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James Sobieski

James Louis Sobieski
Prince of Poland
Prince of Oława
Gascar Jakub Ludwik Sobieski.jpg
Sobieski by Gascar
Born (1667-11-02)2 November 1667
Paris, France
Died 19 December 1737(1737-12-19) (aged 70)
Żółkiew Castle, Żółkiew, Poland
Spouse Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg
Issue
Detail
Maria Casimira
Maria Carolina, Duchess of Bouillon
Maria Clementina, Jacobite consort
Full name
Jakub Ludwik Henryk Sobieski
House Sobieski
Father John III Sobieski
Mother Maria Kazimiera
Full name
Jakub Ludwik Henryk Sobieski

James Louis Sobieski (full name in Polish: Jakub Ludwik Henryk Sobieski; 2 November 1667 – 19 December 1737) was a Polish prince, nobleman, politician, diplomat, scholar, traveller and the son of King John III of Poland and Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien.

James Louis Sobieski was born on 2 November 1667 in Paris, France. He was named after his grandfather Jakub, his godfather King Louis XIV (Ludwik) and Queen Henrietta (Henryk) Maria of England, his godmother. In 1683, the sixteen-year-old prince fought alongside his father in the battle against the Turks at Vienna. James was a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

On 25 March 1691 James Louis married Hedwig Elisabeth Amelia of Neuburg (1673–1722), the daughter of the Palatine elector Philip William. They had five daughters, two of whom would have progeny. As part of his wife's dowry, he received the Principality of Oława.

On the death of James Louis' father, John III, no fewer than eighteen candidates stood for the vacant Polish throne. Family rivalries prevented the election of James Louis Sobieski even though Austria supported his candidacy. James Louis Sobieski’s own mother, Marie Casimire, favored her son-in-law, Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria. The powerful King Louis XIV of France supported François Louis, Prince of Conti (1664–1709).


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