Stanisław August Poniatowski

Stanislaus, King of Poland (1732-1798)

Stanisław II August ( 17 January 1732 – 12 February 1798), known also by his regnal Latin name Stanislaus II Augustus, and as Stanisław August Poniatowski, was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1764 to 1795, and the last monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, Poniatowski's mentor, by John Giles Eccardt
Grand Duchess Catherine Alexeyevna, 1745, by Louis Caravaque
Stanisław August's 1764 election as king, depicted by Bernardo Bellotto.
Portrait by Marcello Bacciarelli, 1786
Tadeusz Rejtan's famous gesture of protest at the Partition Sejm, as depicted by Matejko
Constitution of 3 May 1791, by Matejko, 1891
The three Partitions of Poland-Lithuania: Russian (purple and red), Austrian (green), Prussian (blue)
Portrait by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun, 1797