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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).
Augustus III (born Oct. 17, 1696, Dresden, Saxony [Germany]—died Oct. 5, 1763, Dresden) was the king of Poland and elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus II), whose reign witnessed one of the greatest periods of disorder within Poland.
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King Augustus III of Poland by Pietro Rotari, 1755 (public domain) It was also increasingly clear that the neighboring superpowers – Russia, above all – aimed to play a leading role in the forthcoming election. Had foreign intervention been avoided, the republican camp would most likely have prevailed in this civil war.
Deposed by Augustus III in 1736 Leszczyński: King Augustus III Polish: August III Sas 5 October 1733 – 5 October 1763 (30 years) 17 October 1696 Dresden
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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 ).
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) and secured the ...
Two states, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Electorate of Saxony, whose history, traditions, political systems, and social relations had been different until 1697, and which did not even share a common border, became united in a personal union by the election of Frederick August I, Prince of Saxony of the Albertine Wettin line, as Kin...
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