Stanislaw August Poniatowski, King
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Stanislaw August Poniatowski, King
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Print Collector
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Stanislaw August Poniatowski (1732-1798) was the last King and Grand Duke of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He came to the throne in 1764 in a coup by the powerful Czartoryski family backed by Russian troops. His reign ended after the Polish-Russian War of 1792 saw his kingdom partitioned between Russia and Prussia and he abdicated in 1795 living out the rest of his days a virtual prisoner in exile in St Petersburg. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)
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January 29th, 2021
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