and then (in 1801) to Count Łukasz Komarnicki whose heirs sold it to the Austrian crown in 1834.


Krys Sobieski

On May 19, 1983, the Spirit traded Sobieski to the Cleveland Force in exchange for Luis Alberto.

My First Mister

In an effort to secure employment at the upscale Century City Mall in Los Angeles, Jennifer (Sobieski), a 17-year-old "goth-punk" girl, makes a nuisance of herself at a clothing store run by 49-year-old Randall Harris (Brooks), who eventually hires her on a trial basis as a stockroom clerk.

Royal Route, Warsaw

The Royal Route begins at Warsaw's Castle Square and runs south down Krakowskie Przedmieście (Kraków Suburb Street), ulica Nowy Świat (New World Street), Aleje Ujazdowskie (Ujazdów Avenue), ulica Belwederska (Belweder Street) and ulica Sobieskiego (Sobieski Street), finally to arrive at Wilanów (King Jan III Sobieski's personal residence).


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