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	Augustus II of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Augustus II, nicknamed "the Strong" (May 12, 1670–February 1, 1733; (Polish: August II Mocny; German: August II der Starke) was Elector of Saxony (where he was known as Frederick Augustus I) from 1694 to 1733 and King of Poland from 1697 to 1704 and again from 1709 to 1733.
		Born in Dresden in Saxony, Frederick Augustus was the son of John George III and Princess Anne Sophie of Denmark.
		Although this figure would be extremely difficult to verify, Augustus II did father a very large number of illegitimate children, the most famous of whom was Maurice, comte de Saxe (his son by Aurora von Königsmarck), the brilliant French military commander.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Augustus_II_of_Poland (870 words)

	Augustus II of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Born in Dresden in Saxony, Frederick Augustus was the son of John George III and.
		Charles defeated Augustus at on June 17, 1701, forcing the Polish-Saxon army to withdraw from Livonia, and followed this up by an invasion of Poland, seizing Warsaw on May 14, 1702, defeating the Polish-Saxon army again at, and seizing Cracow.
		Although this figure would be extremely difficult to verify, Augustus II did father a very large number of illegitimate children, the most famous of whom was Maurice, comte de Saxe (his son by), the brilliant French military commander.
	www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Augustus_II_of_Poland (892 words)

	Augustus II of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Poland's reward from this Great Northern War was to be the Swedish territory of Livonia.
		Once again, Augustus attempted to establish an absolute monarchy in the Commonwealth, but he was faced with opposition from the nobility (szlachta).
		Augustus II was called Augustus the Strong for his bearlike strength and also for his numerous offspring.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/August_II_of_Poland (870 words)

	Courtly Lives - Augustus II Elector of Saxony and King of Poland
		Augustus II (1670-1733) was called "Augustus the Strong," and his family was from the Wettin Dynasty.
		When Augustus II died, in 1733, Stanislaw Leszczynski (1677-1766) was re-elected King of Poland (1733-1736) with the support of France, while Russia and Austria favored Augustus III, son of Augustus II.
		Augustus II was caught between two religions and had to be very careful not to upset either side.
	www.angelfire.com /mi4/polcrt/AugustII.html (1177 words)

	AUGUSTUS II. (FREDERICK AUGUSTUS I.) - LoveToKnow Article on AUGUSTUS II. (FREDERICK AUGUSTUS I.)
		Augustus was on a visit to Denmark when by Maurices P ath in July 1553 he became elector of Saxony.
		Augustus also entered ci to communication with the Huguenots; but his aversion to m reign complications prevailed, and the incipient friendship p1 ith the elector palatine soon gave way to serious dislike.
		Augustus, who showed neither talent r inclination fOr government, was content to leave Poland ider the influence of Russia, and Saxony to the rule of his inisters.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AU/AUGUSTUS_II_FREDERICK_AUGUSTUS_I_.htm (2115 words)

	Sigismund II of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sigismund II Augustus (1520-1572), Polish: Zygmunt II August, was the only son of Sigismund I the Old., King of Poland, whom he succeeded in 1548, and Bona Sforza.
		A far less imposing figure than his father, the elegant and refined Sigismund II was nevertheless an even greater statesman than the stern and majestic Sigismund I.
		Sigismund II died at his beloved Knyszyn on July 6, 1572, at the age of 52.
	www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Sigismund_II_of_Poland (849 words)

	Augustus III of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Augustus III the Saxon or the Corpulent (Polish: August III Sas, August III Gruby) (1696-1763), the King of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1734-1763), and also elector of Saxony (1733-1763, as Friedrich August II)
		Friedrich August II Wettin was born in Dresden in 1696 as son of August II the Strong, Imperial Prince-Elector of Saxony and King of Poland.
		August II was disinterested in the affairs of his Polish dominion, which he viewed mostly as a source of funds and resources for strenghtening his power in Saxony.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frederick_Augustus_II_of_Poland (391 words)

	Encyclopedia: Augustus II of Poland
		Charles defeated Augustus at Riga on June 17, 1701, forcing the Polish-Saxon army to withdraw from Livonia, and followed this up by an invasion of Poland, seizing Warsaw on May 14, 1702, defeating the Polish-Saxon army again at Kliszow, and seizing Cracow.
		Casimir I on Jan Matejkos painting Casimir I, the Restorer (Polish: Kazimierz I Odnowiciel) (1015- 1058), duke of Poland, was the son of Mieszko II of Poland and Rixa von Lothringen.
		Boleslaus II the Bald (BolesÅ‚aw II Åysy Rogatka) (1220/5 - December 26, 1278) - High-Duke of Poland in 1241.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Augustus-II-of-Poland (4878 words)

