Kazimierz Jan Paweł Sapieha (; 1637–1720) was a

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commencing in 1682. He held the title of a Duke starting in 1700. In 1681, he became Field

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of Lithuania, the following year he also became the

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. He commanded the Lithuanian Army contingent of the

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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 Polish border tying down the anti-Habsburg Hungarian

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forces under the vassal king of

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, 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

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, which was designed by Pietro Perti from

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KAZIMIERZ JAN PAWEŁ SAPIEHA
iPSB 1637 births 1720 deaths Jan Kazimierz the Younger Field Hetmans of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Great Hetmans of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Voivode of Vilnius Elders of Samogitia {{Lithuania-noble-stub