Zofia Komorowska | |
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Coat of arms | Lis |
consort | Count Leon Michał Komorowski |
Noble family | Sapieha |
Father | Prince Adam Zygmunt Sapieha |
Mother | Teresa Sobańska h. Junosza |
Born | 11 October 1919 |
Died | 14 August 1997 Herstal, Belgium |
(aged 77)
Countess Zofia Komorowska (née Sapieha) (11 October 1919 – 14 August 1997) was a Polish noblewoman and the grandmother of Queen Mathilde of Belgium.
Princess (Księżniczka) Zofia was a member of a Polish–Lithuanian princely family, the Sapieha family (Lis coat of arms). Her father, Prince Adam Zygmunt Sapieha (2 May 1892 – 20 October 1970) was a military aviator. Her mother, Teresa (20 October 1891 – 14 October 1975) was a noblewoman (szlachcianka). On 25 July 1942, in Warsaw, Zofia married Count Leon Michał Komorowski (14 August 1907 – 13 September 1992); the couple had six children:
Princess Zofia and her granddaughter Marie-Alix were killed in a car accident on 14 August 1997 in Herstal, Belgium.