Article: Augustus II the Strong (Saxony and Poland) (16701733)

AUGUSTUS II THE STRONG (SAXONY AND POLAND) (1670 1733)

AUGUSTUS II THE STRONG (SAXONY AND POLAND) (1670 1733), Elector Frederick Augustus I of Saxony 1694 1733 and King Augustus II of Poland 1697 1704 and 1709 1733. Augustus's father, Elector John George III of Saxony, and his mother, Anna Sophie, daughter of King Frederick III of Denmark, married in 1666 to tie the Danish royal family to the Wettin dynasty of Saxony. At the time of Augustus's birth, his grandfather, John George II, ruled Saxony. Augustus's father, John George III, was only twenty-three and had already sired Augustus's elder brother, John George IV. There seemed little likelihood ...

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