Sobień Castle

About

Sobień (Soban 1372, castro Sobyen 1460) is a medieval castle in the San river valley, at the feet of Eastern Carpathian mountains, in the Manasterzec village in Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship in Poland.

First mentioned as Soban, it was a royal castle guarding the merchant route along the San River. The castle was built by order of King Casimir III the Great in 1340.

In 1389 King Władysław II Jagiełło conferred the castle to a noble family of Kmita.

The castle was destroyed in 1474 and again in 1512 by Hungarian forces. In the 16th century, the Kmita family sold the estates and the castle to the Stadnicki family, who held it until 1713.

- Jan Kmita (1330–1376) - starost of Ruthenia and of Kraków

- Piotr Kmita (1348–1409) - voivode of Kraków

- Małgorzata Kmita wife of Przedpełka Mościca from Wielki Koźmin

- Mikołaj Kmita from Wiśnicz - castellan of Przemyśl

- Jan Kmita (died 1458/1460) - castellan of Lwow,

- Dobiesław Kmita (died 1478) - voivode of Lublin

- Maciej Kmita - podkomorzy (chamberlain) of Sanok

- Stanisław Kmita (ok. 1450–1511) - castellan of Sanok, Voivode of Ruthenia

- Piotr Kmita Sobieński (1477–1553) - Grand Marshal of the Crown, Voivode of Krakow

- 1713–1803 Ossoliński, Mniszech families - as dowry of Teresa Stadnicka to her husband Józef Kanty Ossoliński

- 1803–1939 Krasicki Family from Sienna - as dowry of Julia Teresa Wandalin-Mniszech

- Jan Kmita (1330–1376) - starost of Ruthenia and of Kraków

- Piotr Kmita (1348–1409) - voivode of Kraków

- Małgorzata Kmita wife of Przedpełka Mościca from Wielki Koźmin

- Mikołaj Kmita from Wiśnicz - castellan of Przemyśl

- Jan Kmita (died 1458/1460) - castellan of Lwow,