Order of Saint Stanislaus

Order of Saint Stanislaus Order św. Stanisława Biskupa Męczennika
Cross of the Polish Order of Saint Stanislaus
Award of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Duchy of Warsaw Kingdom of Poland Russian Empire
Type	Order of knighthood/ Order of merit
Royal house	Poniatowski (7 May 1765 - 25 November 1795) Wettin (9 June 1807 – 22 May 1815) Romanov (9 June 1815 - 16 March 1917)
Religious affiliation	Roman Catholic (7 May 1765 - 22 May 1815) None from 1815
Status	Abolished, 16 March 1917
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Established	May 7, 1765
Star of the Polish Order of Saint Stanislaus with Latin phrase Praemiando Incitat

The Order of Saint Stanislaus (Polish: Order św. Stanisława Biskupa Męczennika, Russian: Орден Святого Станислава), also spelled Stanislas, was a Polish order of knighthood founded in 1765 by King Stanisław August Poniatowski of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It remained under the Kingdom of Poland between 1765 and 1831, and was incorporated under the Russian Empire from 1831 to 1917, until the Russian revolution.

Today, there are two main competing claims to represent the Order of Saint Stanislaus: the Russian dynastic Order of Saint Stanislaus (Imperial House of Romanov), awarded by the head of the House of Romanov as former sovereigns of the Russian Empire, and the Polish Order of Polonia Restituta, a governmental order of merit awarded by the President of Poland and considered by some as a type of successor.

Stanisław August Poniatowski, King of Poland, established the Order of the Knights of Saint Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr on May 8, 1765 Initially, the order was limited to 100 members who were required to prove four generations of nobility. The knights were required to pay for donations to poor people and to adhere to various rules of chivalry.