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Stanisław August Poniatowski

1732–1798

Born
17 Jan 1732, Vowchyn
Country of birth
Belarus
Died
12 Feb 1798, Saint Petersburg
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  • Birth17 Jan 1732, VowchynProbable1 source
  • TitleKing of Poland, 1764–1795Confirmed2 competing claims1 source
  • Death12 Feb 1798, Saint PetersburgProbable1 source
  • ParentKonstancja CzartoryskaConfirmed1 source
  • ParentStanisław PoniatowskiConfirmed1 source
  • TitleDeputy to the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthConfirmed2 competing claims1 source
  • Titlestarosta of PrzemyślConfirmed2 competing claims1 source

A life in time

  1. Born · Vowchyn

    Birth, Vowchyn

  2. Event · King of Poland

    Event

  3. Child born: Konstancja Żwanowa

    Birth, Warsaw

  4. Child born: Michał Cichocki

    Birth, Warsaw

  5. Child born: Michal Grabowski

    Birth

  6. Child born: Kazimierz Grabowski

    Birth

  7. Child born: Izabela Grabowska

    Birth

  8. Child born: Stanisław Grabowski

    Birth, Warsaw

  9. Died · Saint Petersburg

    Death, Saint Petersburg

What was it like?

The world around Vowchyn, 1732: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

Stanisław was King of Poland from 1764 to 1795.

Known for

Stanisław II August, 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.

Titles held

  • King of Poland1764–1795
  • Deputy to the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • starosta of Przemyśl

During their lifetime

  1. 1769

    Introduction of Paper Money

    The government introduced paper money, known as assignats, for the first time in 1769, though ordinary people initially distrusted them and preferred metal coins.

  2. 1771

    The 1771 Moscow Plague Epidemic

    A devastating bubonic plague epidemic killed between 52,000 and 100,000 people in Moscow, about one-sixth to one-third of the city's population.

  3. 1773

    The Pugachev Peasant Revolt

    A massive peasant and Cossack uprising led by Yemelyan Pugachev broke out, threatening the social structure of the empire.

Family

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Ancestors and children

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