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  1. Lutheran (until 1697) Signature. Augustus II the Strong [a] (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733), was Elector of Saxony from 1694 as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1697 to 1706 and from 1709 until his death in 1733. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin . Augustus' great physical strength earned him ...

  2. 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 ...

  3. Augustus's forces in Poland suffered serious defeats, and he was deposed by the Swedes in January 1704 when a rump Polish parliament elected Charles's client as king. Augustus's Saxon troops continued to fight, suffering a terrible defeat at Fraustadt in February 1706. Swedish troops occupied Saxony for a year.

  4. May 9, 2024 · Died: February 1, 1733, Warsaw, Poland (aged 62) House / Dynasty: Wettin dynasty. Role In: Second Northern War. Treaty of Carlowitz. Augustus II (born May 12, 1670, Dresden, Saxony [Germany]—died February 1, 1733, Warsaw, Poland) was the king of Poland and elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus I). Though he regained Poland’s former ...

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  5. www.vam.ac.uk › articles › meissens-king-vultureMeissen's King Vulture · V&A

    This extraordinary porcelain King Vulture was made for one of the wealthiest monarchs and important patrons of the arts of his time – Augustus the Strong (1670 – 1733), Elector of Saxony and King of Poland.

  6. Aug 5, 2018 · Search the history of over 866 billion web pages on the Internet. ... Augustus Hopkins Strong. Topics Baptists -- Doctrines, ... Book from Project Gutenberg ...

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  8. A hard-paste standing figure of Augustus the Strong holding a scroll in his right hand. He stands with his left hand on his hip and his left leg forward whilst wearing a laurel wreath, silver armour and a voluminous purple cloak, sword at his waist. The figure has a hexagonal base decorated with gilt lines. Unlike in England, the quest in Saxony to discover the secret alchemy of porcelain ...

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