August III Sas
August III in Polish costume
Reign	1734 – October 5, 1763.
Elected	1734 at Wola, now a district of Warsaw, Poland.
Coronation	January 17, 1734, Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland.
Royal House	Wettin.
Parents	August II the Strong, ?
Consorts	Maria Josepha of Austria.
Children	Frederick Christian.
Date of Birth	October 7, 1696.
Place of Birth	Dresden, Saxony (now Germany).
Date of Death	October 5, 1763.
Place of Death	Dresden, Saxony (now Germany).
Place of Burial	Dresden, family vault in the Hofkirche.

August III the Saxon or the Corpulent (Polish: August III Sas, August III Gruby; 1696-1763) was King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1734-1763) and Elector of Saxony (1733-1763, as Friedrich August II). Image File history File links AugustIII.jpg Summary August III King of Poland from English WIki Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: August III the Saxon ... Image File history File links AugustIII.jpg Summary August III King of Poland from English WIki Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: August III the Saxon ... Events January 8 - Premiere of George Frideric Handels opera Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Events January 8 - Premiere of George Frideric Handels opera Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... Warsaw (Polish: , (?), in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto StoÅ‚eczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ... January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 8 - Premiere of George Frideric Handels opera Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. ... The Wawel Cathedral is Polands national sanctuary with 1000-year-old history, it was the coronation site of Polish monarchs. ... This article needs cleanup. ... The term Royal House refers to the official designation and name of a royal family instead of surname. ... The Wettin dynasty of German counts, dukes, Prince Electors (Kurfürsten) and kings ruled the area of todays German state of Saxony for more than 800 years as well as holding for a time the kingship of Poland. ... Reign From 1697, until 1706 and from 1709, until February 1, 1733 Elected In 1697 in Wola, today suburb of Warsaw, Poland Coronation On September 15, 1697 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland Royal House Wettin Parents John George III Wettin Anne Sophie Consorts  ? Children August III Sas Maurice de... Archduchess Maria Josefa of Austria, Queen of Poland. ... Frederick Christian (September 5, 1722 - December 17, 1763) was a member of the house of Wettin. ... October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ... The year 1696 had the earliest equinoxes and solstices for 400 years in the Gregorian calendar, because this year is a leap year and the Gregorian calendar would have behaved like the Julian calendar since March 1500 had it have been in use that long. ... From left to right: Brühls Terrace; the Hofkirche and the castle; the Semper Opera House. ... The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stata Sakska) is at a land area of 18,413 km² and a population of 4. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... From left to right: Brühls Terrace; the Hofkirche and the castle; the Semper Opera House. ... The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stata Sakska) is at a land area of 18,413 km² and a population of 4. ... From left to right: Brühls Terrace; the Hofkirche and the castle; the Semper Opera House. ... Katholische Hofkirche is a Roman Catholic Church, located in the Altstadt in the heart of Dresden, in east Germany. ... The year 1696 had the earliest equinoxes and solstices for 400 years in the Gregorian calendar, because this year is a leap year and the Gregorian calendar would have behaved like the Julian calendar since March 1500 had it have been in use that long. ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Poland was ruled by dukes (c. ... Events January 8 - Premiere of George Frideric Handels opera Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... List of Dukes, Electors, and Kings of Saxony, 880-1918 The original Duchy of Saxony was in Northern Germany, roughly corresponding to the modern German state of Lower Saxony and Westphalia. ... Events February 12 - British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia. ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

August III was born in Dresden in 1696, son of August II the Strong, Imperial Prince-Elector of Saxony and King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was groomed to succeed his father as King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and in 1721 converted to Catholicism. From left to right: Brühls Terrace; the Hofkirche and the castle; the Semper Opera House. ... The year 1696 had the earliest equinoxes and solstices for 400 years in the Gregorian calendar, because this year is a leap year and the Gregorian calendar would have behaved like the Julian calendar since March 1500 had it have been in use that long. ... Reign 1697 – 1706, and 1709 – February 1, 1733. ... The prince-electors or electoral princes of the Holy Roman Empire — German: Kurfürst (singular) Kurfürsten (plural) — were the members of the electoral college of the Holy Roman Empire, having the function of electing the Emperors of Germany. ... Poland was ruled by dukes (c. ... // Events Pope Innocent XIII becomes pope Johann Sebastian Bach composes the Brandenburg Concertos April 4 - Robert Walpole becomes the first prime minister of Britain September 10 - Treaty of Nystad is signed, bringing an end to the Great Northern War November 2 - Peter I is proclaimed Emperor of All the Russias... This article considers Catholicism in the broadest ecclesiastical sense. ...

