http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_III_SobieskiJohn III Sobieski (Polish: Jan III Sobieski) (17 August 1629 – 17 June 1696) was one of the most notable monarchs of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, from 1674 until his death King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. Sobieski’s 22-year-reign was marked by a period of the Commonwealth’s stabilisation, much needed after the turmoil of the Deluge and Khmelnytsky Uprising.[1] Popular among his subjects, he [...]