Sobieski - a politician and a statesman
Sobieski - a politician and a statesman - Photo gallery
Sobieski - a politician and a statesman - Photo gallery
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Jan III Sobieski of the Janina coat of arms
Jan III Sobieski of the Janina coat of arms (1629-1696), grand hetman, grand marshal of the Crown, the king of Poland. The son of Jakub, castellan of Cracow, and Teofila née Daniłowicz, great grandson of Grand Hetman and Chancellor of the Crown Stanisław
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The cult of King Jan III in Polish culture and tradition
The excellent Polish historian of the early modern period, Władysław Konopczyński, wrote in 1921: “To which of us Poles at an adolescent age does the Hetman-King from the epics not speak to? That armoured Polonus, moustachioed, kontusz-wearing and so wond
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Jan III Sobieski’s entry into Cracow for coronation
Elected king in May 1674 in the atmosphere of general enthusiasm, Grand Hetman Jan Sobieski had to wait for his solemn coronation in the Cracow cathedral. Put off for a long time, the ceremony took place no sooner than on 2 February 1676 in the presence o