	Stanislaus II Augustus Poniatowski, King of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Stanislaus Augustus (born Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski; January 17, 1732, Wołczyn, Poland - February 12, 1798, St. Petersburg, Russia) was the last king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1764-1795).
		He was the son of Stanislaw Poniatowski, Castellan of Kraków, and brother of Michal Jerzy Poniatowski, primate of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland.
		He protested the first partition of Poland (1772); but being powerless to do anything about it, and in the face of implacable opposition from Polish magnates, he was obliged to place his reliance in Russia's German ambassador,.
	www.butte-silverbow.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Stanislaus_II_of_Poland (971 words)

	War of the Polish Succession - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The War of the Polish Succession (1733-1738) was a European war and a Polish civil war, with considerable interference from other countries, to determine the succession to Augustus II, King of Poland, as well as an attempt by the Bourbon powers to check the power of Austria in western Europe.
		Augustus II died on February 1, 1733, and the Polish nobles, led by primate Teodor Potocki, gathered for the election.
		Augustus was confirmed as king of Poland, Stanislas being compensated with the Duchy of Lorraine (which would thus pass, on his death, through his daughter to the French), while the former Duke of Lorraine, Francis Stephen, was made heir to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, which he inherited in 1737.
	www.sevenhills.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/War_of_the_Polish_Succession (1165 words)

	Boleslaw of POLAND - King Sigismund II Augustus of POLAND
		\-Adelheid of HUNGARY Casimir of POLAND \-Salome of BERG-SCHELKLINGEN
		\-Adelheid of HUNGARY Dobronega (Liutgard) of POLAND \-Salome of BERG-SCHELKLINGEN
		\-Adelheid of HUNGARY Gertrud of POLAND \-Salome of BERG-SCHELKLINGEN
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	Augustus, II Biography / Biography of Augustus, II Biography Biography
		Augustus II (1670-1733), called Augustus the Strong, was elector of Saxony and king of Poland.
		On May 12, 1670, Augustus was born Frederick August of Wettin, in Dresden, the second son of the Saxon elector John George III.
		In September 1706, after occupying Poland and invading Saxony, Charles XII forced Augustus to renounce the Polish crown and recognize Stanislas in the Treaty of Altranstädt.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-augustus-ii/index.html (549 words)

	Historical Documents of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Brief Descriptions
		Augustus II (Augustus II), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, confirms all the privileges of his predecessors granted to the barbers-surgeons' guild of Vilnius (Vilna).
		Augustus III (Augustus III), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, confirms all the privileges of his predecessors granted to the Vilnius City and its residents.
		Augustus III (Augustus III), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, confirms all the privileges of his predecessors granted to the barbers-surgeons' guild of Vilnius.
	pergamentai.mch.mii.lt /IstoriniaiLietDok/istoriniailietdok_12en.en.htm (741 words)

	August II of Poland : Frederick Augustus I of Poland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		August II (also called Augustus II the Strong or August II Mocny) was born on May 12, 1670 to III Wettin">John George III Wettin, elector of Saxony and Anne Sophie of Denmark.
		Following the death of the Polish king III Sobieski">John III Sobieski, from 1697-1704 and from 1709-1733 he was the king of Poland as August II of Poland.
		It was once written that Augustus II ‘had as many bastards as there are days in the year, minus one’..
	www.city-search.org /fr/frederick-augustus-i-of-poland.html (554 words)

	AllRefer.com - Augustus II (Polish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Augustus II 1670–1733, king of Poland (1697–1733) and, as Frederick Augustus I, elector of Saxony (1694–1733).
		With help from Patkul, Augustus allied himself (1699) with Peter I of Russia and Frederick IV of Denmark for an attack on young Charles XII of Sweden.
		After his death, the ascension of his son and successor in Saxony, Augustus III, to the Polish throne was unsuccessfully contested by Stanislaus I, who was backed by France.
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	Northern War. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The outbreak of the war was preceded by the alliance (1699) of Peter I, Frederick IV of Denmark, and Augustus II of Poland (who was also elector of Saxony) against Charles XII, whose youth and inexperience they hoped would make him an easy victim.
		Invading Poland, Charles took Warsaw and Cracow (1702), secured the election of Stanislaus I as king of Poland (1704), followed Augustus into Saxony, and forced him to break his alliance with Russia and to recognize Stanislaus as king by the Treaty of Altranstädt (1706).
		While Charles was stubbornly refusing to leave Turkey, Augustus II took advantage of his absence; he invaded (1709) Poland and expelled Stanislaus I, while Peter I completed the conquest of Swedish Livonia, Ingermanland, and Karelia.
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	August II of Poland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		King August II The Strong (Polish August II Mocny) (May 12, 1670 - February 1, 1733) was an influential Polish nobleman and monarch.
		As a result of defeats in the war with Sweden and the pro-Swedish party in Poland, August had to abdicate in 1706 in favour of Stanislaw Leszczynski.
		Although this figure would be extremely difficult to verify, August II did sire a very large number of illegitimate children, the most famous of which was Maurice de Saxe (with Aurora von Königsmarck), the brilliant French military commander.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/august_ii_of_poland (450 words)

