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| | Jan I Olbracht information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Primarily a warrior with a strong taste for heroic adventure, Jan Olbracht desired to pose as the champion of Christendom against the Turks. |
 | | At the conference of Leutschau (1494), the details of the expedition were arranged between the kings of Poland and Hungary and Elector Frederick of Brandenburg, with the co-operation of [[Stephen III of MoldaviaStephen], hospodar of Moldavia, who had appealed to Jan Olbracht for assistance. |
 | | Be that as it may, the Poles entered Moldavia not as friends but as foes, and after the abortive siege of Suczawa, were compelled to retreat, see Battle of the Cosmin Forest for more. |
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