Zofia Czarnkowska Opalińska
Polish noblewoman
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Sofia Anna Czarnkowska (also called Zofia Czarnkowska Opalińska or Catherine-Sophie-Anne Czarnkowska) (12 March 1660 – 2 December 1701)[1] was a Polish noblewoman, known as the maternal grandmother of the queen of France, Marie Leszczyńska.
12 March 1660
Poznań
Wrocław
Zofia Czarnkowska Opalińska | |
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Zofia Anna Czarnkowska, detail of a monument in the church of Sieraków | |
| Born | Zofia Anna Czarnkowska 12 March 1660 Poznań |
| Died | 2 December 1701 (aged 41) Wrocław |
| Noble family | Czarnkowski |
| Spouse | Jan Karol Opalinski |
| Father | Adam Uriel Czarnkowski |
| Mother | Theresa Zaleska |
Life
She was the daughter of Adam Uriel Czarnkowski and Teresa Zaleska. She married Jan Karol Opaliński on 4 December 1678. They had the children Maria (August 1679 – October 1679), Catherine (Katarzyna) Opalińska, Queen of Poland (1680–1743), a stillborn child (1681), and Stanislas (1682–1682). She became the grandmother of Marie Leszczyńska (who would be Queen Consort of France, married to Louis XV) and Anna Leszczyńska.
She died on 8 December 1701 from pneumonia[2] aged 41, at Breslau (today Wrocław).[3]
Legacy
A monument was erected in 1748 in the church of Sieraków.[4] The crypt in a nearby castle contains the sarcophagus of the Opaliński family.