	AUGUSTUS III. (FREDERICK AUGUSTUS II.) - LoveToKnow Article on AUGUSTUS III. (FREDERICK AUGUSTUS II.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		ie alliance with Kussia was renewed and in reply Charles pi vaded Saxony in 1706, and compelled the elector to sign the m laty of Altranstdt in September of that year, to recognize ui anislaus Leszczynski as his successor in Poland, and to abandon m e Russian alliance.
		During the War of the Spanish Succession, a igustus fought with the imperialists in the Netherlands, but ter the defeat of Charles XII.
		He was a man of cx- B] tvagant and luxurious tastes, and, although he greatly improved e city of Dresden, he cannot be called a good ruler.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AU/AUGUSTUS_III_FREDERICK_AUGUSTUS_II_.htm (833 words)

	ABSOLUTELY TLC MY WAY: LLADRO AT ITS FINEST...
		As a consequence of Bottger's discovery, Augustus II of Poland founded the Meissen factory in 1710.
		The development of porcelain production owes much to various persona, not least Augustus II of Poland, but also to Madame de Pompadour in France, a favorite of King Louis XV, who influenced the decoration of French Porcelain with her own style.
		His wife was Queen Maria Amalia, daughter of Augustus III of Poland and granddaughter of Augustus II of Poland (Augustus the Strong), founder of Meissen.
	www.tlcmyway.com /lladro/lladro.htm (1481 words)

	Augustus II -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Though he regained Poland's former provinces of Podolia and the Ukraine, his reign marked the beginning of Poland's decline as a European power.
		king of Poland and elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus II), whose reign witnessed one of the greatest periods of disorder within Poland.
		Called Philip Augustus (from the Latin augere, “to increase”) because he enlarged the boundaries of the state, Philip II was a contemporary of Richard the Lion-Hearted of England and the Holy Roman emperor Frederick I (Frederick Barbarossa).
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9011258?tocId=9011258 (844 words)

	Classical Net - Music of the Augustan Age - Historical Background
		Paradoxically the temporary loss of Poland (which he regained in 1710) made it necessary for the King to prove to the Papal Curia that his conversion was more than skin deep.
		In 1711, against her wishes the Crown Prince, the future Friedrich Augustus II (King Augustus III of Poland) was sent on the Grand Tour surrounded by a Catholic entourage.
		Augustus the Strong fearing unrest in Saxony, kept the news of this conversion a secret until 1717 by which time the Catholic destiny of the ruling house was an irreversible fait accompli.
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	Polish Succession, War of the on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		On the death (1733) of Augustus II of Poland, Stanislaus I sought to reascend the Polish throne.
		The rival candidate for the throne was the son of Augustus II, the elector of Saxony, who was supported by Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and by Anna of Russia.
		Stanislaus was elected by a majority of the Polish nobles, but a minority proclaimed the elector of Saxony king of Poland as Augustus III.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/PolishS1u.asp (489 words)

	Stanislaus II Augustus Poniatowski, King of Poland - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		He protested the first partition of Poland (1772); but being powerless to do anything about it, and in the face of implacable opposition from Polish magnates, he was obliged to place his reliance in Russia's German ambassador, Otto Magnus Stackelberg.
		In 1938 his remains were transferred to a church at Wołczyn, his birthplace, and in 1995 to St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw, where on May 3, 1791, he had celebrated the adoption, earlier that day, of the Constitution that he co-authored.
		Stanislaus II Augustus Poniatowski, King of Poland, Royal titles, Biography, See also and References.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Stanislaw_August (976 words)

	Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg1583 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Wladyslaw IV Sigismund of Poland VASA [Parents] was born 9 Jun 1595.
		Sigismund II Augustus of POLAND [Parents] was born 2 Aug 1520.
		Vladislas II of BOHEMIA was born 1 Mar 1456 and died 13 Mar 1516.
	www.peterwestern.f9.co.uk /maximilia/pafg1583.htm (281 words)

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