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Who led the Christian Coalition that defeated the Turks
at the gates of Vienna in 1683, thus saving Christendom?

   Albrecht von Wallenstein
   Prince Rupert of the Rhine
   King John III Sobieski
   Maurice de Saxe

Your answer was: King John III Sobieski.
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Answer: On May 21, 1674, the Polish military commander John Sobieski was elected King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. He would later come to be known as the 'Savior of Vienna and Western European civilization'.

On September 12, 1683, the Christian Coalition led by King John III Sobieski defeated the Turks at the gates of Vienna, thus saving Christendom. Venimus, vidimus, Deus vincit, the Polish monarch wrote in a letter to Pope Innocent XI. 'We came, we saw, God conquered.' While equestrian statues of Sobieski can be found throughout Poland, there is not one in the Austrian capital. For years, this conscious omission was the result of the chauvinistic attitude of many Austrians.

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Aerogramme - King John III Sobieski
400 Anniversary Battle of Vienna
A22 (1984)