Aleksandra Marianna Wiesiołowska

Aleksandra Marianna Wiesiołowska
Coat of arms	Janina
Full name	Aleksandra Marianna z Sobieskich Wiesiołowska
Died	14 August 1645
Family	Wiesiołowski
Consort	Krzysztof Wiesiołowski
Father	Marek Sobieski
Mother	Jadwiga Snopkowska

Aleksandra Marianna Wiesiołowska (died on 14 August 1645) was the daughter of magnate Marek Sobieski and Jadwiga Snopkowska. She was married to Court Marshal of Lithuania Krzysztof Wiesiołowski and became later a Bridgettines as a widow.

Life

Sobieska married the Lithuanian countryman and later Grand Marshal of Lithuania, Krzysztof Wiesiołowski. The marriage of Aleksandra and Krzysztof was childless, Aleksandra Wiesiołowska, together with her husband, sponsored the erection of the church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the monastery of the Sisters of the Most Holy Saviour in Grodno, the construction of which was completed in 1642. After her husband's death in 1637, Alexandra entered the monastery she founded, where she served as abbess. In the monastery founded by Aleksandra Wiesiołowska there was her portrait.

Bibliography

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