Youth John III Sobieski
olesko castle, birthplace of john sobieski
john sobieski born on 17 august 1629, in olesko, ukraine, part of ruthenian voivodeship in crown of kingdom of poland, polish–lithuanian commonwealth renowned noble family de sobieszyn sobieski of janina coat of arms. father, jakub sobieski, voivode of ruthenia , castellan of kraków; mother, zofia teofillia daniłowicz granddaughter of hetman stanisław Żółkiewski. john sobieski spent childhood in Żółkiew. after graduating nowodworski college in kraków in 1643, young john sobieski graduated philosophical faculty of jagiellonian university in 1646. after finishing studies, john , brother marek sobieski left western europe, spent more 2 years travelling. visited leipzig, antwerp, paris, london, leiden, , hague. during time, met influential contemporary figures such louis ii de bourbon, charles ii of england , william ii, prince of orange, , learned french, german, , italian, in addition latin.
both brothers returned commonwealth in 1648. upon receiving news of death of king władysław iv vasa , hostilities of khmelnytsky uprising, volunteered army. both fought in siege of zamość. founded , commanded own banners (chorągiew) of cavalry (one light, cossack , , 1 heavy, of polish hussars). soon, fortunes of war separated brothers. in 1649, jakub fought in battle of zboriv. in 1652, marek died in tatar captivity after capture @ battle of batih. john promoted rank of pułkownik , fought distinction in battle of berestechko. promising commander, john sent king john ii casimir 1 of envoys in diplomatic mission of mikołaj bieganowski ottoman empire. there, sobieski learned tatar language , turkish language , studied turkish military traditions , tactics. participated part of briefly allied polish-tatar forces in 1655 battle of okhmativ.
after start of swedish invasion of poland known deluge , john sobieski among greater polish regiments led krzysztof opaliński, palatine of poznań capitulated @ ujście, , swore allegiance king charles x gustav of sweden. however, around late march 1656, abandoned side, returning side of polish king john ii casimir vasa, enlisting under command of hetmans stefan czarniecki , jerzy sebastian lubomirski.
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