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Stanislas of Poland

Stanisław I
Stanisław Leszczyński par Girardet.PNG
King of Poland
Grand Duke of Lithuania
1st reign 4 October 1704 – 8 August 1709
Coronation 4 October 1705
Predecessor Augustus II
Successor Augustus II
2nd reign 12 September 1733 – 27 January 1736
Predecessor Augustus II
Successor Augustus III
Duke of Lorraine
Reign 9 July 1737 – 23 February 1766
Predecessor Francis III Stephen
Successor Louis XV of France
Born (1677-10-20)20 October 1677
Lwów, Poland
Died 23 February 1766(1766-02-23) (aged 88)
Lunéville, France
Burial Notre-Dame de Bon-Secours, Nancy, France;
Wawel, Kraków, Poland
Spouse Catherine Opalińska
Issue Anna Leszczyńska
Marie, Queen of France
Full name
Stanisław Bogusław Leszczyński
House Leszczyński
Father Rafał Leszczyński
Mother Anna Jabłonowska
Religion Roman Catholicism
Signature Stanisław I's signature
Full name
Stanisław Bogusław Leszczyński

Stanisław I Leszczyński (Polish pronunciation: [staˈɲiswaf lɛʂˈtʂɨɲskʲi]; also Anglicized and Latinized as Stanislaus I, Lithuanian: Stanislovas Leščinskis, French: Stanislas Leszczynski; 20 October 1677 – 23 February 1766) was King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Duke of Lorraine and a count of the Holy Roman Empire.

Stanisław was born into a powerful magnate family of Greater Poland, and he had the opportunity to travel to western Europe in his youth. In 1702 King Charles XII of Sweden marched into the country as part of a continuing series of conflicts between the powers of northern Europe. Charles forced the Polish nobility to depose Poland’s king, Augustus II the Strong, and then placed Stanisław on the throne (1704). The early 18th century was a period of great problems and turmoil for Poland. In 1709 Charles was defeated by the Russians at the Battle of Poltava and withdrew to Sweden, leaving Stanisław without any real and stable support. Augustus II regained the Polish throne, and Stanisław left the country to settle in the French province of Alsace. In 1725 Stanisław’s daughter Marie Leszczyńska married Louis XV of France


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