Sobiech History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Sobiech family

Early History of the Sobiech family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Sobiech research. Another 73 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1565, 1606, 1629, 1647, 1674, 1696, 1702, 1735 and 1782 are included under the topic Early Sobiech History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Sobiech Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Sobieski, Sobiech, Sobanski, Sobinski, Sobalski, Sobusiak, Sobieszczak, Sobczak, Sobkiewicz, Sobek, Sobczyk, Sobieszek and many more.

Early Notables of the Sobiech family

Prominent among those of the name Sobiech in this period were the Sobieski family of Lubel, a sept of the great clan Janina. The progenitor of this family Wojciech took part in the wars of Stefan Batory against the Duchy of Moscow. Another member, Marek Sobieski (d.1606), was the Governor of Lubel during the reigns of Kings Batory and Zygmunt III. He became famous for his military acumen. Stefan Batory once said of him, "If the entire kingdom's fortune only depended on skirmishes, nobody would be more shrewd nor trustful than Sobieski." Zygmunt III rewarded Sobieski by granting him...
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Migration of the Sobiech family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Albrecht Sobieska, who settled in New York in 1662; Jan Sobieszczanski, who arrived in New York as a Polish exile in 1835; Antoni Sobiszczek and John Sobieszki, who were naturalized in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in 1875 and 1877.