Hypothetical greater arms of Stanislaw II of Poland according to the Constitution of 1791

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    quartered
1st azure  a gusset engrailed pied iron and cendree
 a base engrailed pied iron and cendree a lion rampant
 or armed langued gu crowned or smaller to the sinister
2nd arg an eagle sa armed beaked legged or langued
 gu an arming sword iron bendwise sinister smaller
 smaller smaller smaller higher higher higher higher
 slightly higher to the dexter to the dexter to the
 dexter a arm embowed armoured  iron smaller smaller
 smaller smaller smaller higher higher to the dexter
 to the dexter to the dexter an open crown or smaller
 smaller smaller smaller smaller smaller smaller smaller
 higher higher higher slightly higher
3rd gu an eagle arg armed beaked legged or langued
 gu
4th gu a bear rampant senois langued gu
5th gu an angel arg an arming sword iron hilt pommel
 or inverted smaller smaller smaller smaller lower
 lower lower to the dexter to the dexter a staff or
 smaller smaller smaller smaller lower lower lower
 to the sinister to the sinister
6th gu a cross pattee arg an escutcheon crimson an
 eagle arg armed beaked legged or langued gu
7th arg a sun in glory or
8th gu an eagle arg armed beaked legged or langued
 gu impaled with gu a knight mounted argent stirruped
 or caparison azure a sword fesswise reversed argent
 hilt and pommel or shown very much smaller very much
 raised raised slightly raised much to the sinister
 higher an arm embowed armoured bendwise sinister
 argent shown very much smaller smaller very much
 rotated
 to the sinister very much raised much to the dexter
 higher a spanish escutcheon azure bendwise shown much
 smaller much smaller higher a cross couped bendwise
 or shown much
 smaller much smaller much smaller smaller smaller
 smaller smaller slightly higher higher slightly higher
 slightly to sinister a cross couped bendwise or shown
 much
 smaller much smaller much smaller smaller smaller
 smaller smaller higher slightly to dexter slightly
 higher higher slightly higher
9th gu a rapier iron hilt or smaller smaller smaller
 higher higher higher to the dexter to the dexter to
 the dexter to the dexter to the dexter to the dexter
 slightly to the dexter a griffin rampant arg armed
 beaked legged crowned or langued gu the words "SA"
 or smaller smaller smaller smaller smaller smaller
 smaller higher higher to the dexter slightly to the
 dexter
10th gu a banner arg pole or reversed a spanish escutcheon
 gu bendwise sinister shown much smaller much smaller
 much smaller to the sinister to the sinister a cartouche
 or bendwise sinister shown much smaller much smaller
 much smaller much smaller to the sinister to the sinister
 higher
11th or an eagle sa armed beaked legged or langued
 gu the words "S" or smaller smaller smaller smaller
 smaller smaller smaller slightly smaller higher higher
12th or an Eagle Double Headed Kleestengel arg slightly
 smaller armed beaked legged or langued gu an open
 crown or smaller smaller smaller smaller smaller smaller
 smaller slightly smaller higher higher higher higher
 higher higher
over all  over all over all an escutcheon quarterly
 I and IV crimson an eagle argent armed beaked and
 crowned
 or; II crimson a knight mounted argent stirruped
 or caparison azure a sword fesswise reversed argent
 hilt and pommel or shown very much smaller very much
 raised raised slightly raised much to the sinister
 an arm embowed armoured bendwise sinister argent shown
 very much smaller smaller very much rotated
 to the sinister very much raised much to the dexter
 a spanish escutcheon azure bendwise shown much smaller
 much smaller higher a cross couped bendwise or shown
 much smaller much smaller much smaller slightly higher
 slightly to sinister a cross couped bendwise or shown
 much smaller much smaller
 much smaller higher slightly to dexter slightly higher;
 III crimson a knight mounted argent stirruped or caparison
 azure a sword fesswise reversed argent hilt and pommel
 or shown very much smaller very much raised much raised
 slightly raised much to the sinister an arm embowed
 armoured bendwise sinister argent shown very much
 smaller smaller very much rotated to the sinister
 very much raised raised much to the dexter a spanish
 escutcheon azure bendwise shown much smaller much
 smaller much higher a cross couped bendwise or shown
 much smaller much smaller much smaller slightly  slightly
 lower to dexter a cross couped bendwise or shown much
 smaller much smaller much smaller much lower slightly
 to sinister ;;
over all an escutcheon arg a bull gu
achievement mantling Grandee Of Spain Crowned

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Notes

"Stanislaw August, by the grace of God and will of the nation, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania (escutcheon), Duke of Rus (1st), [Royal] Prussia* (2nd), Mazovia (3rd), Samogitia (4th), Kiev (5th), Volhynia (6th), Podolia (7th), Podlasia (8th), Livonia* (9th), Smolensk* (10th), Siewierz (1th), and Chernihiv* (12th)" *Titular Duke by 1791

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