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Roman Catholicism. Signature. Stanisław I Leszczyński ( Polish pronunciation: [staˈɲiswaf lɛʂˈt͡ʂɨj̃skʲi]; French: Stanislas Leczinski French pronunciation: [stanislas lɛɡzɛ̃ski] 20 October 1677 – 23 February 1766), also Anglicized and Latinized as Stanislaus I, was twice King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and at ...
Stanislaus I. Leszczyński war ein polnischer Aristokrat, Magnat, Beamter im Staatsdienst, Herzog von Lothringen und Bar, Reichsgraf des Heiligen Römischen Reichs und Staatsmann aus dem Adelsgeschlecht der Leszczyńskis. Leszczyński wurde im Verlauf des Großen Nordischen Krieges 1704–1709 sowie erneut im Machtvakuum des Polnischen ...
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Stanisław Bogusław Leszczyński (Lemberg, 20 oktober 1677 – Lunéville, Lotharingen, 23 februari 1766) was koning van Polen en hertog van Lotharingen en van Bar. Hij stamde uit een oude Poolse, adellijke familie. Stanislaus was geïnteresseerd in kunst en wetenschap, was bereisd en sprak diverse talen.
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Stanisław I Leszczyński ( Polish pronunciation: [ staˈɲiswaf lɛʂˈt͡ʂɨj̃skʲi]; French: Stanislas Leczinski French pronunciation: [ stanislas lɛɡzɛ̃ski] 20 October 1677 – 23 February 1766), also Anglicized and Latinized as Stanislaus I, was twice King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and at various ...
The last representative of the main family, Stanisław Leszczyński, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and later Duke of Lorraine, died in 1766. The family name derives from Leszczyna, now a suburb of Leszno, Greater Poland. The Leszczyński family obtained the title of count of Leszno in the Holy Roman Empire.
Stanisław Leszczyński was born on 20th October 1677 in Lviv, Ukraine, which then was part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was born into a family of magnates and was homeschooled by an army of teachers for the majority of his life. They helped Leszczyński master such languages as Latin, Italian, German, and French.
After the War of the Polish Succession in 1737, the Duchy of Upper Lorraine, of which Nancy was the capital, was given to Stanislaus I Leszczyński (Stanisław in Polish, Stanislas in French), former King of Poland and father-in-law to King Louis XV of France.
