Augustus III of Poland

Frederick Augustus II, Elector of Saxony
Frederick Augustus II, Elector of Saxony
Elector of Saxony
	1 February 1733-5 October 1763
Predecessor	Frederick Augustus the Strong
Successor	Frederick Christian
Born	17 October 1696; Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Died	5 October 1763 (aged 66); Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Spouse	Maria Josepha of Austria (m. 1719; died 1757)
Issue; Detail, …among others[a]	Frederick August of Saxony; Joseph August of Saxony; Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony; Maria Amalia, Queen of Spain; Maria Margaretha of Saxony; Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony; Francis Xavier of Saxony; Maria, Dauphine of France; Charles, Duke of Courland; Maria Christina of Saxony; Maria Elisabeth of Saxony; Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen; Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony; Maria Kunigunde of Saxony
House	Wettin
Father	Frederick Augustus I
Mother	Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Religion	Lutheran (1696-1712) Catholic (1712-1763)
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Frederick Augustus II^[b] (17 October 1696 — 5 October 1763) was the only legitimate son of Augustus II the Strong of Poland. He was adapted to Catholicism in 1712. In 1719 he married Maria Josepha of Austria, a daughter of Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor and sister of Maria Amalia, Consort of Bavaria and became the Elector of Saxony in 1733 following his father's death. He gained support of Joseph's brother Charles VI by agreeing the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 and also gained recognition from Russian Empress Anna by supporting Russia's claim to the region of Courland.^[3]

Augustus III Of Poland Media

Reception of Augustus at Versailles by Louis XIV, 1714
Wedding reception of Augustus III and Maria Josepha at the Zwinger Palace in Dresden, 1719
Royal Monogram of King Augustus III of Poland.
Coronation mantle of Augustus III, National Museum in Warsaw
Royal Polish Regalia of Augustus III, made around the time of the Succession War
Count von Brühl exhibiting his extravagant Meissen porcelain. Brühl was the viceroy of Poland and headed the Saxon court.
View of Dresden's Neumarkt in 1747, by Bernardo Bellotto
Augustus III by Rotari, 1755

↑ They had 16 children but only 14 or 15 recognized by historians.^[1]^[2]
↑ He was also the Elector of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire as Frederick Augustus II

↑ Flathe, Heinrich Theodor. Friedrich August II., Kurfürst von Sachsen (in de). Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) 7 (1878). Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. p. 784–86..
↑ Staszewski, Jacek. August III. Kurfürst von Sachsen und König von Polen (in de) (1996). Berlin: Akademie-Verlag. ISBN 3-05-002600-6..
↑ Augustus III | king of Poland and elector of Saxony. Encyclopædia Britannica.