John III Sobieski

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Grand Duke of Lithuania King of Poland human military commander nobleman

John III Sobieski was a 17th-century King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania best known for his decisive victory over the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vienna in 1683.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
James Louis Sobieski 1
Jan III Sobieski 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Grand Duke of Lithuania ⓘ
King of Poland ⓘ
human ⓘ
military commander ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
alliedWith Habsburg Monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
birthDate 1629-08-17 ⓘ
birthPlace Crown of the Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
Olesko ⓘ
Ruthenian Voivodeship NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Wawel Cathedral ⓘ
coronationDate 1676-02-02 ⓘ
coronationPlace Wawel Cathedral ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate 1696-06-17 ⓘ
deathPlace Wilanów Palace ⓘ
surface form: Wilanów

near Warsaw ⓘ
education Jagiellonian University ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
father Jakub Sobieski ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
knownFor leading the relief of Vienna in 1683 ⓘ
stopping Ottoman expansion into Central Europe ⓘ
languageSpoken Latin ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
memberOf Sobieski dynasty ⓘ
surface form: House of Sobieski
militaryRank Grand Hetman of the Crown ⓘ
surface form: Grand Hetman

Hetman ⓘ
monarchOf Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother Zofia Teofila Daniłowicz ⓘ
nativeName John III Sobieski self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jan III Sobieski
notableBattle Battle of Khotyn (1673) ⓘ
Battle of Vienna ⓘ
notableWork defense of Vienna against the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
victory at the Battle of Vienna ⓘ
opponent Ottoman Empire ⓘ
positionHeld Grand Duke of Lithuania ⓘ
Grand Hetman of the Crown ⓘ
Hetman ⓘ
surface form: Hetman of the Crown

King of Poland ⓘ
predecessor Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki ⓘ
regnalName John III Sobieski self-link ⓘ
reignEnd 1696 ⓘ
reignStart 1674 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d’Arquien ⓘ
successor Augustus II the Strong ⓘ
title Defender of Christendom ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Vienna → commander → John III Sobieski ⓘ
Great Turkish War → commander → John III Sobieski ⓘ
Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska → father → John III Sobieski ⓘ
Charles Edward, Duke of Albany → grandfather → John III Sobieski ⓘ
John III Sobieski → nativeName → John III Sobieski self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jan III Sobieski
Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska → notableRelative → John III Sobieski ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Louis Sobieski
Kingdom of Poland → notableRuler → John III Sobieski ⓘ
Wilanów Palace → originalOwner → John III Sobieski ⓘ
Battle of Vienna → polishCommander → John III Sobieski ⓘ
John III Sobieski → regnalName → John III Sobieski self-link ⓘ
Wilanów Palace → significantOwner → John III Sobieski ⓘ