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	Augustus II of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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.
		Augustus defeated in the election other candidates: Jakub Ludwik Sobieski, son of the previous king, and the candidate from France, François Louis, Prince of Conti.
	www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Augustus_II_of_Poland (892 words)

	AUGUSTUS II. (FREDERICK AUGUSTUS I.) - LoveToKnow Article on AUGUSTUS II. (FREDERICK AUGUSTUS I.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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 of 3ered the leaders of the Crypto-Calvinists to be seized, and they Sa re tortured and imprisoned.
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		Augustus III Augustus III, 1696-1763, king of Poland (1735-63) and, as Frederick Augustus II, elector of Saxony (1733-63); son of Augustus II, whom he succeeded in Saxony.
		Augustus II Augustus II, 1670-1733, king of Poland (1697-1733) and, as Frederick Augustus I, elector of Saxony (1694-1733).
		Augustus Augustusôgŭs´tes, egŭs´-, 63 BC-AD 14, first Roman emperor, a grandson of the sister of Julius Caesar.
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	Wenceslaus III of Bohemia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Wenceslaus III Premyslid (Czech and Slovak Václav, Hungarian Vencel), (October 6, 1289 – August 4, 1306) was the king of Hungary (1301 - 1305) and king of Bohemia (1305 - 1306).
		Wenceslaus III was the son of Wenceslaus II, King of Bohemia and Poland, and Judith von Habsburg, the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf I.
		Wenceslaus III, however, wanted to claim his hereditary right to the Polish throne, but was murdered under mysterious circumstances in Olomouc, Moravia on August 4, 1306 while on a campaign to Poland.
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	AUGUSTUS III. (FREDERICK AUGUSTUS II.) - LoveToKnow Article on AUGUSTUS III. (FREDERICK AUGUSTUS II.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Aided F~ the Russians, his troops drove Stanislaus Leszczynski from pr land; Augustus was crowned at Cracow in January 1734, b~ d was generally recognized as king at Warsaw in June 1736.
		in October 1740, Augustus was L song the enemies of his daughter Maria Theresa, and, as a at ti-in.-law of the emperor Joseph I., claimed a portion of the D ibsburg territories.
		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_III_FREDERICK_AUGUSTUS_II_.htm (833 words)

	Encyclopedia: Augustus III of Poland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Marie-JosÃ¨phe of Saxony, (4 November 1731-13 March 1767), Dauphiness of France, was the daughter of Augustus II, Prince-Elector of Saxony and king of Poland, and Marie Josefa of Austria, (1699-1757), the daughter of Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor.
		Boleslaus III on a painting by Jan Matejko Boleslaus III the Wrymouth (Polish: BolesÅ‚aw III Krzywousty), (1086-1138) was duke of Poland from 1102.
		WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw III Laskonogi Wladislaus III Spindleshanks (Polish: WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw III Laskonogi) was the duke of the Greater Poland province and the high duke of the whole Poland in 1202-1206 and 1227-1228.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Augustus-III-of-Poland (4611 words)

	Augustus III of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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.
		Maria Anna Sophia (1728-1797) - married Maximilian III, Elector of Bavaria
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/August_III_of_Poland (391 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.
		After the death, in 1696, of John III Sobieski, the King of Poland (Augustus) was separated by a wide strip of Austrian and Prussian territory.
	www.angelfire.com /mi4/polcrt/AugustII.html (1177 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.
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	Augustus III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Augustus III (1696-1763), the son of Augustus II, elector of Saxony and king of Poland from 1733.
		Augustus was an indolent and incapable monarch, but he did enjoy popularity among certain sections of the gentry, because he did not interfere in state affairs and tolerated the licence of the magnates and their lesser peers.
		During the times of Augustus III, the Enlightenment ideas began reaching Poland and the first projects for the reform of the state were drawn up, though without any involvement on the part of the king.
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	War of the Polish Succession (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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 I, Holy Roman EmperorFrancis Stephen, was made heir to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, which he inherited in 1737.
		Charles III of SpainDon Charles/ was forced to give up not only his rights to Tuscany but also his previous Duchy of Parma, which was given to the Austirans, but he was richly compensated by being confirmed instead as king of Naples and Sicily.
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	Stanislaus I Leszczynski of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 1703 he joined the Lithuanian Confederacy, which the Sapiehas with the aid of Swedish gold had formed against Augustus, and in the following year was selected by Charles XII of Sweden to supersede Augustus.
		On the restoration of Augustus, Stanisław resigned the Polish Crown (though he retained the royal title) in exchange for the little principality of Zweibrücken.
		His son-in-law supported his claims to the Polish throne after the death of Augustus II in 1733, which led to the War of the Polish Succession.
	www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Stanislaus_I_of_Poland (787 words)

	Outlines of Roman History, Chapter 23 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Augustus and the Senate.—Augustus showed his conciliatory policy in fixing the position which the senate was to assume in the new government.
		Augustus also laid the foundation of a sound financial system by making careful estimates of the revenues and expenditures of the state; and by raising and expending the public money in the most economical and least burdensome manner.
		The Frontiers of the Empire.—By the wars of Augustus, the boundaries of the empire were extended to the Rhine and the Danube (including the Alpine region) on the north, to the Atlantic Ocean on the west, to the desert of Africa on the south, and nearly to the Euphrates on the east.
	www.forumromanum.org /history/morey23.html (2937 words)

