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    Augustus III (Polish: August III Sas – "the Saxon"; Lithuanian: Augustas III; 17 October 1696 – 5 October 1763) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania...
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    Augustus II the Strong (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...
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    Sigismund II Augustus (Polish: Zygmunt II August, Lithuanian: Žygimantas Augustas; 1 August 1520 – 7 July 1572) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania...
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    crown of Augustus III was made in 1733 for Augustus III's coronation in Kraków in 1734. In 1925 Polish government purchased the silver regalia of King...
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    of the House of Wettin who reigned as the last Elector of Saxony from 1763 to 1806 (as Frederick Augustus III) and as the first King of Saxony from 1806...
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  • III of Poland Frederick Augustus I, Duke of Oldenburg (1711–1785) Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1734–93) Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau...
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    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...
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    Stanislaus II Augustus, and as Stanisław August Poniatowski (Lithuanian: Stanislovas Augustas Poniatovskis), was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania...
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    Royal elections in Poland (Polish: wolna elekcja, lit. free election) were the elections of individual kings, rather than dynasties, to the Polish throne...
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    commissioned by Augustus III, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland while the Protestant city of Dresden built the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) between...
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    Frederick Augustus III (German: Friedrich August III.; 25 May 1865 – 18 February 1932) was the last King of Saxony (1904–1918). Born in Dresden, Frederick...
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  • of Sweden (1626-1689) Maria-Christina Oliveras, American actress Princess Maria Christina of Saxony (1735–1782), daughter of Augustus III of Poland and...
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    Johann Sebastian Bach (category German classical composers of church music)
    Bach received public recognition, such as the title of court composer by Augustus III of Poland and the appreciation he was shown by Frederick the Great...
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  • Elector of Saxony, or Augustus III of Poland (1696–1763), ruler of Saxony from 1733 to 1763 Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (1722–1763), ruler of Saxony...
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    1738. She was born a princess of Poland and Saxony, daughter of King Augustus III of Poland and Princess Maria Josepha of Austria. Maria Amalia and Charles...
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    and mathematician. Endersch also held the title of Royal Mathematician to King Augustus III of Poland. Endersch was born in Dörnfeld an der Heide,...
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    Amalia of Saxony, daughter of Augustus III of Poland, who was an educated, cultured woman. The couple had 13 children, eight of whom reached adulthood. They...
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  • Graz, Austria, who settled in Warsaw in the final years of the reign of King Augustus III of Poland and in 1789 founded a watchmaking firm. The firm existed...
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    support Frederick Augustus. Stanislas eventually had to leave Poland, and Frederick Augustus was elected as Augustus III of Poland. The usual name comes...
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    Frederick Augustus II (German: Friedrich August II.; 18 May 1797 in Dresden – 9 August 1854 in Brennbüchel, Karrösten, Tyrol) was King of Saxony and a...
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    whereby Augustus III was officially recognized as King of Poland, and Stanisław was compensated for losing the throne a second time with the duchies of Bar...
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    Prince-Elector of Saxony for 73 days in 1763. He was a member of the House of Wettin. He was the third but eldest surviving son of Frederick Augustus II, Prince-Elector...
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    son of Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, and Maria Josepha of Austria. He is an ancestor of the Italian House of Savoy. The Duchy of Courland...
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  • Thumbnail for List of most expensive paintings
    This is a list of the highest known prices paid for paintings. The record is approximately US$450.3 million (which includes commission), paid for Leonardo...
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    Sophia of Saxony (Maria Anna Sophia Sabina Angela Franciska Xaveria; 29 August 1728 – 17 February 1797) was a daughter of King Augustus III of Poland and...
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    The dynasty's rule over Poland ceased with the death of Casimir III the Great in 1370. In the same year, the Capetian House of Anjou became the ruling...
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    In 1751, Augustus III of Poland and Saxony established a mint in present-day Gubin, which produced Polish copper coins. After the Congress of Vienna in...
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    death of the Polish ruler Sigismund II Augustus on 7 July 1572, Jean de Monluc was sent as the French envoy to Poland to negotiate the election of Henry...
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    one of the largest and finest collections of old master prints and drawings in the world. Albert was a younger son of King Augustus III of Poland (who...
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    Dauphin of France as the second child and first son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. As son of a king of France, he was a fils de France ("Child of France")...
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