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Count Stanisław (or
Stanislas)
Poniatowski (
Chojnik or
Dereczyn,
September 15/
16 1676 –
Ryki,
August 2/
30 1762) was a
Polish-Lithuanian noble, Knight of the
Order of the White Eagle, since
1726.
He was a
Swedish General, General of Lithuanian Army (
generał lejtnant wojsk litewskich),
Podstoli of Lithuania (
podstoli litewski) in
1722,
Grand Treasurer of Lithuanian Army (
podskarbi wielki litewski) in
1722,
Palatine of
Masovian Voivodship (
wojewoda mazowiecki) in
1731,
Regimentarz of the Crown Army (
regimentarz wojsk koronnych) in
1733,
Castellan of
Kraków (
kasztelan krakowski) in
1752 and
Starost of
Wojnicz and
Lublin (
starost wojnicki i lubelski). He was the son of Count Franciszek Poniatowski (
1640/
1650 –
1691-
1695),
łowczy podlaski in
1680 and
cześnik wyszogrodzki in
1690, and wife, married in
1673/
1674, Helena Niewiarowska, and grandson of one Jan Poniatowski, who died before
1676, and wife. His older brother Count Józef (
1674 – aft.
1731) was a
generał wojsk koronnych and married Helena Otfinowska, without issue. His younger siblings were Count Michał Jacenty, a
Dominican, and Countess Zofia, a
Carmelitan Abbess in
Kraków.
He married firstly shortly after
1701 and divorced Teresa Woynianka-Jasieniecka, who died after
1710, without issue, and secondly
Princess Konstancja Czartoryska on
September 14,
1720, by whom he'd eight children.
He was the father of the last King of Poland,
Stanisław II August (Poniatowski), who at his crowned in
1764 awarded the title of Prince to all his three brothers
Kazimierz,
Andrzej and
Michał Jerzy the same year on
December 4. Today, only the descendants of the youngest brother Stanislaw survive (in
France and
Mexico). He had two other sons, who died young, unmarried and without issue, Count Franciszek Poniatowski (
1723-
1749/
1759),
Canon and
Provost in the
Cathedral of
Kraków (
kanonik i proboszcz katedralny krakowski),
Chancellor of
Gniezno (
kanclerz gnieźnieński) in
1748, and Count Aleksander Poniatowski (
1725-killed in action on
June 29 1744),
adiutant of Karl von Lothringen, and two daughters,
Ludwika Maria Poniatowska and
Izabella Poniatowska.
Roots
The Poniatowski family is of Italian origin, descended from the family of the Torelli. A member of this family settled in Poland and assumed the name of Poniatowski from his wife's estate of Poniatow. (Source:
New International Encyclopedia)
Literature
(A book written of
his grandson):
- Boguslawsky, Biographie des Fürsten Jos. Ant. von Poniatowsky (Cracow, 1831)
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