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5 unusual facts about Stanisław Poniatowski


Alojzy Feliński

Feliński was a representative of the classicism typical of the time after Stanisław Poniatowski’s reign.

Coat of arms of Poland

Official image of the coat of arms (which remind Stanisław Poniatowski's emblem) was used until 1927 when Zygmunt Kamiński designed a new one.

Greek Battalion of Balaklava

Invited to the tour were the diplomatic delegates of England, France and Austria, Stanisław Poniatowski, king of Poland, and Austria’s emperor Josef II.

Józef Michał Poniatowski

Jozef Michal Poniatowski (Joseph Michael Xavier Francis John) was born Giuseppe Michele Saverio Francesco Giovanni Luci in Rome, the son of Stanisław Poniatowski and Cassandra Luci.

Stanisław Poniatowski

Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732–1798), last King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania


Branicki Palace, Warsaw

The Branicki Palace previously had been called the Mrs Krakowska Palace, because after Branicki's death the property was inherited by his beautiful wife Izabella Poniatowska (1771), sister of king Stanisław August Poniatowski (Izabella was a daughter of Stanisław Poniatowski, Castellan of Kraków).


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