Marek Sobieski (1628-1652)

Marek Sobieski
Coat of arms	Janina
Born	24 May 1628 Złoczów
Died	3 June 1652 Batoh
Buried	1655 Żółkiew
Noble family	Sobieski
Father	Jakub Sobieski
Mother	Teofila Zofia Daniłłowiczówna
Occupation	starosta of Krasnystaw and Jaworów

Marek Sobieski (24 May 1628 – 3 June 1652) was a Polish noble (szlachcic), starosta (tenant of the Crown lands) of Krasnystaw and Jaworów, older brother of King John III Sobieski of Poland. He graduated from Nowodworski College in Kraków and Kraków Academy, then traveled and studied in Western Europe. After returning to Poland in 1648 he fought against the Cossacks and Tatars at Zbaraż and Beresteczko. He was taken captive by Tatars in 1652 and then killed by Cossacks.

Sobieski was the oldest child of Jakub Sobieski and his second wife Teofila Zofia Daniłłowiczówna. He was born on 24 May 1628 in Złoczów and spent his childhood in Żółkiew. He grew up in a patriotic family, and his mother often took him and his brother to the grave of her grandfather Stanisław Żółkiewski, Grand Hetman of the Crown, who was killed in the battle of Cecora in 1620. Zofia Teofila Daniłłowicz taught her sons the inscription upon their great-grandfather's grave: "O quam dulce et decorum est pro patria mori!" (How sweet and glorious it is to die for one's homeland!). On 29 October 1639 Sobieski became Starosta of Jaworów.

Along with his brother John, beginning in 1640, Sobieski studied at the Nowodworski College in Kraków. On 29 April 1642 Sobieski made a speech on funeral of Jakub Zadzik, bishop of Kraków. The next year, on 2 June 1643, Sobieski made a speech where he thanked absent Władysław IV for everything he had done for Nodworski College. Two months earlier, in April 1643, Marek and John Sobieski began studies at Kraków Academy. In 1644 Sobieski became Starosta of Krasnystaw.

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