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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: John Iii Sobieski, James Louis Sobieski, Clementina Sobieski, Leelee Sobieski, Jakub Sobieski, Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska, Marek Sobieski, Sobieski Family, Katarzyna Sobieska, Marek Sobieski, Wacław Sobieski, Zofia Teofillia Daniłowicz, Maria Karolina Sobieska. Excerpt:Maria Clementina Maria Clementina Sobieska (sometimes spelled: Maria Klementyna Sobieska ) (1702-1735) was a Polish noblewoman, the granddaughter of the Polish king John III Sobieski . Biography She was born on 18 July 1702 in Poland . Her parents were James Louis Sobieski (1667-1737), the eldest son of King John III, and Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg (1673-1722). Her older sister Maria Karolina (known as Charlotte ) was the Duchess of Bouillon by marriage. Being one of Europe's wealthiest heiresses, she was betrothed to James Francis Edward Stuart . King George I of Great Britain was opposed to the marriage because he feared that the union might produce heirs to James Francis Edward's claim to his thrones. In order to placate him, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI arrested Maria Clementina while on her way to Italy to marry James Francis Edward. She was confined in Innsbruck Castle but eventually the guards were deceived and Maria Clementina escaped to Bologna , Italy , where, just to be safe from further intrusions, she was married by proxy to James who was in Spain at that time. Maria Clementina's father, James Louis Sobieski, approved her escape declaring that, as she became engaged to James Francis Edward she ought to "follow his fortune and his cause". Maria Clementina and James Francis Edward were formally married on 3 September 1719 in the Chapel of episcopal palace of Montefiascone , Italy in the Cathedral of Santa Margherita. Following their marriage, James and Maria Clementina were inv... ... Read more

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96 page entertainment magazine featuring guest editor Leelee Sobieski on the cover and in a photo-interview inside, plus Brendan Fehr, Carly Pope, young married celebrities, Wilmer Valderrama, and much more! ... Read more