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1. www.britannica.com › biography › Augustus-IIAugustus II | Facts, Biography, Children, & Significance

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   Augustus II, king of Poland and elector of Saxony. Though he regained Poland’s former provinces of Podolia and Ukraine, his reign marked the beginning of Poland’s decline as a European power. His hopes of establishing a strong Polish monarchy came to naught and his death triggered the War of the Polish Succession.

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   Augustus II the Strong. 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 the ...

   • Father: John George III, Elector of Saxony
   • Mother: Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark

   • House: Wettin

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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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   Was Augustus II a good king?

   • Poland - Augustus II, Baroque, Enlightenment: A personal union with Saxony, where Augustus II was a strong ruler, seemed at first to offer some advantages to Poland. A king with a power base of his own might reform the Commonwealth, which was still a huge state and potentially a great power. But such hopes proved vain.

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   Who was Augustus II the strong?

   • 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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   How did Augustus become a king?

   • Following the death of Polish King John III Sobieski and having converted to Catholicism, Augustus won election as King of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1697 with the backing of Russia and Austria, which financed him through the banker Issachar Berend Lehmann.

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   Jun 27, 2018 · 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. On May 12, 1670, Augustus was born Frederick August of Wettin, in Dresden, the ...

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   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.

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7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Philip_II_of_FrancePhilip II of France - Wikipedia

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   Adela of Champagne. Philip II (21 August 1165 – 14 July 1223), byname Philip Augustus ( French: Philippe Auguste ), was King of France from 1180 to 1223. His predecessors had been known as kings of the Franks ( Latin: rex Francorum ), but from 1190 onward, Philip became the first French monarch to style himself "King of France" ( rex Francie ).

   • Coronation: 1 November 1179
   • Mother: Adela of Champagne

   • Father: Louis VII of France
   • Successor: Louis VIII

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   Apr 2, 2024 · king (1180-1223), France. House / Dynasty: Capetian dynasty. Role In: Battle of Bouvines. Third Crusade. Philip II, seal of majesty, showing the king crowned and enthroned, from a document of 1180. Philip II (born August 21, 1165, Paris, France—died July 14, 1223, Mantes) was the first of the great Capetian kings of medieval France (reigned ...