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Description. Also known as. English. Sophia of Halshany. Wife of Jogaila, Queen consort of Poland (1405-1461) Zofia Holszańska. Sophie Holszańska. Sophia Holszanski. Sophia Holszanska.
Sophia of Halshany. Sophia of Halshany (Lithuanian: Sofija Alšėniškė; Belarusian: Соф'я Гальшанская, romanized: Sofja Halšanskaja; Polish: Zofia Holszańska; c. 1405 – 21 September 1461 in Kraków), known simply as Sonka, was princess of Halshany by birth and Queen consort of Poland as the fourth and last wife of Jogaila, King of Poland and Supreme Duke of Lithuania.
Sophia sponsored a translation of the Bible into the Polish language (1453–1461). Even though the translation was not completed, the work, known as Bible of Queen Sophia, is an important monument of the Polish language. See also. Media related to Sophia of Halshany at Wikimedia Commons; Media related to Queen Sophia's Chapel at Wikimedia Commons
Queen Sophia or Queen Sophie may refer to: Sophia of Minsk, Queen of Denmark. Sophia of Denmark (1241–1286), Queen of Sweden. Sophia of Bavaria (1376–1425), Queen of Bohemia. Sophia of Halshany (1405?–1461), Queen of Poland.
It was the birthplace of the Lithuanian princess and later Grand Duchess of Lithuania and queen of Poland Sophia of Halshany, extending Lithuanian Jagellon dynasty over two states. During the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth the town was in the hands of the Sapieha family, which constructed a castle there in early 17th century.
Sophia Holszany. Lithuanian Nobility. Born Sonka Alšėniškė, daughter of a court dignitary from the Baltic country, she became consort Queen having married (1422) the now elderly king of Poland Ladislav II. According to historians, the couple was the founder of the Jagiellonian dynasty of Catholic faith despite her family being of the...
Sophia grew up in a Russian environment and was an Eastern Orthodox Christian (her Orthodox name is Sonka). It is believed that she was illiterate and largely uneducated. It is unknown when Sophia met Jogaila for the first time. It is known that they met in the winter of 1420–1421 when Jogaila visited Druck.
