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Augustus II the Strong

Augustus II the Strong

Augustus II the Strong (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733), was Elector of Saxony as Frederick Augustus I from 1694 as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1697 to 1706 and from 1709 until his death in 1733. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin.

Augustus' great physical strength earned him the nicknames "the Strong", "the Saxon Hercules" and "Iron-Hand". He liked to show that he lived up to his name by breaking horseshoes with his bare hands and engaging in fox tossing by holding the end of his sling with just one finger while two of the strongest men in his court held the other end. He is also notable for fathering a very large number of children, with contemporary sources claiming a total of between 360 and 380.

In order to be elected king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Augustus converted to Roman Catholicism. As a Catholic, he received the Order of the Golden Fleece from the Holy Roman Emperor and established the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest distinction. As elector of Saxony, he is perhaps best remembered as a patron of the arts and architecture. He transformed the Saxon capital of Dresden into a major cultural centre, attracting artists from across Europe to his court. Augustus also amassed an impressive art collection and built lavish baroque palaces in Dresden and Warsaw. In 1711 he served as the Imperial vicar of the Holy Roman Empire.

His reigns brought Poland some troubled times. He led the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Great Northern War, which allowed the Russian Empire to strengthen its influence in Europe, especially within Poland. His main pursuit was bolstering royal power in the Commonwealth, characterized by broad decentralization in comparison with other European monarchies. In order to reduce the autonomy of the Commonwealth's subjects he used foreign powers, leading to destabilization of the country. Augustus ruled Poland with an interval; in 1704 the Swedes installed nobleman Stanisław Leszczyński as king, who officially reigned from 1706 to 1709 and after Augustus' death in 1733 which sparked the War of the Polish Succession.

Augustus' body was buried in Poland's royal Wawel Cathedral in Kraków, but his heart rests in the Dresden Cathedral. His only legitimate son, Augustus III of Poland, became king in 1733.

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Erdmuta Zofia von Dieskau

Erdmuta Zofia von Dieskau

Erdmuta Zofia von Dieskau (1698-1767), was a Polish aristocrat. She replaced Marianna Denhoff as the mistress of Augustus II the Strong in 1719 and was replaced by Henrietta von Osterhausen in 1720.

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Augustus II the Strong

Augustus II the Strong
 

Maria Aurora von Königsmarck

Maria Aurora von Königsmarck
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Augustus II the Strong

Augustus II the Strong
 

Henriette Rénard

Henriette Rénard
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Augustus II the Strong

Augustus II the Strong
 

Anna Constantia von Brockdorff

Anna Constantia von Brockdorff
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Augustus II the Strong

Augustus II the Strong
 

Ursula Katharina of Altenbockum

Ursula Katharina of Altenbockum

Ursula Katharina of Altenbockum, divorced Princess Lubomirska, married Duchess von Württemberg-Winnental (Polish: Urszula Katarzyna Lubomirska z domu Bokum; 25 November 1680 – 4 May 1743), later Imperial Princess of Teschen (German: Reichsfürstin von Teschen), was a Polish-German noblewoman and mistress of Augustus II the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, in 1700-1705. In 1722 she married Prince Frederick Louis of Württemberg-Winnental.

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Augustus II the Strong

Augustus II the Strong
 

Marianna Denhoff

Marianna Denhoff

Marianna Denhoff (1685–1730), also Maria Magdalena, Gräfin von Dönhoff, née Bielińska, was a German-Polish aristocrat. She was the daughter of Kazimierz Ludwik Bieliński, a noble, politician, and diplomat and Ludwika Maria Morsztyn, daughter of Jan Andrzej Morsztyn.

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Augustus II the Strong

Augustus II the Strong
 

Emerencjanna Pociej

Emerencjanna Pociej
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Augustus II the Strong

Augustus II the Strong
 

Maria Aurora von Spiegel

Maria Aurora von Spiegel
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Augustus II the Strong

Augustus II the Strong
 

Henrietta von Osterhausen

Henrietta von Osterhausen
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Augustus II the Strong

Augustus II the Strong
 

Angélique Debargues

Angélique Debargues

Angélique Debargues (died 1724), was a French ballerina. She is known as the mistress of Augustus II the Strong in the 1710s.

Debargues was a prominent ballerina and a star of the French company at the royal court in 1709-1724, during which she was described as the most noted ballerina in the French theater in Dresden, Germany.

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Augustus II the Strong

Augustus II the Strong
 

Zofia Eleonora Klengel

Zofia Eleonora Klengel (1674-1755), was a German aristocrat. She is known as the first known mistress of Augustus II the Strong in 1692–1695.

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Augustus II the Strong

Augustus II the Strong
 

Anna Aloysia Maximiliane von Lamberg

Anna Aloysia Maximiliane von Lamberg

Anna Aloysia Maximiliane Louise von Lamberg (b. 1676 - d. 28 June 1738) was an Austrian countess who was successively the mistress of Augustus II the Strong, King of Poland, and Aleksander Benedykt Sobieski. She is known to history as Countess Esterle.

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