Which city did Poniatowski end his life as a captive in?
Moscow
Saint Petersburg
Warsaw
Vienna
Answer
Poniatowski ended his life as a captive in Saint Petersburg. He was captured by the Russians after the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 and was imprisoned in the Peter and Paul Fortress. He died there in 1814, at the age of 47.
The Enlightened Monarch: A Quiz on Stanisław August Poniatowski, the Last King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
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