Person:Augustus III of Poland (1)
Augustus III of Poland
b.17 Oct 1696 Dresden, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
d.5 Oct 1763 Dresden, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
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  1. Augustus III of Poland1696 - 1763
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m. 20 Aug 1719
  1. Friedrich August Franz Xaver _____1720 - 1721
  2. Joseph August Wilhelm Friedrich Franz Xaver Johann Nepomuk _____1721 - 1728
  3. Friedrich Christian _____, Kurfürst von Sachsen1722 - 1763
  4. Maria Amalia von Sachsen1724 - 1760
  5. Maria Margareta von Sachsen1727 - 1734
  6. Maria Anna von Sachsen1728 - 1797
  7. Prinz Franz Xaver von Sachsen und Polen1730 - 1806
  8. Maria Josepha von Sachsen1731 - 1767
  9. Karl von Sachsen, Herzog von Kurland und Semgallen1733 - 1796
  10. Maria Christina von Sachsen und Polen1735 - 1782
  11. Maria Elisabeth von Sachsen1736 - 1818
  12. Albert von Sachsen, Herzog von Teschen1738 - 1822
  13. Prinz Clemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen1739 - 1812
  14. Maria Kunigunde von Sachsen1740 - 1826
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Facts and Events
Name Augustus III of Poland
Gender Male
Birth? 17 Oct 1696 Dresden, Dresden, Sachsen, GermanyHouse of Wettin
Marriage 20 Aug 1719 Vienna, Wien, Austriato Maria Josepha von Österreich
Death? 5 Oct 1763 Dresden, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
Reference Number? Q53438?


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Augustus 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.

He was the only legitimate son of Augustus II the Strong, and converted to the Roman Catholicism in 1712 to secure his candidacy for the Polish throne. In 1719 he married Maria Josepha, daughter of Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor, and became Elector of Saxony following his father's death in 1733. Augustus was able to gain the support of Charles VI by agreeing to the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 and also gained recognition from Russian Empress Anna by supporting Russia's claim to the region of Courland. He was elected king of Poland by a small minority on 5 October 1733 and subsequently banished the former Polish king Stanisław I. He was crowned in Kraków on 17 January 1734.

Augustus was supportive of Austria against Prussia in the War of the Austrian Succession (1742) and again in the Seven Years' War (1756), both of which resulted in Saxony being defeated and occupied by Prussia. In Poland, his rule was marked by the increasing influence of the Czartoryski and Poniatowski families, and by the intervention of Catherine the Great in Polish affairs. His rule deepened the social anarchy in Poland and increased the country's dependence on its neighbours, notably Prussia, Austria, and Russia. The Russian Empire prevented him from installing his family on the Polish throne, supporting instead the aristocrat Stanisław August Poniatowski, the lover of Catherine the Great. Throughout his reign, Augustus was known to be more interested in ease and pleasure than in the affairs of state; this notable patron of the arts left the administration of Saxony and Poland to his chief adviser, Heinrich von Brühl, who in turn left Polish administration chiefly to the powerful Czartoryski family.

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References
  1.   Augustus III of Poland, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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