John III
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Catelinus, died a.d. 574, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 561–574.
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John Sobieski, 1624–96, king of Poland 1674–96.
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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
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surnamed Sobieski. 1624–96, king of Poland (1674–96). He raised the Turkish siege of Vienna (1683)
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Massoud said Cooley occasionally quotes Thompson, whose son, John III, coached Georgetown to the Final Four in 2007, and “talks about how we’re going to get it back to where people are rooting for us.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 30, 2023
Thompson’s respect for Carril was already well known: He had sent his son John III to play for him.
From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2022
Her son, John III, had a distinguished Navy career like her husband, John McCain Jr.; and father-in-law, John McCain Sr., with the two elder Johns reaching the rank of admiral.
From Reuters • Oct. 12, 2020
Thompson is survived by three children, John III, Ronny and Tiffany, and three grandchildren.
From Washington Times • Aug. 31, 2020
Affras Rachmailovich and Judah Bogdanovich figure among the merchant princes of Livonia and Lithuania; and Francisco Molo, who settled later in Amsterdam, was financial agent of John III of Poland in 1679.
From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Raisin, Jacob S.
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