John III


noun
  1. Catelinus, died a.d. 574, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 561–574.

  2. John Sobieski, 1624–96, king of Poland 1674–96.

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John III

noun
  1. 1507–57, king of Portugal (1521–57): his reign saw the expansion of the Portuguese empire overseas but the start of economic decline at home

  2. surnamed Sobieski. 1624–96, king of Poland (1674–96). He raised the Turkish siege of Vienna (1683)

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