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 | | In 1732 Empress Anna of Russia, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and King Frederick William I of Prussia, irritated with Augustus but unwilling to allow Stanislas to become king, decided to jointly back the candidacy of Emmanuel of Portugal for the Polish throne. |
 | | 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. |
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