	Boleslaus III of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Boleslaus III the Wrymouth (Bolesław III Krzywousty), (1086-1138) was duke of Poland from 1102.
		He was a son of Ladislaus Herman of Poland and, daughter of emperor Henry III.
		Boleslaus III was thus the brother in law of emperor Henry IV.
	www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Boleslaus_III_of_Poland (361 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.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/Augustus2.html (365 words)

	AllEmpires - The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth (Full) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The last part of the reign of Augustus II, until his death in 1733, was for the country a real “dark age.” The growing opposition against the king, this time entirely justified by his desire to establish an absolute form of government and by his intrigues with Poland’s neighbors, made any constructive reform plan impossible.
		Stanislaw Leszczynski was given the Duchy of Lorraine as a consolation, and Augustus III ascended the Polish throne.
		Augustus III had realized some of those plans, but still Poland had become the Sick Man of Europe, a laughing stock to foreigners who believed strongly in progress and efficient government.
	www.allempires.com /empires/polish_lit_full/polish_lit3.htm (2662 words)

	John III Sobieski, King of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In a strange twist of events a statue of John III Sobieski was brought to the city of Gdansk by people from his native land (from Lwów), when they were resettled there.
		King John III Sobieski, nicknamed by the Turks the "Lion of Lechistan", and the last great king of Poland, died in Wilanów, Poland on June 17, 1696.
		King John III was succeeded by Augustus II, elector of Saxony who stayed in power primarily because of Russian support.
	www.leessummit.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/John_III_Sobieski,_King_of_Poland (823 words)

	poland
		Augustus II (1670-1733) `the Strong´ Elector of Saxony (1694-1733) and King of Poland (1697-1733).
		Augustus III (1696-1763) Elector of Saxony and King of Poland 1733-63.
		The son of King John III of Sweden and his wife Catherine, daughter of Sigismund I of Poland, Sigismund III was born June 20, 1566, in Gripsholm, Sweden.
	website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/poland.htm (4614 words)

	22ND GENERATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		King Frederick Augustus III of SAXONY was born in 1865 in Saxony - son of George.
		George of SAXONY was born in 1893 in Saxony - son of Frederick Augustus III.
		Ernest Henry of SAXONY was born in 1896 in Saxony - son of Frederick Augustus III.
	home.att.net /~hamiltonclan/hamilton/gilbert/d7528.htm (142 words)

	Gordian III, Roman Imperial Coins of, at WildWinds.com
		Gordian III and Tranquillina Æ 25mm of Thrace, Anchialos.
		Gordian III Æ 32mm of Antioch in Pisidia.
		Gordian III AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Syria, Seleukis and Pieria.
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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Philip II
		Despite the remonstrances of Celestine III, Philip, having imprisoned Ingeburga, married Agnes de Méran, daughter of a Bavarian nobleman.
		She died in August, 1201, and Innocent III consented to legitimize the two children she had borne the king, but Philip persisted that Rome should pronounce his divorce from Ingeburga, whom he held prisoner at Etampes.
		But the legate of Innocent III induced Philip to punish Ferrand, Count of Flanders, who was the ally of all the enemies of the king.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12001a.htm (2009 words)

	AllRefer.com - Augustus III (Polish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Augustus III 1696–1763, king of Poland (1735–63) and, as Frederick Augustus II, elector of Saxony (1733–63); son of Augustus II, whom he succeeded in Saxony.
		Elected king of Poland by a minority, he allied himself with Empress Anna of Russia and Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI in the War of the Polish Succession (1733–35) and secured the throne from Stanislaus I.
		His grandson became elector of Saxony (and later, as Frederick Augustus I, king), but Stanislaus II was elected king of Poland with Russian support.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/Augustus3.html (317 words)

	Auguste - Wikipédia
		Auguste (Caius Octavius Thurinus, puis Caius Julius Cæsar Octavianus, enfin Imperator Cæsar Divi Filius Augustus), d'abord appelé Octave puis Octavien, né en 63 av.
		Le terme Augustus est à forte connotation religieuse.
		Le mois d'août (augustus en latin) fut d'ailleurs baptisé ainsi en son honneur de même qu'auparavant, le mois de juillet (julius) rend hommage à Jules César.
	fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Auguste (1121 words)

	August II of Poland : Frederick Augustus I of Poland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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.
		One of his sons, III of Poland">Augustus III of Poland[?], followed him as Elector of Saxony and as King of Poland.
	www.city-search.org /fr/frederick-augustus-i-of-poland.html (554 words)

	Augustus -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The 24th vice-president of the United States was Garret Augustus Hobart, who served from 1897 to 1899 in the Republican administration of William McKinley.
		The son of a French shoemaker, Augustus Saint-Gaudens was part of a new movement in the arts in the late 19th century.
		Brownson was born on Sept. 16, 1803, in Stockbridge, Vt. He was ordained as a minister in both the Universalist church and the Unitarian church but became an independent...
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	saxony
		FREDERICK AUGUSTUS I, called The Just (1750- 1827), first king of Saxony (1806-27), and, as Frederick Augustus III, elector of Saxony (1763-1806), born in Dresden.
		FREDERICK AUGUSTUS II (1797-1854), king of Saxony (1836-54), nephew of King Frederick Augustus I and King Anthony (1755-1836), born in Dresden.
		Saxe was an illegitimate son of Frederick Augustus I, elector of Saxony (1694-1733) and, as Augustus II, king of Poland (1697-1733).
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