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Apr 26, 2022 · Genealogy for Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (Wettin, Albertiner), Elector of Saxony, King of Poland (1696 - 1763) family tree on Geni, with over 250 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
Augustus III. Augustus III, 1696–1763, king of Poland (1735–63) and, as Frederick Augustus II, elector of Saxony (1733–63); son of Augustus II, whom he succeeded in Saxony. Elected king of Poland by a minority, he allied himself with Empress Anna of Russia and Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI in the War of the Polish Succession (1733–35 ...
Augustus III (Polish: August III Sas, Lithuanian: Augustas III; 17 October 1696 – 5 October 1763) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1733 until 1763, as well as Elector of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire where he was known as Frederick Augustus II (German: Friedrich August II). He was the only legitimate son of Augustus II ...
Oct 4, 2023 · In 1696 John III Sobeski, King of Poland, passed away, and Frederick Augustus was one of eighteen candidates that vied to succeed him as the elected ruler of the magnificent Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania. To enhance the probability of success, Frederick Augustus, a Lutheran since birth, converted to Catholicism. Christiane refused to do ...
In 1925 Polish government purchased the silver regalia of King Augustus III and Queen Maria Josepha in Vienna for $35,000 (175 000 zł). It consisted of 2 crowns, 2 sceptres and 2 orbs made in about 1733. The original crown regalia were hidden during the war of the Polish Succession. [1]
The reigns of Augustus II and Augustus III saw the economic, political, and cultural decline of Poland. The Polish economy, based on farming, serfdom, and grain export, was in serious difficulties because of decreasing opportunities on western European markets.
The personal union of Poland and Saxony, or Saxony-Poland, was the personal union that existed from 1697 to 1706 and from 1709 to 1763 between the Electorate of Saxony under the House of Wettin and the aristocratic republic / elective monarchy of Poland-Lithuania. After the death of Augustus III of Poland in 1763, the personal union expired ...
