Article: Polish Succession, War of the (17331738)

POLISH SUCCESSION, WAR OF THE (1733 1738)

POLISH SUCCESSION, WAR OF THE (1733 1738). In February 1733 Augustus II (1670 1733; ruled 1697 1704, 1709 1733), elector of Saxony, king of Poland, and grand duke of Lithuania, died, leaving the throne of the elective monarchy of Poland-Lithuania vacant. Two candidates emerged, backed by opposing European alliances in a war that became significant not only for Poland-Lithuania but also for the brokering of power in Europe. Augustus II had attempted to introduce a hereditary monarchy to safeguard the Polish throne for his son Frederick Augustus II (1696 1763; ruled 1734 1763). However, Poles and ...

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