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   • Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

     m. 1693 - 1727

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   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 .

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   May 9, 2024 · Maria Aurora, countess von Königsmark (born May 8, 1662, Stade, Bremen [Germany]—died Feb. 16, 1728, Quedlinburg, Brandenburg) was a German noblewoman and mistress of Augustus II the Strong, elector of Saxony and king of Poland. She was for many years a powerful figure at the Saxon court.

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   Wikipedia. 3. His Marriage Was Miserable. Augustus II’s issues started early—just before he became Elector, in fact. The year before his brother conveniently died, the 24-year-old Augustus had married 21-year-old Christiane of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. It was instantly a bad idea.

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   Forever scheming, Augustus arranged the 1719 marriage of his heir to the daughter of the Holy Roman emperor, Joseph I, as part of an unfulfilled plan to transfer the imperial dignity to the House of Wettin.

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   Jun 27, 2018 · World Encyclopedia. Augustus II >Augustus II (1670-1733), called Augustus the Strong, was elector of Saxony >and king of Poland. Better known for his extravagance and promiscuity than >for political shrewdness, he failed in his modest attempts to create a >strong and independent Poland.

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   What did Augustus II do?

   • 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 provinces of Podolia and Ukraine, his reign marked the beginning of Poland’s decline as a European power.

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   Why was Augustus II called the strong?

   • Augustus II was called "the Strong" for his bear-like physical strength and for his numerous offspring (only one of them his legitimate child and heir).

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   Did Augustus have a son?

   • They had a son, Frederick Augustus II (1696–1763), who succeeded his father as Elector of Saxony and King of Poland as Augustus III. While in Venice during the carnival season, his older brother, the Elector John George IV, contracted smallpox from his mistress Magdalena Sibylla of Neidschutz.

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   Who was Augustus III and what did he do?

   • Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony was the son of Augustus II and Christiane. 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 the Strong: King of Poland and Elector of Saxony

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   Oct 4, 2023 · Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Beyreuth was Augustus II's unloved wife. She never travelled to Poland. She left her husband when he became a Catholic. Wikipedia Public Domain. Unhappily Married to Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Beyreuth.

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    Aug 23, 2011 · Of course, she's not a real noblewoman, but a tour guide dressed as Anna Maria Franziska von Brühl, the wife of Heinrich von Brühl. Her husband was one of the closest confidantes of...