The Last King of Poland and the Empress Who Loved Him
Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski was born on 17 January 1732, the fifth child and second son of a Polish aristocrat in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (now part of Belarus). He would, against all expectation, become the Grand Duke of Lithuania and the last King of Poland. He was also one of Catherine the Great’s lovers. The Empress… Read more The Last King of Poland and the Empress Who Loved Him