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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The Crown of Augustus II was intended for his coronation as a King of Poland. The crown was made in 1697 by Freiburg's goldsmith Johann Friedrich Klemm...
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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 the Strong...
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the oldest distinctions in the world still in use. It was officially instituted on 1 November 1705 by Augustus II the Strong, King of Poland and Elector...
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Royal mistress (section Augustus II the Strong)
possible last wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor Clara Elisabeth von Platen (1648-1700), mistress of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover Magdalena...
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Civil war in Poland (1704–1706) (category Wars involving the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth)
would be forced to give up the throne to Augustus II once again. At the onset of the Great Northern War, Augustus the Strong was king of Poland, Grand...
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Henriette Rénard (category Mistresses of Augustus II the Strong)
May 1721), was a mistress of Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony and mother of his daughter, the later Countess Anna Karolina Orzelska...
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Maria Aurora von Spiegel (category Mistresses of Augustus II the Strong)
von Kariman, was the Ottoman Turkish mistress of Augustus II the Strong of Poland. Fatima was one of the many Turkish captives during the Battle of Buda...
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Warsaw Confederation (1704) (category 1704 establishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth)
The Warsaw Confederation was a confederation against King of Poland–Lithuania Augustus II the Strong. It was formed on 16 February 1704 in Warsaw.[citation...
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in 1715 and their mother Fatima five years later. Augustus the Strong took the guardianship of the children, but he only recognized and legitimized them...
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Augustus II the Strong of Poland and Saxony, a new sandstone bridge was built with 12 arches between 1727 and 1731. This bridge was replaced by the present...
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Anna Constantia von Brockdorff (category Mistresses of Augustus II the Strong)
31 March 1765), later the Countess of Cosel, was a German lady-in-waiting and noblewoman, and mistress of Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector...
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decades by the German Prince-elector of Saxony, Augustus II the Strong, and his son, Augustus III, of the House of Wettin. Augustus II the Strong, also known...
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Great Northern War (redirect from The great northern war)
Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swedish alliance were Peter I of Russia, Frederick IV of Denmark–Norway and Augustus II the Strong of Saxony–Poland–Lithuania...
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Poles in Germany (redirect from History of the Poles in Germany)
City after Augustus II the Strong became King of Poland in 1697.[citation needed] During the late 19th century rapid industrialisation in the Ruhr region...
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List of Polish monarchs (redirect from Duke of the Polans)
Wettin dynasty (Augustus II the Strong and Augustus III) placed the Commonwealth under the influence of Saxony and the Russian Empire. Additional feuds...
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Maria Anna Katharina Rutowska (category Illegitimate children of Augustus II the Strong)
a Polish noblewoman. She was the illegitimate daughter of the Polish king Augustus II the Strong and his mistress, the Turk Fatima or Fatime, later renamed...
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Dresden Castle (category Pages using the Kartographer extension)
construction. In the middle of the 16th century, an addition was made in the Saxon Renaissance style. After a major fire in 1701, Augustus II the Strong rebuilt...
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II [The Dissident Question in the Time of Augustus II the Strong] (1924) Polska w dobie wielkiej wojny północnej 1704-1709 [Poland in the Time of the...
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the succession to Augustus II the Strong, which the other European powers widened in pursuit of their own national interests. France and Spain, the two...
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Personal union of Poland and Saxony (category Pages using infobox country or infobox former country with the flag caption or type parameters)
Warsaw were established under Augustus II the Strong. In addition to the lengthy and frustrating reform work in Poland, the permanent securing of Wettin...
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Battle of Kliszów (category Battles of the Great Northern War)
Polish–Saxon army twice the size that was led by King Augustus II the Strong of Saxony. During the second year of the war, following Swedish victories at Narva and...
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Moritzburg Castle (section Interior of the castle)
architecture. The chapel was consecrated in a Catholic rite in 1697, after the grandson of John George II, Elector Augustus II the Strong, converted to...
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Look up Augustus or augustus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Augustus (63 BC – 14 AD) was the first emperor of ancient Rome. Augustus may also refer...
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Stollen (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
custom continued. Augustus II the Strong (1670–1733) was the Elector of Saxony, King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania. The king loved pomp, luxury...
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Ursula Katharina Lubomirska (category Mistresses of Augustus II the Strong)
Reichsfürstin von Teschen), was a Polish-German noblewoman and mistress of Augustus II the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, in 1700-1705. In 1722 she...
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Dresden (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
of the dukes of Saxony, and from 1547 the electors as well. The Elector and ruler of Saxony Frederick Augustus I became King Augustus II the Strong of...
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Maurice de Saxe (category Illegitimate children of Augustus II the Strong)
of the 18th century. The illegitimate son of Augustus II the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, he initially served in the Army of the Holy...
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Stanisław Leszczyński (category Polish–Lithuanian military personnel of the War of the Polish Succession)
the Sejm elected Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony to succeed John III in 1697 as August II. Russia's primary antagonist in the Great Northern War...
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composer and music theorist who brought the musical genius of Venice to the court of Augustus II the Strong in Dresden. After he died, Heinichen's music...
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