After his father's death, he inherited Saxony and was elected King of Poland with the support of Russian and Austrian military forces. As King, August III was uninterested in the affairs of his Polish-Lithuanian dominion, which he viewed chiefly as a source of revenues to be used in strengthening his power in Saxony. During his 30-year reign, he spent less than a total of three years in Poland. He delegated most of his powers and responsibilities to Heinrich, Count von Brühl, who became quasi-dictator of Poland. The thirty years of August III's reign fostered internal political anarchy and further weakened the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, while neighboring Prussia, Austria and Russia refined their plans to partition the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth among them. Until 1795, Poland was ruled at various times either by dukes (ca. ... Heinrich, count von Brühl (August 13, 1700 – October 28, 1763), German statesman at the court of Saxony, was the son of Johann Moritz von Brühl, a noble who held the office of Oberhofmarschall at the small court of Sachsen-Weissenfels. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Dictatorship. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (Old Prussian: PrÅ«sa, German: Preußen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: PrÅ«sai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad... The Partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, commonly known as the Partitions of Poland (Polish: Rozbiór Polski or Rozbiory Polski; Lithuanian: Padalijimas) took place in the 18th century and ended the existence of the sovereign Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. ...

Marriage and children

On August 20, 1719, August married Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria (1699-1757), daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I. Their eldest surviving son, Frederick Christian, eventually succeeded his father as Elector of Saxony. August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... // Events January 23 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire April 25 - Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe June 10 - Battle of Glen Shiel Prussia conducts Europes first systematic census Miners in Falun, Sweden find an apparently petrified body of Fet-Mats Israelsson in an unused... Archduchess Maria Josefa of Austria, Queen of Poland. ... The Holy Roman Emperor was, with some variation, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, the predecessor of modern Germany, during its existence from the 10th century until its collapse in 1806. ... Joseph I. Joseph I (July 26, 1678 – April 17, 1711), Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduke of Austria, was the elder son of the emperor Leopold I and his third wife, Eleanora, Countess Palatine, daughter of Philip William of Neuburg, Elector Palatine. ... Frederick Christian (September 5, 1722 - December 17, 1763) was a member of the house of Wettin. ... List of Dukes, Electors, and Kings of Saxony, 880-1918 The original Duchy of Saxony was in Northern Germany, roughly corresponding to the modern German state of Lower Saxony and Westphalia. ...

The children of August and Marie Josepha were:

1. Friedrich August (1720-1721);
2. Joseph (1721-1728);
3. Frederick Christian (1722-1763), Elector of Saxony;
4. Maria Amalia Christina (1724-1760), who married Charles III of Spain;
5. Maria (1727-1734);
6. Maria Anna Sophia (1728-1797), who married Maximilian III, Elector of Bavaria;
7. Franz Xaver (1730-1806), Regent of Saxony, 1763 – 1768;
8. Marie-Josèphe (1731-1767), who married Louis, dauphin de France (1729-1765), son of King Louis XV of France (1710-1774), and became the mother of Louis XVI of France;
9. Carl Christian (1733-1796), Count of Courland;
10. Maria Christina Anna (1735-1782), Reigning Abbess of Remiremont;
11. Maria Elisabeth Apollonia (1736-1818);
12. Albert Kasimir August (1738-1822);
13. Clemens Wenzeslaus (1739-1812), Elector and Archbishop of Trier; and
14. Maria Kunigunde Dorothe (1740-1826), Reigning Abbess of Thorn and Essen.

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Titles

August III the Saxon. Drawing by Jan Matejko.

• In the Latin: Augustus III, Dei Gratia rex Poloniae, magnus dux Lithuaniae, Russie, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samogitiae, Kijoviae, Volhyniae, Podoliae, Podlachiae, Livoniae, Smolensciae, Severiae, Czerniechoviae, nec non haereditarius dux Saxoniae princeps et elector etc.
• English translation: August III, by God's grace King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia (i.e. Ukraine and Belarus), Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Kyiv, Volhynia, Podolia, Podlachia, Livonia, Smolensk, Severia, Chernihiv, and hereditary Duke Prince-Elector of Saxony, etc.

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See also

• History of Poland (1569-1795)