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Facts

Also Known As Jan III Sobieski
Born August 17, 1629 • Poland
Died June 17, 1696 (aged 66) • Poland
Title / Office king (1674-1696), Poland
Role In Siege of Vienna

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Carel Allardt: engraving of Jan (John III) Sobieski
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Józef Piłsudski
Józef Piłsudski
Polish revolutionary and statesman
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Józef Beck
Polish foreign minister
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Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Paşa
Ottoman vizier
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Polish general and statesman
Władysław Gomułka
Władysław Gomułka
Polish politician
Casimir III
Casimir III
king of Poland
Tommaso Dolabella: Władysław IV Vasa
Władysław IV Vasa
king of Poland
Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski
Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski
Polish general
Augustus II
Augustus II
king of Poland and elector of Saxony
Andrzej: Sigismund I
Sigismund I
king of Poland
John II Casimir Vasa
John II Casimir Vasa
king of Poland
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Bolesław I
king of Poland
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus
king of Poland
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Jan Zamoyski
Polish politician
Marcin Kober: Stephen Báthory
Stephen Báthory
king of Poland
Dąbrowski, detail from a portrait by an unknown Polish artist; in the National Museum, Warsaw
Jan Henryk Dąbrowski
Polish general
Koniecpolski, engraving by Anton Tepplar after a painting by Martin Altomonte
Stanisław Koniecpolski
Polish military leader
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John I Albert
king of Poland
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Władysław III Warneńczyk
king of Hungary and Poland
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Jan Karol Chodkiewicz
Polish general

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