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Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien (Polish: Maria Kazimiera Ludwika d’Arquien; 28 June 1641 – 30 January 1716), known also by the diminutive form "Marysieńka", was a French noblewoman who became the queen consort of Poland and grand duchess consort of Lithuania from 1674 to 1696 by her marriage to King and Grand Duke John III Sobieski of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Marie Casimir and John Sobieski were married in a secret ceremony only three weeks after Zamoyski's death; they were married again in a public ceremony two months later. The extreme haste of Marie Casimir's second wedding was a scandal at the royal court and brought her the disapproval of her own family, the Polish nobility, and the Polish ...
Sobieski’s marriage to Marie d’Arquien was for those times, however, an unusual union of love, and the letters of both lovers are phenomenal proof of this. Even after years together, their love did not fade. Sobieski’s love letters to Marysieńka, as he affectionately called her, are also an interesting example of Baroque literature.
John III Sobieski (Polish: Jan III Sobieski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈtʂɛt͡ɕi sɔˈbʲɛskʲi]); Lithuanian: Jonas III Sobieskis (Lithuanian pronunciation: ['joːnäs so'bʲɛskis]); Latin: Ioannes III Sobiscius (Latin pronunciation: [joˈannɛs soˈbiʃiʊs]) 17 August 1629 – 17 June 1696) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696.
The portrait by an unknown painter, purchased to the collection of the Historical Museum of the City of Warsaw (today’s Museum of Warsaw) in 1973, shows Maria Kazimiera Sobieska (Marie Casimire de La Grange d’Arquien, Marysieńka, 1641–1716, Queen of Poland 1676–1696) in a private space. The ermine mantle, a symbol of royal splendour ...
June 17, 1696, Wilanów (aged 66) Title / Office: king (1674-1696), Poland. Role In: Siege of Vienna. John III Sobieski (born August 17, 1629, Olesko, Poland—died June 17, 1696, Wilanów) was the elective king of Poland (1674–96), a soldier who drove back the Ottoman Turks and briefly restored the kingdom of Poland-Lithuania to greatness ...
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Jun 16, 2014 · June 17 – Sobieski. John III Sobieski (Polish: Jan III Sobieski, Lithuanian: Jonas Sobieskis; 17 August 1629 – 17 June 1696) Born at Olesko in 1629; died at Wilanow, 1696; son of James, Castellan of Cracow and descended by his mother from the heroic Zolkiewski, who died in battle at Cecora. His elder brother Mark was his companion in arms ...
