Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska

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Teresa Kunegunda Sobieska
Noble Family	Sobieski
Coat of Arms	Janina
Father	Jan III Sobieski
Mother	Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d'Arquien
Consorts	Maximilian II Emanuel
Issue	with Maximilian II Emanuel Maria Anna Charles VII Filip Maurycy Ferdynand Maria Klemens August Wilhelm Jan Adolf Alojzy Jan Teodor Maximilian Emanuel
Date of Birth	March 4, 1676
Place of Birth	Wilanów
Date of Death	March 10, 1730
Place of Death	Venice

Princess Teresa Kunegunda Sobieska (4 March 1676-10 March 1730) was a Polish magnate and szlachcianka and daughter of the Polish King Jan III Sobieski and Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d'Arquien, a former lady-in-waiting to Ludwika Maria Gonzaga, the previous queen consort of Poland.

After the death of his first wife, the Kurfürst Maximilian II Emanuel elector of Bavaria and Terese married on January 2, 1695 and she became the Bavarian Kurfürstin Therese Kunigunde.

She was mother of five children by her husband, four of whom lived to adulthood, including Karl VII, Holy Roman Emperor and Klemens August of Bavaria.