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Encyclopedia > Augustus II
August III Sas
Reign From 1734
until October 5, 1763
Elected In 1734 in Wola,
today suburb of
Warsaw, Poland
Coronation On January 17, 1734
in the Wawel Cathedral,
Kraków, Poland
Royal House Wettin
Parents August II Mocny
?
Consorts Marie Josepha
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  ?

August III Sas (1696-1763), the King of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1734-1763), and also elector of Saxony (1733-1763, as Friedrich August II)


Royal titles:

  • Official Latin version: 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.

Biography

Friedrich August II. Wettin was born in Dresden in 1696 as son of August II the Strong, Imperial Prince-Elector of Saxony and King of Poland. He was being prepared by his family for the royal function. In 1721 he converted to Catholicism.


After his father's death he inherited Saxony and was elected king of Poland with support of Russian and Austrian troops.


On August 20, 1719 he married Marie Josepha, daughter of Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor: they had seven children. Their eldest son, Frederick Christian, succeeded his father as Elector of Saxony.



 
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Augustus II of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (870 words)
Augustus II, nicknamed "the Strong" (May 12, 1670–February 1, 1733; (Polish: August II Mocny; German: August II der Starke) was Elector of Saxony (where he was known as Frederick Augustus I) from 1694 to 1733 and King of Poland from 1697 to 1704 and again from 1709 to 1733.
Born in Dresden in Saxony, Frederick Augustus was the son of John George III and Princess Anne Sophie of Denmark.
Although this figure would be extremely difficult to verify, Augustus II did father a very large number of illegitimate children, the most famous of whom was Maurice, comte de Saxe (his son by Aurora von Königsmarck), the brilliant French military commander.
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