JAN SOBIESKI: The King Who Saved Europe

Jan Sobieski was one of the most extraordinary monarchs of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1674 until his death. He was a man of letters, an artistic person, a dedicated ruler but above all the greatest soldier of his time. He was made famous by his triumph over the Ottomans in the most significant battle in Europe at the time, that of Vienna (1683). Following his victories over the Ottoman Empire, thus preventing the islamisation of Europe. He was held as the savior of Western Civilization by the Pope Innocent XI.