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Poland's Last King: The Tragic End of the Commonwealth
After centuries of election, partition, and underground resistance, Poland’s story takes a poignant turn in the final decades of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This episode focuses on Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last king who tried to save his nation from collapse through radical reform rather than war. We explore the Constitutional Revolution of 1791, where the Sejm passed Europe’s first modern written constitution, and the desperate diplomatic maneuvers that failed to prevent the final partitions by Russia, Prussia, and Austria. Lucas and Luna examine how Poniatowski’s tragic…
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