Stanisław Poniatowski (1754–1833)

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Stanisław Poniatowski
Stanisław Poniatowski
Noble Family Poniatowski
Coat of Arms

Clan Ciołek

Parents Kazimierz Poniatowski
Apolonia Ustrzycka
Consorts Kasandra Luci
Children with Kasandra Luci
Izabela Poniatowska
Jozef Michal Poniatowski
Karol Poniatowski
Konstancja Poniatowska
Michał Poniatowski
Date of Birth November 23, 1754
Place of Birth Warsaw
Date of Death February 13, 1833
Place of Death Florence

Prince Stanisław Poniatowski (Warsaw, November 23, 1754 - Florence, February 13, 1833) was a Polish szlachcic (nobleman).

A Polish prince, member of the Poniatowski family. Commander of the Foot Guard of the Crown (szef gwardii pieszej koronnej), Grand Treasurer of Lithuania (podskarbi wielki litewski) 17841791, Starost of Stryj (starost stryjski). He was a nephew of the last King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, Stanisław II August, who saw in him a possible successor.

Became Knight of the Order of White Eagle on December 8, 1773. Very well educated and well-travelled, particularly interested in economy and arts, he was not very popular with the nobility szlachta who perceived him as arrogant. After the Partitions of Poland he emigrated to Italy, where he lived in Rome, and then in Florence. He is the ancestor of the present members of the Poniatowski family bearing the title of Fürst Poniatowski or Principe Poniatowski di Monte Rotondo.

He had issue by Cassandra Luci (Rome, 1785 - Florence, 1863); some sources state that he married her in Rome in 1806, but apparently they never married and she was married to Vicenzo Venturini; he left issue, the Princes Poniatowski in the Empire of Austria and Counts and Princes of Monte Rotondo in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany:

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