Jan Sobieski: The King Who Saved Europe

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The Rarities which were found in the Prime Vizor's Tent, were no less Numerous than Strange and Surprising, as very curious Parrots, and some Birds of Paradise, with all his Banios, and Fountains, and some Ostriches, which he Chose rather to Kill, than let 'em fall Alive into our Hands; Nay his Dispair and Jealousy transported him so far, as to Destroy his very Women for the same Reason. On 11 November 1673, Sobieski added a major victory to his list, this time defeating the Ottomans in the Battle of Khotyn and capturing the fortress located there. [13] The news of the battle coincided with the death of King Michal the day before the battle. [13] This made Sobieski one of the leading figures of the state, so on 19 May the following year, he was elected monarch of the Commonwealth. [4] His candidacy was almost universally supported, with only a dozen or so members of the diet opposing him (mainly centered around magnates of the Lithuanian Pac family). [17] In light of the war, requiring Sobieski to be on the front lines, the coronation ceremony was significantly delayed – he was crowned John III almost two years later, on 2 February 1676. [4] [17] King of Poland [ edit ] Sobieski's coronation (1676), relief, Wilanów Palace On 5 July 1665, he married the widow of Jan "Sobiepan" Zamoyski, Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d'Arquien (1641–1716), of Nevers, Burgundy, France. Their children were: Letter from King Sobieski to his Wife". Letters from King Sobieski to his wife. University of Gdansk, Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Philology . Retrieved 4 August 2011.

Maximilián Saský dědičný princ Saska ∞ Princezna Karolína Marie Tereza Parmská (potomek krále Stanislava I. Leszczyńského)Oficiálne tituly (latinsky): Joannes III, Dei Gratia rex Poloniae, magnus dux Lithuaniae, Russie, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samogitiae, Livoniae, Smolenscie, Kijoviae, Volhyniae, Podlachiae, Severiae, Czernichoviaeque, etc. Defense of the Integrity of the Romanian States in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries", in Hie Ceausescu ed., War Revolution and Society in Romania the Road to Independence, New York, Social Science Monographs, Boulder, 1983, p. 76. The Pope and other foreign dignitaries hailed Sobieski as the "Savior of Vienna and Western European civilization." [35] In a letter to his wife, he wrote, "All the common people kissed my hands, my feet, my clothes; others only touched me, saying: 'Ah, let us kiss so valiant a hand!'" [36] Sobieski sending message of victory to the Pope after the Battle of Vienna, by Jan Matejko, 1880, Vatican Museums After the meal, Jan III went to the Cathedral of St. Stephen to pray there and thank God for the victory.

The Internet History Sourcebooks Project is located at the History Department of Fordham University, New York. The InternetThe Special Collections Department of the Gdańsk Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences has three accounts describing this event immediately after the military intervention of Jan III Sobieski. Let’s use these sources. Main article: Battle of Vienna Victorious John III Sobieski at the Battle of Vienna in 1683, equestrian portrait by Jerzy Siemiginowski-Eleuter

I am just now going to take Horse, and all my way for Two Hungarian Miles together, are so strew'd with the Carcasses of Men, Horses, and Camels, that the Stench of 'em would be insupportable to any but a Soldier. John III Sobieski ( Polish: Jan III Sobieski; Lithuanian: Jonas III Sobieskis; Latin: Ioannes III Sobiscius; 17 August 1629 – 17 June 1696) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696. William Wordsworth wrote on February 4, 1816, and published the same year among the "Sonnets dedicated to Liberty" [51] (or "Poems dedicated to Independence and Liberty" [52]) his "Siege of Vienna Raised by John Sobieski", which was his take on da Falicaia's ode to Sobieski's victory, about which Wordworth wrote, "This, and his other poems on the same occasion [of Sobieski's raising the siege of Vienna], are superior perhaps to any lyrical pieces that contemporary events have ever given birth to, those of the Hebrew Scriptures only excepted.—W. W. (1816 and 1820.)" The Turks, however, did not give up. They continued to fight fiercely, thus constantly harassing the allied Christian armies. The Turks withdrew for two miles and set off in pursuit of Polish troops. Selected units of the Christian army took over posts in the Turkish camp at night to guard their prey. The following day, the King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth agreed to plunder the enemy camp.And there is a deep complementarity between them. Wasserstein focuses primarily on the “Ostjuden” of what are now Ukraine and Poland, and Henderson further westwards on what becomes the Austro-Hungarian empire. In both we read of the attempts of Jews over the course of time to move into, across and ultimately away from what was long their geographical centre of gravity.