Marek SOBIESKI #77878
1549/50 - 1605
BIRTH 1549/50
DEATH 1605
Historical Notes
Founder of the House of SOBIESKI
According to the family's legend, it traced its lineage to a Polish duke, Leszek II the Black. Another family legend said that they were the descendants of Duke Sobiesław, the son of Leszko III, a legendary ruler of the Popielids dynasty. Marek Sobieski (1549/1550 – 1605) was a Polish–Lithuanian noble (szlachcic).
He was a courtier from 1577, a Royal Court Chorąży (chorąży nadworny królewski) from 1581, a castellan of Lublin from 1597, and a voivode of Lublin Voivodeship from c. 1597/98.
He was the grandfather of Jan III Sobieski, the elected King of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
According to the family's legend, it traced its lineage to a Polish duke, Leszek II the Black. Another family legend said that they were the descendants of Duke Sobiesław, the son of Leszko III, a legendary ruler of the Popielids dynasty. Marek Sobieski (1549/1550 – 1605) was a Polish–Lithuanian noble (szlachcic).
He was a courtier from 1577, a Royal Court Chorąży (chorąży nadworny królewski) from 1581, a castellan of Lublin from 1597, and a voivode of Lublin Voivodeship from c. 1597/98.
He was the grandfather of Jan III Sobieski, the elected King of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.