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A biography of the King of Saxony from 1836 to 1854, who was a member of the House of Wettin and a liberal reformer. Learn about his life, marriages, journeys, and death, as well as his ancestry and legacy.
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He was the illegitimate son of Frederick Augustus II of...
- King of Saxony
Son of Frederick II. He was the founder and progenitor of...
- Prince Maximilian of Saxony
Prince Maximilian of Saxony (Maximilian Maria Joseph Anton...
- Princess Caroline of Parma
On 22 April 1792 in Parma (by proxy) and on 9 May 1792 (in...
- Theodor Uhlig
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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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Augustus II the Strong (1670-1733) was Elector of Saxony and King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. He converted to Catholicism, patronized the arts and architecture, and fought in the Great Northern War.
Aug 5, 2024 · Frederick Augustus II (born May 18, 1797, Dresden, Saxony—died Aug. 9, 1854, the Tirol, Austria) was a reform-minded king of Saxony and nephew of Frederick Augustus I, who favoured German unification but was frightened into a reactionary policy by the revolutions of 1848–49.
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But Tsar Peter the Great controlled the diplomatic situation, and he took steps to prevent Augustus from turning the Polish monarchy into a hereditary one, and from passing the crown to his sole legitimate heir, Frederick August II of Saxony.
Jun 27, 2018 · Augustus II (the Strong) (1670–1733) King of Poland (1697–1704, 1709–33) and, as Frederick Augustus I, Elector of Saxony (1694–1733). He was elected by the Polish nobles in order to secure an alliance with Saxony, but the result was to draw Poland into the Great Northern War on the side of Russia .
Biography. Son of Frederick August I of Saxony (Augustus II of Poland). 1719 married Maria Josepha, daughter of the emperor Joseph I. Succeeded his father as elector of Saxony in February 1733. Chosen king of Poland by a small minority of electors on in October 1733; crowned in Kraków on Jan. 17, 1734, and was generally recognized as king in ...