Princess Terese Kunegunda Sobieska of Poland

Brief Life History of Terese Kunegunda Sobieska

When Princess Terese Kunegunda Sobieska of Poland was born on 4 March 1676, in Warsaw, Masovia, Poland, her father, John Sobieski III, was 46 and her mother, Queen Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien, was 34. She married Maximilian II. Emanuel Kurfürst von Bayern on 2 January 1695, in Wesel, Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 10 March 1730, in Venice, Venice, Veneto, Italy, at the age of 54, and was buried in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

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Family Time Line

Maximilian II. Emanuel Kurfürst von Bayern
1662–1726
Princess Terese Kunegunda Sobieska of Poland
1676–1730
Marriage: 2 January 1695
Son Prince Of Bavaria
1695–1695
Leopold Ferdinand Von Bayern (Von Wittelsbach) (inf)
1700–
Anton Von Bayern (Von Wittelsbach) (inf)
Maria Anna Karoline von Wittelsbach Prinzessin von Bayern
1696–1750
Kaiser Karl Albrecht VII Von Bayern
1697–1745
Philipp Moritz von Wittelsbach Prinz von Bayern
1698–1719
Ferdinand Maria Innozenz Joseph Michael Von Bayern
1699–1738
Clemens August von Wittelsbach Prinz von Bayern
1700–1761
Wilhelm von Wittelsbach Prince of Bavaria
1701–1704
Alois Johann Christoph von Bayern
1702–1705
Johann Theodor von Wittelsbach Prinz von Bayern
1703–1763
Maximilian Emanuel Thomas von Wittelsbach Prinz von Bayern
1704–1709

Sources (3)

  • Teresa Kunegunda von Polen, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Ancestry Family Trees
  • Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

World Events (4)

1683 · Battle of Vienna

The Battle of Vienna was a conflict that occurred on September 12, 1683, at Kahlenberg Mountain. The battle was particularly significant because the Holy Roman Empire and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth cooperated for the first time in order to defeat the Ottoman Empire. The battle ended with the Siege of Vienna being lifted and the Ottomans suffering very heavy losses. 

1699 · Treaty of Karlowitz

The treaty of Karlowitz was a peace settlement signed on January 26, 1699, between the Holy League (comprised of Austria, Venice, Russia, and Poland) and the Ottoman Empire. This ended the long-running Great Turkish War that had started in 1683. The document was drafted following a two-month congress between all involved parties.

1700

The Three Partitions of Poland, Russia, Prussia and Austria divide Poland amongst themselves.

Name Meaning

German: possibly a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman, from orfe, a species of freshwater fish. Alternatively, a habitational name from Urff near Kassel, formerly Orpha.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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