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	Michał Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki (May 31, 1640 – November 10, 1673); Polish: Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, was the son of Jeremi Michał Wiśniowiecki and his wife Gryzelda Konstancja Zamoyska.
		English translation: Michael, by God's grace King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia (Ukraine and Belarus), Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Livonia, Smolensk, Kyiv, Volhynia, Podolia, Podlachia, Severia and Czernichow, etc.
		Following the abdication of King Jan Kazimierz Vasa and the end of The Deluge, the Polish nobility (szlachta) elected Michael as king, believing he would further the interests of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Michael_Korybut_Wisniowiecki (280 words)

	Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Michael Korybut was the son of Jaremi Wisniowiecki, a military commander who won fame during Khmelnitski's rebellion, and Gryzelda Zamoyska.
		However, Michael Korybut proved unable to cope with his responsibilities and with tensions among the various political fractions.
		Moreover, he lost a war against Turkey; under the terms of the peace treaty Turkey occupied Podolia with Kamenets Podolsk, a stronghold once built with a thought to the defence of the south-eastern borders of the state.
	artyzm.com /matejko/poczet/e_korybut.htm (106 words)

	ipedia.com: Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki ; Polish: Micha Korybut Winiowiecki, King of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1669 - 1673.
		Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki (1640-1673); Polish: Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, King of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1669-1673.
		Following the death of King Jan Kazimierz Vasa, the Polish nobility elected Michael (son of a successful but controversial military commander, best known for fighting with Bohdan Chmielnicki), as king, believing he would further the interests of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
	www.ipedia.com /michael_korybut_wisniowiecki.html (252 words)

	Michael Wisniowiecki -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Polish in full MichaL Korybut Wisniowiecki king of Poland (1669–73), whose reign was marked by struggles between the pro-Habsburg and pro-French political factions.
		A native Pole and descendant of Korybut, brother of King Wladyslaw II Jagiello, Michael was freely elected by the unanimous vote of the Polish nobility; but he was chosen chiefly for the merit of his father, Jérémi Wisniowiecki, a great border…
		Michael Kirk Douglas was born on Sept. 25, 1944, in New Brunswick, N.J. Douglas's first successful acting role was in the television series The Streets of San Francisco (1972–74).
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9052455?tocId=9052455 (765 words)

	Poland in the Seventeenth Century
		The Polish lost control of the Eastern Ukraine, and by the end of the century Russian influence over Ukrainians and Cossacks was steadily increasing.
		The ineffectual Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki suffered humiliating defeat at the hands of the Turks, and was forced in 1672 Treaty of Buczacz to cede Podolia to the Ottomans.
		John Sobieski defeated the Turks at Chocim (1673), but was initially unable to follow up his victory.
	history.wisc.edu /sommerville/351/poland.htm (267 words)

	Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		1640 - Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki, King of Poland, born.
		1653 - Eleanor, Daughter of Ferdinand III and Wife of Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki, born.
		1697 - Eleanor, Daughter of Ferdinand III and Wife of Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki, died.
	www.byzantios.net /modar/time3.htm (2530 words)

	Moneta Litvaniae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki (1640-1673) was the son of Jaremi Wisniowiecki, a military commander who won fame during Chmelnicki's rebellion, and Gryzelda Zamojska.
		Michael Korybut proved unable to cope with his responsibilities and with tensions among the various political fractions.
		Moreover, he lost a war against Turkey; under the terms of the peace treaty Turkey occupied Podolle with Kamieniec-Podolski.
	www.hotelservicesprague.com /litvancoins/dukes/litpol/mikor.html (83 words)

	Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki, king of Poland (16..-73), dies November 10 in History
		Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki, king of Poland (16..-73), dies November 10 in History
		Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki, king of Poland (16..-73), dies
		So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.
	www.brainyhistory.com /events/1673/november_10_1673_38211.html (50 words)

	Polish Kings: Michal Korybut
		The gentry, increasingly upset by foreign politics, attempted to refocus on the domestic affairs of Poland and Lithuania by electing a Pole to the throne.
		This was a needed reform; however, it was not possible to practice isolationism in such a volatile environment, and the elected Michael Korybut, son of a military hero, was unable to master the complexities of this environment nor to pull a divided nation together.
		During his reign, the once secure southern borders and alliances began to unravel.
	www.greatestbooks.org /visitorlibrary/polish/kings/pages/korybut.htm (112 words)

	Michael Wisniowiecki -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Michael Wisniowiecki -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		The dissensions between the two camps cost Poland a new defeat at the hands of the united Turks and Cossacks.
		Sealed by the Treaty of Buczacz (Buchach; 1672), by which all Polish Ukraine came under Turkish suzerainty, this defeat was wiped out only by a brilliant victory of Sobieski's at Khotin (1673), which also, after King Michael's early death, carried him to the throne (as John III Sobieski) against an Austrian candidate.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9052455 (826 words)

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