Stanisław Leszczyński
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Stanisław Leszczyński, also Anglicised and Latinised as Stanislaus, was twice King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and at various times Prince of Deux-Ponts, Duke of Bar and Duke of Lorraine.
Portrait by Jean Girardet
Festival at the Rocher grotto of the Château de Lunéville in 1742, painting by Laurent Charpentier
Painting of the Place Royale in Nancy c. 1760 which was constructed during his rule, later renamed Place Stanislas in his honour
Antoine-Martin Chaumont de La Galaizière created Chancellor of Lorraine and Barrois by Stanislas I (painting by François-André Vincent, 1788
Treaty of Thorn (1709)
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Concluded on 9 October 1709, the Treaty of Thorn was an agreement signed in Thorn between Augustus the Strong of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and his counterpart, Peter the Great the Tsar of Rus
Peter the Great
Augustus the Strong
Battle of Poltava (1709)