He commanded the Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army contingent of the military of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the campaign to lift the Siege of Vienna by the Ottoman Turks. When the main Polish Army under the King of Poland John III Sobieski, who was nominated the Supreme Commander of the Holy League, marched on Vienna and played a decisive role in the battle, it left Poland undefended. As a result, the Lithuanian troops were drawn into a fight along the southern Polish border tying down the anti-Habsburg Hungarian Kuruc forces under the vassal king of Upper Hungary, Emeric Thököly, along the border between Upper Hungary and Poland.
This punitive action on the edge of the overall campaign was successful in keeping these irregular Hungarian troops (bolstered with Ottoman levies) from either raiding into Poland or coming to the assistance of the besieging Ottoman Army when the Holy League attacked their positions outside Vienna on 12 September 1683. He was meant to break off his attack along the Hungarian border and participate in the battle but by the time he arrived in Vienna at the head of the Lithuanian Army this famous Battle was concluded.
kazimierz, sapieha, this, article, includes, list, general, references, lacks, sufficient, corresponding, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, december, 2009, learn, when, remove, this, message, kazimi. This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this message Kazimierz Jan Pawel Sapieha Lithuanian Jonas Kazimieras Sapiega jaunesnysis 1637 1720 was a Grand Hetman of Lithuania commencing in 1682 He held the title of a Duke starting in 1700 In 1681 he became Field Hetman of Lithuania the following year he also became the voivode of Vilnius He commanded the Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army contingent of the military of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth during the campaign to lift the Siege of Vienna by the Ottoman Turks When the main Polish Army under the King of Poland John III Sobieski who was nominated the Supreme Commander of the Holy League marched on Vienna and played a decisive role in the battle it left Poland undefended As a result the Lithuanian troops were drawn into a fight along the southern Polish border tying down the anti Habsburg Hungarian Kuruc forces under the vassal king of Upper Hungary Emeric Thokoly along the border between Upper Hungary and Poland This punitive action on the edge of the overall campaign was successful in keeping these irregular Hungarian troops bolstered with Ottoman levies from either raiding into Poland or coming to the assistance of the besieging Ottoman Army when the Holy League attacked their positions outside Vienna on 12 September 1683 He was meant to break off his attack along the Hungarian border and participate in the battle but by the time he arrived in Vienna at the head of the Lithuanian Army this famous Battle was concluded He was the founder of Sapieha Palace in Vilnius which was designed by Pietro Perti from Italy References editKAZIMIERZ JAN PAWEL SAPIEHA iPSB nbsp This biographical article related to the military of Poland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biography of a Polish noble is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biographical article about a member of the Lithuanian nobility is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kazimierz Jan Sapieha amp oldid 1171217219, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
