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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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    killed. Summoned by his uncle, Stanislaus II Augustus, and the Sejm when the Polish Army was reorganized, Poniatowski returned to Poland. The King had...
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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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    espionage and deported to Europe. He was chamberlain and envoy of Stanislaus II August Poniatowski to the Tsar Catherine the Great at Peterhof Palace. In 1781...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    The Glory of Saint Stanislaus. The high altarpiece by Antiveduto Gramatica (late 16th century) shows Jesus and saints Stanislaus and Hyacinth. The church...
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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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    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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    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)
    the election that year of the Commonwealth's last king, Stanisław August Poniatowski. It was the first codified, modern constitution (possessing checks...
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    Chrystian Kamsetzer to house the royal book collection of King Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last sovereign King of Poland. The library is an elongated structure...
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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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    into the possession of Poland's last king, Stanisław August Poniatowski (regnal name Stanislaus II Augustus), who hired the architect Domenico Merlini...
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