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    Stanisław II August (born Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski; 17 January 1732 – 12 February 1798), known also by his regnal Latin name Stanislaus II Augustus...
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    and the Russian Empress Catherine the Great had her favorite Stanislaus II August Poniatowski elected king. In Poland, the period with Wettin rulers on the...
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    during the Napoleonic Wars. A nephew of king Stanislaus Augustus of Poland (r. 1764–1795), Poniatowski began his military career in 1780 in the Austrian...
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    Klemens Branicki Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732–1798), King of Poland, reigned as Stanisław II August Andrzej Poniatowski (1735–1773), General, Marshal...
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    type of successor. Stanisław August Poniatowski, King of Poland, established the Order of the Knights of Saint Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr on 8 May 1765...
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    Count Stanisław Poniatowski, Castellan of Kraków, and Princess Konstancja Czartoryska, the brother of King Stanisław August Poniatowski of Poland and the...
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    Lacroix, but Stanisław was saved by Stanisław Poniatowski (father of the future king Stanisław II August). Forced to leave Deux-Ponts in 1719 after the...
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    Stanisław Poniatowski (November 23, 1754 – February 13, 1833) was a Polish nobleman, politician, diplomat, a member of the wealthy Poniatowski family and...
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    sword of Stanislaus II August Poniatowski, 18th century Coat of arms of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, used during the reign of Stanislaus II Augustus...
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    placed Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski, her former lover, on the Polish throne. Although the idea of partitioning Poland came from Frederick II of Prussia...
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    Stanisław August Poniatowski was elected king of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. Reigning under the name Stanisław II Augustus, Poniatowski was the...
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    had one son who was born in Florence : Stanisław Stanislaus August Friedrich Józef Telemach Poniatowski (1835–1908), who married Louise Le Hon, biological...
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    Poczobutt in 1777 to honor Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski, king of Poland Coat of arms of Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski as the King of Poland Coat...
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    Stanislaus of Szczepanów (1030–1079) Stanisław Kazimierczyk (1433–1489) Stanislaus Kostka (1550–1568) Stanislaus Papczyński (1631 – 1701) Stanislaus Hosius...
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    Knights of Saint Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr, known as the Order of Saint Stanislaus, established in 1765 by Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last King...
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    Belarus. It is the birthplace of the last king of Poland, Stanisław August Poniatowski. The village was mentioned in chronicles as early as the 16th century...
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    signed between Frederick II of Prussia and Catherine II of Russia, choosing Stanislaus Poniatowski (ex-lover of Catherine II) as the future king of Poland...
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    decorations and architectural details survive. In 1766 King Stanisław August Poniatowski purchased the estate and converted the bathing pavilion into a classicist...
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    Naruszewicz). In 1777, a gilded bronze altar presented to king Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski by Pope Clement XIV, was installed in the new Chapel of the...
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    His grandchild was General Augustyn Gorzeński, aide to King Stanislaus II August Poniatowski, Sejm (Polish parliament) delegate and participant in the development...
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    she fell in love with her cousin, Stanisław August Poniatowski, later elected King of Poland as Stanislaus Augustus, but was unable to marry him due to...
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    Third Partition of Poland (category Frederick William II of Prussia)
    strengthen the significantly weakened Commonwealth, King Stanisław August Poniatowski put into effect a series of reforms to enhance Poland's military,...
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    Biograficzny, t. IV, Kraków 1938 s. 288-294. Krystyna Zienkowska, Stanisław August Poniatowski, Wrocław 1998. Wojciech Kriegseisen, Sejmiki Rzeczypospolitej Szlacheckiej...
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    the last King of Poland, Stanislaus II Augustus during the Enlightenment period in Poland. Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski was famed as a patron of the...
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    "Familia" and King Stanisław August Poniatowski. He participated in the latter's famous "Thursday dinners." Stanisław August caused a medal to be struck...
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    in the region, which led to the partitions that occurred under King Stanislaus II Augustus, yet another enlightened, but ineffective monarch. The last...
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    Constitution of 3 May 1791 (category Frederick William II of Prussia)
    Convocation Sejm of 1764 and the ensuing election that year of Stanisław August Poniatowski, the Commonwealth's last king. It is the second constitution in history...
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    accommodate the royal collection of books belonging to King Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last King of sovereign Poland. The Library is an elongated building...
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    Nobilium (Warsaw) until 1761. In 1764, Catherine the Great placed Stanislaus Poniatowski, her former lover, on the Polish throne. In 1768, she formally became...
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    ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, King Stanisław August Poniatowski (Stanislaus II Augustus). In the mid-16th century, it became part of the...
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