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Stanisław August Poniatowski

1732–1798 · 18th century · Also known as Stanisław II Augustus

Stanisław August Poniatowski was the last king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, elected in 1764 with the backing of Catherine the Great. A patron of the arts and of reform, he supported the Constitution of 3 May 1791, but he could not prevent the three partitions of Poland, and he abdicated in 1795.

Stanisław August Poniatowski
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