The aim of the project is to investigate the methods of shaping the propaganda images of two rulers – Louis XIV and Stanisław August Poniatowski in 1774-1788 in the French-language international press. Both rulers differed in many respects. Their political situation was different as was their position in the political system. What they had in common were propaganda methods and measures used in a period that turned out to be a time paving the way for a great breakthrough in both states.