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Augustus, elector of Saxony and leader of Protestant Germany who, by reconciling his fellow Lutherans with the Roman Catholic Habsburg Holy Roman emperors, helped bring the initial belligerency of the Reformation in Germany to an end. Under his administration Saxony enjoyed economic and commercial.

Augustus II [a] (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733), most commonly known as Augustus the Strong, was Elector of Saxony from 1694 as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania in the years 1697–1706 and from 1709 until his death in 1733. He belonged to the Albertine line of the House of Wettin .

Augustus II, king of Poland and elector of Saxony. Though he regained Poland’s former provinces of Podolia and Ukraine, his reign marked the beginning of Poland’s decline as a European power. His hopes of establishing a strong Polish monarchy came to naught and his death triggered the War of the Polish Succession.

King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, who as Frederick Augustus III was the last elector of Saxony. After taking part in the War of the Bavarian Succession (1778/79), Saxony no longer participated in "haggling over land" ( Länderschacher ) and merely ended a permanent dispute over the area around Glaucha , which brought the state treasury seven ...

Augustus III, king of Poland and elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus II), whose reign witnessed one of the greatest periods of disorder within Poland. More interested in ease and pleasure than in affairs of state, this notable patron of the arts left the administration of Saxony and Poland to

Details individual; ruler; Polish; German; Male Life dates 1696-1763 Biography Son of Frederick August I of Saxony (Augustus II of Poland). 1719 married Maria Josepha, daughter of the emperor Joseph I. Succeeded his father as elector of Saxony in February 1733.

AUGUSTUS II THE STRONG (SAXONY AND POLAND)(1670–1733), Elector Frederick AugustusI of Saxony 1694–1733 and King Augustus IIof Poland1697–1704 and 1709–1733.

Augustus II (1670-1733), called Augustus the Strong, was elector of Saxony and king of Poland. Better known for his extravagance and promiscuity than for political shrewdness, he failed in his modest attempts to create a strong and independent Poland.