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Stanislaus II Augustus Poniatowski, King of Poland

STANISLAO II AUGUSTO PONIATOWSKI, RE DI POLONIA

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Also known as: French: Stanislas II Auguste Poniatowski

STANISLAUS II AUGUSTUS PONIATOWSKI, King of Poland. - B. Jan. 17, 1732 at Wolczyn, d. Feb. 12, 1798 at St. Petersburg.

He traveled throughout Europe, until in 1755 he went to Russia with the English diplomat Sir Hanbury Williams and became the favorite of Catherine II, then grand duchess. Having returned to Poland, he was elected king of Poland in 1764, under pressure from Catherine, of whom he was a weak political instrument. His reign marked the end of Poland as an independent state, since S. was forced to consent to the three partitions of the country among Austria, Prussia and Russia. On Nov. 25, 1795 he abdicated and moved to Russia, where he received a pension from the three powers that had divided Poland.

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BIBL.: H. Schmitt, Panowanie Stanisława Augusta, 4 vols., Lwów 1869-70; O. Forst-Battaglia, Poniatowski, Italian trans., Milan 1930.

Silvio Furlani

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 1202.

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Furlani, Silvio. “Stanislao II Augusto Poniatowski, re di polonia.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 1202. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/stanislao-ii-augusto-poniatowski-re-di-polonia.

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Furlani, Silvio. “Stanislao II Augusto Poniatowski, re di polonia.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1202. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/stanislao-ii-augusto-poniatowski-re-di-polonia.

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  author    = {Furlani, Silvio},
  title     = {Stanislao II Augusto Poniatowski, re di polonia},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
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