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Biography. Augustus, aged 19 years in 1715 by Nicolas de Largillière. Early life and education. Augustus was born 17 October 1696 in Dresden, the only legitimate son of Augustus II the Strong, Prince-Elector of Saxony and ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth who belonged to the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin.
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Augustus III (born Oct. 17, 1696, Dresden, Saxony [Germany]—died Oct. 5, 1763, Dresden) was the king of Poland and elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus II), whose reign witnessed one of the greatest periods of disorder within Poland.
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Augustus III, 1696–1763, king of Poland (1735–63) and, as Frederick Augustus II, elector of Saxony (1733–63); son of Augustus II, whom he succeeded in Saxony. Elected king of Poland by a minority, he allied himself with Empress Anna of Russia and Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI in the War of the Polish Succession (1733–35) and secured the ...
Frederick Augustus II was crowned King of Poland as Augustus III of Poland on January 17, 1734 and claimed the crown in the Peace of Vienna (1738).
Augustus III was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1733 until 1763, as well as Elector of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire where he was known as Frederick Augustus II.
Aug 12, 2024 · During the War of the Polish Succession (1733–38), a Russian army appeared before Warsaw and compelled a puppet Sejm to proclaim Augustus III king. Stanisław and his partisans were besieged by the Russians in Gdańsk, and, with the surrender of that city, their cause was lost.
AUGUSTUS III., king of Poland, and, as Frederick Augustus Ii., elector of Saxony (1696-1763), the only legitimate son of Augustus II. ("the Strong"), was born at Dresden on the 17th of October 1696.
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