  jakub sobieski (may 5, 1590 &ndash; june 23, 1646) was a polish noble, parliamentarian, diarist, political activist, military leader and father of king john iii sobieski. he was the son of castellan and voivode marek sobieski and jadwiga snopkowska. == life == sobieski was educated in krakÃ³w and paris. he was a famed orator and parliamentarian. he participated in the military expedition (dymitriads) against russia in 1617-1618 (wounded during the assault of moscow), and was a member of the war council (rada wojenna) of king wÅadysÅaw iv. he took part in negotiations with muscovy in the truce of deulino in 1618. subsequently he fought in the chocim expedition against the ottoman empire in 1621, and the expedition against abazy pasa in 1633. he was one of the negotiations with sweden in the treaty of stuhmsdorf (sztumska wieÅ) in 1635. after his marriage to zofia teofillia daniÅowicz his wealth increased significantly, as zofia brought in her inheritance after the Å»Ã³Åkiewski family and part of the daniÅowski family estates, including Å»Ã³Åkiew castle. ===official career === he was courtier since 1617, krajczy of the crown since 1626, podczaszy of the crown since 1636, voivode of belz voivodship since 1638 and of ruthenian voivodship since 1641 and castellan of krakÃ³w since 1646. starost of trembowla, krasnystaw, jaworÃ³w, stryj, kaÅusz, bar and gniewo. elected deputy to seven sejms between 1623 and 1632, as sejm marshal he led the ordinary sejm in warsaw on january 24 - march 5, 1623 and on january 27 - march 10, 1626, the extraordinary sejm in warsaw on june 27 - july 18, 1628 and the election sejm in warsaw on september 24 - november 15, 1632. == character == he was consi
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