# Catherine the Great's King of Poland

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 18, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catherine-the-greats-king-of-poland/686438 "2014-04-18T19:57:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![joanjoanwilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@joanjoanwilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joanjoanwilson)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catherine-the-greats-king-of-poland/686438/1 "2014-04-18T19:57:08Z")

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Who was the castoff lover Catherine the Great appointed King of Poland?

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catherine-the-greats-king-of-poland/686438/2 "2014-04-18T20:04:32Z")

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Stanislaw II August.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catherine-the-greats-king-of-poland/686438/3 "2014-04-19T03:24:36Z")

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Here’s more on him: [Stanisław August Poniatowski - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislaw_August_Poniatowski)