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Stanisław Leszczyński

1677 - 1766

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Stanisław I Leszczyński (Polish pronunciation: [staˈɲiswaf lɛʂˈt͡ʂɨj̃skʲi]; Lithuanian: Stanislovas Leščinskis Lithuanian pronunciation: [staˈɲɪsɫɔvas lɛʃˈtʃɪŋskʲɪs]; 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 times Prince of Deux-Ponts, Duke of Bar and Duke of Lorraine. During the Great Northern War, multiple candidates had emerged after the death of John III Sobieski for the elective kingship of Poland (which also included the Grand Duchy of Lithuania as part of the Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth). Backed by powerful neighbors in Russia and Austria, the Sejm elected Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony to succeed John III in 1697 as August II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stanisław Leszczyński has received more than 540,884 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Stanisław Leszczyński is the 691st most popular politician (up from 722nd in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 23rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

Stanisław Leszczyński was the last king of Poland before the country was partitioned by Russia, Prussia, and Austria.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Stanisław Leszczyński ranks 691 out of 19,576. Before him are Hans Frank, Anthony Eden, Baldwin I of Jerusalem, Mahathir Mohamad, Josep Borrell, and Alexandra of Denmark. After him are Şehzade Cihangir, Ferdinand VII of Spain, Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Gideon, Boris Godunov, and Moon Jae-in.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1677, Stanisław Leszczyński ranks 1. After him are Li Ching-Yuen, Françoise Marie de Bourbon, Jacques Cassini, Stephen Hales, Johann Ludwig Bach, Pietro Grimani, Nicola Fago, John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Jan Santini Aichel, Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun, and Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels. Among people deceased in 1766, Stanisław Leszczyński ranks 1. After him are Frederick V of Denmark, Elisabeth Farnese, James Francis Edward Stuart, Jean-Marc Nattier, Johann Maria Farina, Giuseppe Castiglione, Leopold Joseph von Daun, Thomas Abbt, Johann Christoph Gottsched, Marie Victoire de Noailles, and François-Jean de la Barre.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Stanisław Leszczyński ranks 21 out of 1,365. Before him are Taras Shevchenko (1814), Helena Blavatsky (1831), Svetlana Alexievich (1948), Stanisław Lem (1921), Sviatoslav I of Kiev (942), and Mikhail Bulgakov (1891). After him are Stefania Turkewich (1898), Anna Akhmatova (1889), Viktor Yushchenko (1954), Leonid Kuchma (1938), Élie Metchnikoff (1845), and Ludwig von Mises (1881).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Stanisław Leszczyński ranks 10. Before him are Golda Meir (1898), Stepan Bandera (1909), John III Sobieski (1629), Hafsa Sultan (1479), Viktor Yanukovych (1950), and Sviatoslav I of Kiev (942). After him are Viktor Yushchenko (1954), Leonid Kuchma (1938), Kliment Voroshilov (1881), Ivan Mazepa (1639), Moshe Sharett (1894), and Grigory Zinoviev (1883).

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