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Christian II died in Dresden on 23 July 1611; after having participated in a tournament in full armour, he climbed off his horse, drank a large amount of beer to cool down, and suddenly died from a heart attack. Having left no legitimate children with his wife, his brother Johann Georg succeeded him as the Elector of Saxony.
Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (German: Heinrich der Fromme) (16 March 1473, in Dresden – 18 August 1541, in Dresden) was a Duke of Saxony from the House of Wettin. Succeeding his brother George, Duke of Saxony , a fervent Catholic who sought to extinguish Lutheranism by any means possible, Henry established the Lutheran church as the ...
1696-1763. Biography. Son of Frederick August I of Saxony (Augustus II of Poland). 1719 married Maria Josepha, daughter of the emperor Joseph I. Succeeded his father as elector of Saxony in February 1733. Chosen king of Poland by a small minority of electors on in October 1733; crowned in Kraków on Jan. 17, 1734, and was generally recognized ...
Oct 26, 2004 · Under Elector Augustus, Saxony's wealth increased greatly through the advanced exploitation of the area's natural resources, such as semi-precious stones and silver. Improved Saxon mining techniques influenced the whole region and silver was produced in ever greater quantities.
Jun 27, 2018 · Augustus II (1670-1733), called Augustus the Strong, was elector of Saxony and king of Poland. Better known for his extravagance and promiscuity than for political shrewdness, he failed in his modest attempts to create a strong and independent Poland. On May 12, 1670, Augustus was born Frederick August of Wettin, in Dresden, the second son of ...
Frederick Augustus II, elector of Saxony: see Augustus III, king of Poland. Source for information on Frederick Augustus II (elector of Saxony): The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. dictionary.
Augustus II the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, wearing the Polish Order of the White Eagle. After the death of the Polish king John III Sobieski in 1696, Augustus II the Strong converted to Catholicism and with Habsburg support, military pressure and bribes, won the free election for the kingship in 1697, becoming King Augustus II of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
