Royal Blood
In 1647 the Lubomirski family in the person of Stanisław got the hereditary title of the Prince of the Holy Roman Empire from Emperor Ferdynand III. They candidated for the crown themselves. Grand Hetman of the Crown Prince Hieronim Augustyn was the most serious candidate for the Polish crown after the death of John III Sobieski. Prince Teodor Konstanty (1683-1745), the governor of Kraków tried to get a crown after the death of Augustus II the Strong. Prince Stanisław Lubomirski, the governor of Kiev, the Speaker of the Radom tribunal, ran for the throne in 1764. Princes Lubomirski were also candidates to take the Czech and Hungarian crown. Jerzy Ignacy Lubomirski (1687-1753) sought the throne of Hungary. The culmination of this effort was performing the rank of the Prince Regent by Zdzislaw Lubomirski in 1917-1918.
The family of the princes Lubomirski is related to almost all the dynasties ruling in Europe, for example, with the Bourbon, Capetiens, Liudolfing, Wittelsbach, Hohenzollern, Rurykowicz dynasties. The Lubomirski family is maternally related to the Piast of Masovia family. Zofia Lubomirska was the great-granddaughter of Anna Lubomirska, the daughter of Konrad III Rudy, the prince of Mazovia. Katarzyna Lubomirska (c. 1585 – 1620) was Konstanty Bazyli II’s wife, Prince of Ostróg, closely related to Bolesław IV, descendant of Konrad Mazowiecki.
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