JOHN III SOBIESKI: (1629-1696)

JOHN III SOBIESKI: (1629-1696)
JOHN III SOBIESKI: (1629-1696) King of Poland & Grand Duke of Lithuania 1674-96. A popular King among his subjects and a respected military leader whose 22-year reign marked a period of stabilization. Very rare L.S., `Jan Krol´, signed by the King of Poland only two months before passing away, in Polish, one page, oblong 14 x 8, Warsaw, Roku Panskiego, 26th April 1696, to Caroli Stanislas Radzi, Duke of Otyka Nieswicz, in Polish. The letter states to the heading, “John Sobieski, King of Poland of the Russian Lithuania, of the Masovian Voivodeship, of Smolensk,…”. The untranslated document bears a very attractive and large blind embossed seal at the base. Countersigned at the base. Folded. Overall age wear, with small creasing and staining, otherwise F to G