Editing Stanisław Leszczyński (section)

==King for a second time==
[[File:Tableau dit de Pange.JPG|thumb|Painting of the ''Place Royale'' in Nancy c. 1760 which was constructed during his rule, later renamed [[Place Stanislas]] in his honour]]
[[File:Fête à Lunéville en 1742 par Laurent Charpentier.jpg|thumb|Festival at the ''Rocher'' grotto of the [[Château de Lunéville]] in 1742, painting by [[Laurent Charpentier]]]]
[[File:François-André Vincent - La Galaizière est créé chancelier par Stanislas.jpg|thumb|[[Antoine-Martin Chaumont de La Galaizière]] created Chancellor of Lorraine and Barrois by Stanislas I (painting by [[François-André Vincent]], 1788]] 
Stanislaw's son-in-law Louis XV supported his claims to the Polish throne after the death of Augustus II the Strong in 1733, which led to the [[War of the Polish Succession]]. On 11 September 1733, Stanisław himself arrived at [[Warsaw]], having traveled night and day through central Europe disguised as a coachman. On the following day, despite many protests, Stanisław was duly [[1733 Polish–Lithuanian royal election|elected King of Poland]] for the second time. However, [[Russian Empire|Russia]] was opposed to any nominee of France and Sweden. Russia protested against his election at once, in favor of the new Elector of Saxony, son of the late king, as being the candidate of her Austrian ally.

On 30 June 1734, a Russian army of 20,000 under [[Peter Lacy]], after proclaiming [[Augustus III of Poland|Frederick Augustus II of Saxony]] as king in Warsaw, proceeded to besiege Stanisław at [[Siege of Danzig (1734)|Danzig]], where he was entrenched with his partisans (including the Primate and the French and Swedish ministers) to await the relief that had been promised by France.

The siege began in October 1734. On 17 March 1735, Marshal [[Burkhard Christoph von Münnich]] superseded [[Peter Lacy]], and on 20 May 1735 the long-expected French fleet appeared and disembarked 2,400 men on [[Westerplatte]]. A week later, this little army gallantly attempted to force the Russian entrenchments, but was finally compelled to surrender. This was the first time that France and Russia had met as foes in the field. On 30 June 1735, Danzig capitulated unconditionally, after sustaining a siege of 135 days which cost the Russians 8,000 men.

Disguised as a peasant, Stanisław had contrived to escape two days before. He reappeared at [[Königsberg]] (where he briefly met the future King [[Frederick the Great]] of Prussia), whence he issued a [[manifesto]] to his partisans which resulted in the formation of a [[confederation]] on his behalf, and the despatch of a Polish [[envoy (title)|envoy]] to Paris to urge France to invade Saxony with at least 40,000 men. In Ukraine too, Count Nicholas Potocki kept on foot to support Stanisław a motley host of 50,000 men, which was ultimately scattered by the Russians.