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| | Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : John III Sobieski (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | After a distinguished military career, and following the death of King Jan II Kazimierz's successor, Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki, John Sobieski was elected by the szlachta (nobility) as king of Poland on May 21, 1674 and was crowned on February 2, 1676. |
 | | King John III was succeeded by Augustus II, elector of Saxony who stayed in power primarily because of Russian support. |
 | | Teresa Kunegunde, (1676-1730) - In 1695, the Princess married Maximilian II Emanuel, elector of Bavaria |
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