Zofia Tarnowska
Jan Amor Tarnowski’s daughter and the wife of Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski. After her brother Jan Krzysztof’s death, her inheritance connected Tarnów with the Ostrogski estates.
Life of Zofia Tarnowska
Between two houses
Born in 1534, she married Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski. Their marriage connected a Crown magnate family with one of Volhynia’s leading princely houses.
Descendants
She died in 1570 after the birth of her son Aleksander. Her descendants continued the connection between the Tarnowski and Ostrogski patrimonies.
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Key details
Birth: 1534 Documented
Death: 1570 Documented
Role: Noblewoman
Other recorded names: Zofia Tarnowska · Zofia Ostrogska · Sofía Tarnowska
Dynasty: Tarnowski
Territories: Poland (ES) · Lithuania (ES)
Recorded relationships
Sources for this profile
Biographical and contextual references in their original language. Sources and methodology.
Evidence for this profile
3 recorded claims · 0 without a claim-specific source. Context references do not by themselves verify every fact.
Dates (2/2 with a precise source)
- BirthDocumented
1534
Biographical fact confirmed by the source. - DeathDocumented
1570
Biographical fact confirmed by the source.
Family and relationships (1/1 with a precise source)
- FatherDocumented
Jan Amor Tarnowski
Paternal relationship confirmed by the source.
Biographical and contextual references (1)
Editorial history
- 2026-10-12 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-08 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-03 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-09-30 · The duchy is limited to Dijon and Autun; each other fief now enters the map only under its dated ruler. John III of Namur and the Nevers/Rethel branch were added. The previous shape combined later counties and unrelated lands as if all belonged to the duchy from 1363.
- 2026-09-28 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
