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Jan III Sobieski

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Jan III Sobieski

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First name:

Jan III

Last Name:

Sobieski

Parents:

Jakub Sobieski i Zofia Teofila z Daniłowiczów

Crest:

Janina

Date of birth:

17-08-1629

Place of birth:

Olesko

Date of death:

17-06-1696

Place od death:

Wilanów

Age:

Honours and awards:

Order Ducha Świętego

Biography:

Jan III Sobieski (1629-1696), born in Lesko, son of Jakub Sobieski and Zofia Teofila née Daniłowicz. Between 1640 and 1643, he attended the Nowodworski College in Cracow. He then studied at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Cracow Academy. He received an excellent education, learning several languages. He became fluent in three and knew the basics of another five. After graduating from the academy, Sobieski went on a 2.5-year grand tour of Western Europe with his brother. He was a bibliophile, and received permission from the Pope to read forbidden books. He also had extremely wide-ranging scientific interests (mathematics, astronomy, architecture and engineering). He returned to the country to fight in the Khmelnytsky uprising. During the Muscovite War, he fought in the Battle of Ochmatov in 1655. In 1659, he was elected to the Sejm for the first time. In 1665, he married Marie Kazimiera d'Arquien. In 1674, he was elected king. He was a great patron of culture. He died in 1696 in Wilanów.

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