Anna Kostka Explained

Anna Kostka
House-Type:Szlachta
Noble Family:Kostka
Coa:Dąbrowa
Father:Jan Kostka
Mother:Zofia Odrowąż
Spouse:Aleksander Ostrogski
Issue:Zofia Ostrogska
Konstanty Ostrogski
Janusz Ostrogski
Anna Alojza Ostrogska
Katarzyna Ostrogska
Birth Date:1575
Death Date:1635

Anna Kostka (1575–1635) was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman.

Anna was the daughter of Jan Kostka and Zofia Odrowąż, and related to Saint Stanislas Kostka. She married Aleksander Ostrogski in 1592. She inherited the city of Jarosław as well as several other areas after her mother.

After being widowed in 1603, she lived an independent life as the manager of her own and her children's dominions. She benefited the university of Jarosław, introduced the Benedictine order to the city, protected the Jesuits, commissioned several later famed art objects for the churches and became known for her charity toward the poor.

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