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He was the seventh child and fifth son of George, Duke of Saxony and Barbara Jagiellon, and grandson of Casimir IV Jagiellon. Mentally disabled, he was the second of only four of their ten children to survive to adulthood and, on the death of his elder brother John in 1537, succeeded him as hereditary prince of the Duchy of Saxony .
He was the seventh child and fifth son of George, Duke of Saxony and Barbara Jagiellon, and grandson of Casimir IV Jagiellon. Mentally disabled, he was the second of only four of their ten children to survive to adulthood and, on the death of his elder brother John in 1537, succeeded him as hereditary prince of the Duchy of Saxony .
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Jun 3, 2020 · Friedrich-August II, King of Saxony. Family. He was the son of Hereditary Prince Maximilian of Saxony (1759-1838) was a German prince and a member of the House of Wettin. He was the sixth but third and youngest surviving son of Friedrich-Christian, Elector of Saxony (1722-1763)and the composer Princess Maria-Antonia of Bavaria (1724-1780)
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Augustus the Strong, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Elector Frederick Augustus I of Saxony was also known as August II, August Friedrich, August II Wettin, August Mocny and August der Starke. He was given the sobriquet strongfor two reasons: 1. He could break horseshoes into pieces with his hands. 2. He could toss foxes, a highly dubious ...
The royal children were well educated, and, aged seventeen, Frederick Augustus embarked on a two-year-long tour of Europe using the alias the Count of Meissen. His love of the arts, architecture and science blossomed, and throughout his reigns in Saxony and Poland-Lithuania, he created an impressive artistic and architectural legacy, including esta...
On 20th January 1693, Frederick Augustus married Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Beyreuth; from 1694 she was Electress of Saxony. It was a miserable marriage. He found her dull, and she was understandably piqued by his succession of mistresses. She was appalled when, during the coronation procession, his mistress Maria Aurora von Konigsmarck ...
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. It would have been a Catholic ceremony; she would not have participated as a devot...
After Russia, his ally in the Great and Second Northern Wars, won the Battle of Poltova in 1709, Augustus declared the 1706 treaty null and void. He signed the Treaty of Thorns with Russia, which saw Leszcynski ousted with Russian assistance. Augustus resumed his reign in Poland-Lithuania. In the years following his reinstatement, the Russians inte...
May 1, 2022 · Son of Georg "the Bearded", duke of Saxony and Barbara Jagiellon of Poland, Princess, Duchess consort of Saxony Husband of Elisabeth of Mansfeld, Countess, Heredictary princess of Saxony, Lady of Rogendorf Brother of Prinz Johann von Sachsen; Wolfgang of Saxony, Prince; Anna of Saxony, Princess; Christof 2 of Saxony, Price; Agnes of Saxony ...
Signature. Frederick Augustus I ( German: Friedrich August I.; Polish: Fryderyk August I; French: Frédéric-Auguste Ier; 23 December 1750 – 5 May 1827) was a member of the House of Wettin who reigned as the last Elector of Saxony from 1763 to 1806 (as Frederick Augustus III) and as the first King of Saxony from 1806 to 1827. [1]
He was the seventh child and fifth son of George, Duke of Saxony and Barbara Jagiellon, and grandson of Casimir IV Jagiellon. Mentally handicapped, he was the second of only four of their ten children to survive to adulthood and, on the death of his elder brother John in 1537, succeeded him as hereditary prince of the Duchy of Saxony.
