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Frederick Augustus I or Augustus II the Strong (German: August II der Starke; Polish: August II Mocny; Lithuanian: Augustas II; 12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733) was Elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus I) and King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (as Augustus II). Augustus's great physical strength earned him the nicknames "the Strong," "the Saxon Hercules" and "Iron-Hand." He liked ...
Jun 4, 2022 · English: Augustus the Strong (b. Dresden, 1670 – d. Warsaw, 1733) was Prince-Elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus I) and King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (as Augustus II ). Polski: August II Mocny (ur. 1670 w Dreźnie, zm. 1733 w Warszawie) – król Polski i wielki książę litewski, elektor Saksonii jako Fryderyk August I.
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."
Apr 30, 2022 · About Augustus II The Strong. Augustus II [a] (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733), 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 III. Augustus III, King of Poland, and, as Frederick Augustus II, Elector of Saxony, the only legitimate son of Augustus II ("the Strong"), was born at Dresden on the 17th of October 1696. Educated as a Protestant, he followed his father's example by joining the Roman Catholic Church in 1712, although his conversion was not made public ...
- October 17, 1696
- October 5, 1763
Dec 2, 2013 · Augustus II - Augustus the Strong (in German August Friedrich or August der Starke) was born on May 12, 1670 in Dresden and he died on Feb 1, 1733 in Warsaw, Poland. He reigned as Augustus II, the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1709-1733)and as Frederick Augustus I he was an Elector of Saxony. Though he regained Poland’s former ...
Aug 7, 2020 · Golden Horseman. The Statue of Augustus the Strong (Elector of Saxony and King of Poland) is located since 1736 at New Town market. The monument is covered with gold leaf and shows August the Strong in a Roman armor on his break to the Kingdom of Poland to the east. He and his son Frederick Augustus II gave rise to those baroque buildings and ...
