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Augustus II the Strong of the Albertine line of the House of Wettin was Elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus I ), Imperial Vicar and became King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (as Augustus II). Augustus' great physical strength earned him the nicknames "the Strong", "the Saxon Hercules" and "Iron-Hand."
Oct 4, 2023 · Augustus II, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania Rules Without a Queen. Frederick Augustus' conversion caused dissent among the people of Saxony, but it won him his prize in the Catholic Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania as King Augustus II. Christiane never travelled to Poland or Lithuania, and she was not accorded a ceremonial crowning.
Augustus II, most commonly known as Augustus the Strong, was Elector of Saxony from 1694 as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania in the years 1697–1706 and from 1709 until his death in 1733. He belonged to the Albertine line of the House of Wettin. Augustus' great physical strength earned him the nicknames "the Strong", "the ...
Augustus The Strong Facts. 1. He Wasn’t Supposed To Have Power. Augustus II was born in May 1670 to gold and glory. As the son of the current Elector of Saxony, little Augustus wanted for almost nothing as a child. But there was one thing missing. Augustus was merely the second son of the family, and thus had no hopes of inheriting the ...
Mar 31, 2023 · Friedrich Augustus I "der Starke" von Sachsen (Wettin, Albertiner), Kurfürst, Król Polski (Augustus II) Polish: August II Wettin, Kurfürst, Król Polski (Augustus II) , Lithuanian: Augustas II Stiprusis Vetinas, Lenkijos karalius Lietuvos didysis kunigaikštis , German: Friedrich August I. König von Sachsen und Polen, (der Starke)
Edit. Augustus ('The Strong') acquired his name through his great physical strength. He was also noted for the number of his illegitimate children – said by some to be around 365. Born in Dresden, Saxony, in 1694 he became Elector of Saxony as Frederick Augustus I. On converting to Roman Catholicism he was on two occasions elected to the ...
The Japanese Palace of Augustus the Strong: Royal Ambition and Collecting Traditions in Dresden. Although the recipe for manufacturing true porcelain was developed in China by the sixth century, it remained a mystery in the West until the discovery of the formula for creating high-temperature clays in 1708 by the alchemist Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682–1719) under the patronage of August ...
