The 1683 Siege of Vienna involved the Ottoman advance under Kara Mustafa, the appointment of Charles V of Lorraine to command Imperial forces, and the subsequent relief by Jan III Sobieski. The conflict concluded with the Battle of Vienna on 12 September 1683, where combined Polish and Imperial forces defeated the besieging army.

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Diplomatic and Military Context. Following clashes between Habsburg forces and Imre Thököly's Kuruc rebels, Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa convinced Sultan Mehmed IV to launch a campaign. The Holy Roman Empire and Poland signed a defensive alliance in the 1683 Treaty of Warsaw, obliging Poland to relieve Vienna if attacked. Charles V of Lorraine was appointed Commander of the Imperial army as the Great Turkish War began.

The Siege and Relief. The Ottoman army besieged Vienna for two months. King John III Sobieski departed Kraków on 15 August 1683 to lead a relief expedition. The combined forces of the Holy Roman Empire and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, under Sobieski's command, engaged the Ottomans at Kahlenberg Mountain. The battle resulted in a decisive victory for the Christian coalition, breaking the siege.

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