Person:Stanisław Poniatowski (1676–1762) (1)
Stanisław Poniatowski
b.15/16 Sep 1676
d.2/30 Aug 1762 Ryki, Lubelskie, Poland
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  1. Kazimierz Poniatowski1721 - 1800
  2. Franciszek Poniatowski1723 - 1749
  3. Aleksander Poniatowski1725 - 1744
  4. Ludwika Maria Poniatowska1728 - 1781
  5. Izabella Poniatowska1730 - Bet 1808 & 1813
  6. Stanisław August Poniatowski1732 - 1798
  7. Andrzej Poniatowski1735 - 1773
  8. Michał Jerzy Poniatowski1736 - 1794
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Name Stanisław Poniatowski
Gender Male
Birth[1] 15/16 Sep 1676
Marriage to Konstancja Czartoryska
Death[1] 2/30 Aug 1762 Ryki, Lubelskie, Poland
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Stanisław Poniatowski (15 September 1676 29 August 1762) was a Polish military commander, diplomat, and noble. Throughout his career, Poniatowski served in various military offices, and was a general in both the Swedish and Polish–Lithuanian militaries. He also held numerous civil positions, including those of podstoli of Lithuania and Grand Treasurer of the Lithuanian army in 1722, voivode of the Masovian Voivodeship in 1731, regimentarz of the Crown Army in 1728, and castellan of Kraków in 1752. Throughout his lifetime, he served in many starost positions.

Poniatowski was involved in Commonwealth politics, and was a prominent member of the Familia, a faction led by the Czartoryski family. On a number of occasions he was in service of Stanisław I Leszczyński, the principal rival of Augustus II for the throne of Poland. Having served under Leszczyński as a military officer and envoy during the Great Northern War, Poniatowski later embraced the Russian-supported Augustus. Subsequently, during the War of the Polish Succession, he returned, with the majority of the Familia, to his earlier allegiance. He later effected a reconciliation with Augustus III, and eventually became one of the new king's chief advisors.

Poniatowski's fifth son, Stanisław August Poniatowski, reigned as the last king of Poland from 1764 until 1795, when he abdicated as a result of the Third Partition of Poland by the Russia, the Prussia, and the Austria. His grandson, Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski, was a Polish general and later a Marshal of the First French Empire, serving under Napoleon I.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stanisław Poniatowski (1676–1762), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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