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Marysieńka planned to have John elected king after King John Casimir’s resignation in 1668. When this plan failed—the nobility elected Michael Wiśniowiecki in 1669—she began working to obtain support from Louis XIV of France for her husband’s advancement.
Though Poland-Lithuania was at that time the largest and one of the most populous states of Europe, Sobieski became a king of a country devastated by almost half a century of constant war. The treasury was almost empty and the court had little to offer the powerful magnates, who often allied themselves with foreign courts rather than the state.
When King John Casimir abdicated in 1668, the external situation of Poland was difficult – in 1672 a new war broke out with Turkey. John Casimir’s successor, King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki turned out to be a poor commander and administrator.
John Sobieski was elected King of Poland in 1674, not without the influence of his wife. As the Queen of Poland, Marie Casimire quickly became unpopular, as she supported the proposed Polish–French alliance, while simultaneously striving to gain privileges for her family from the French king Louis XIV , whom she greatly admired.
With the reigning king John II Casimir aging and his power weakening, Marie and John Sobieski began planning for Sobieski's election as the next king of Poland. Hoping to win important financial and military aid from France, Marie Casimir made several extended journeys back to France in the late 1660s, where she successfully solicited support ...
Through his mother, he inherited the Zolkiewski fortune; through his father, the enormous Sobieski estates. He was one of the wealthiest nobles in Poland. Later, he augmented his fortune through his marriage to Marie Kazimiera d' Arquien, the widow of John Zamoyski.
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Jul 28, 2008 · In 1683, a Christian relief force led by John III Sobieski, King of Poland, repulsed the army of Mehmed IV, saving Western Europe from seemingly inevitable Muslim conquest. by Anthony Pagden 7/28/2008. Share This Article. Muslims battle Christians outside Vienna. (The Art Archive/Museum der Stadt Wien/Dagli Orti)
