!!!Johann III. Sobieski

b. Olesko (Ukraine), Aug. 17, 1629, 
d. Wilanow near Warsaw (Poland), June 17, 1696, Field Marshal of the 
Crown, 1674 King of Poland. After an alliance with France and Sweden 
(1675-1678) he entered into alliance with the Emperor on March 1, 1683 
and provided the largest contingent of the army that, under his 
supreme command, defeated the Ottoman army besieging Vienna on 
September 12, 1683, thus ending the second of the two  Turkish Sieges 
of Vienna. Great supporter of sciences and art.

!Literature
O. Forst de Battaglia, J. S., 1982; G. Hagenau, Jan S. Der 
Retter Wiens, 1983.



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