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Stanisław August Poniatowski

1732 - 1798

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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, and as Stanisław August Poniatowski (Lithuanian: Stanislovas Augustas Poniatovskis), was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1764 to 1795, and the last monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Born into wealthy Polish aristocracy, Poniatowski arrived as a diplomat at the Russian imperial court in Saint Petersburg in 1755 at the age of 22 and became intimately involved with the future empress Catherine the Great. With her aid, he was elected King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania by the Sejm in September 1764 following the death of Augustus III. Contrary to expectations, Poniatowski attempted to reform and strengthen the large but ailing Commonwealth. His efforts were met with external opposition from neighbouring Prussia, Russia and Austria, all committed to keeping the Commonwealth weak. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stanisław August Poniatowski is the 1,242nd most popular politician (down from 880th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Belarus (down from 9th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Belarusian Politician.

Stanisław August Poniatowski was the last king of Poland. He was born in 1732 and died in 1798. He was the son of Stanisław Poniatowski, the marshal of the Crown, and his wife, Izabela Czartoryska.

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Among politicians, Stanisław August Poniatowski ranks 1,242 out of 19,576. Before him are Itō Hirobumi, James Connolly, Grigory Zinoviev, Samuel of Bulgaria, Pepin of Herstal, and James I of Aragon. After him are Maria Anna of Savoy, Miloš Zeman, Jérôme Bonaparte, Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Mary, Queen of Hungary, and Baldwin II, Latin Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1732, Stanisław August Poniatowski ranks 5. Before him are Joseph Haydn, George Washington, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, and Frederick North, Lord North. After him are Pierre Beaumarchais, Jacques Necker, Jérôme Lalande, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Johann Christoph Adelung, John Dickinson, and Adélaïde of France. Among people deceased in 1798, Stanisław August Poniatowski ranks 3. Before him are Giacomo Casanova, and Luigi Galvani. After him are Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen, James Wilson, Tarrare, George Read, Rigas Feraios, George Vancouver, Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Heraclius II of Georgia, and Christian Gottlob Neefe.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Stanisław August Poniatowski ranks 10 out of 368. Before him are Alexander Lukashenko (1954), Menachem Begin (1913), Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877), Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746), Chaim Weizmann (1874), and Andrei Gromyko (1909). After him are Simon Kuznets (1901), Chaim Soutine (1893), Meyer Lansky (1902), Sviatopolk I of Kiev (978), Olga Korbut (1955), and Stanisław Moniuszko (1819).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belarus

Among politicians born in Belarus, Stanisław August Poniatowski ranks 7. Before him are Shimon Peres (1923), Alexander Lukashenko (1954), Menachem Begin (1913), Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877), Chaim Weizmann (1874), and Andrei Gromyko (1909). After him are Sviatopolk I of Kiev (978), Zalman Shazar (1889), Isser Harel (1912), Stanislav Shushkevich (1934), Mstislav I of Kiev (1076), and Maria Kaczyńska (1942).

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