This gave Poland breathing space, and Sobieski became a national hero, so that, King Michael dying at that time, he was unanimously elected king in 1674. When, in 1672, under Michael Wisniowiecki’s reign, the Turks seized Kamieniec, Sobieski beat them again and again, till at the crowning victory of Chocim they lost 20,000 men and a great many guns. His first exploit as Hetman was in Podhajce, where, besieged by an army of Cossacks and Tatars, he at his own expense raised 8000 men and stored the place with wheat, baffling the foe so completely that they retired with great loss. Lubomirski revolting, he remained faithful to the king (John Casimir), became successively Field Hetman, Grand Marshal, and - after Revera Potocki’s death - Grand Hetman or Commander-in-chief.
John, the last of all the family, accompanied Czarniecki in the expedition to Denmark then, under George Lubomirski, he fought the Muscovites at Cudnow. His elder brother Mark was his companion in arms from the time of the great Cossack rebellion (1648), and fought at Zbaraz, Beresteczko, and lastly at Batoh where, after being taken prisoner, he was murdered by the Tatars. Painting of John III Sobieski by Daniel Schultzīorn at Olesko in 1629 died at Wilanow, 1696 son of James, Castellan of Cracow and descended by his mother from the heroic Zolkiewski, who died in battle at Cecora.
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