The Order of the White Eagle is the highest honour of the Republic of Poland and formerly the Second Polish Republic and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and one of the oldest state decorations in t
Augustus the Strong wearing the original Order of the White Eagle with an embroidered Grand Cross. Portrait by Louis de Silvestre from around 1718
Andrzej Poczobut being awarded the Order of the White Eagle after his release from a Belarusian prison in 2026
Diamond star belonging to King Augustus the Strong of Poland-Saxony
Augustus II the Strong
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Augustus II the Strong, was Elector of Saxony as Frederick Augustus I from 1694 as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1697 to 1706 and from 1709 until his death in 1733. He belong
Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
…Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and one of the oldest state decorations in the world still in use. It was officially instituted on 1 November 1705 by Augustus II the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, and bestowed on eight of his closest diplomatic and political supporters. It has since been awarded to the most…
Portrait of Augustus with the star of the Polish Order of the White Eagle, by Louis de Silvestre
Augustus II by Marcello Bacciarelli
Election of Augustus II for King of Poland in Wola near Warsaw in 1697
Equestrian statue of Augustus II the Strong in Dresden