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**August II Mocny**

First Reign	From 1697 until 1706
Second Reign	From 1709 until February 1, 1733
Elected	In 1697 in Poland.
Coronation	?
Royal House	Wettin
Predecessor	Jan III Sobieski, Stanislaw I Leszczynski
Successor	Stanislaw I Leszczynski
Parents	John George III Wettin. Anne Sophie .
Consorts	?
Children	August III Sas Maurice de Saxe
Date of Birth	May 12, 1670
Place of Birth	Dresden, SaxonyState Service Flag Civil Flag Statistics Capital: Dresden Area:18,338 km² Inhabitants:4,600,000 2000 pop. density:251 inh. km² Homepage: ISO 3166-2:DE-SN Politics Minister-President: Georg Milbradt ( CDU) Ruling party: CDU/ SPD Map With an area of 18,400, (now GermanyThe Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland is one of the world's leading industrialized countries, located in the middle of the European Union. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east).
Date of Death	February 1, 1733
Place of Death	WarsawWarsaw ( Polish: see also other names in full The Capital City of Warsaw Polish: Miasto Stoleczne Warszawa is the capital of Poland and its largest city. It is located on the Vistula river roughly 350 km from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian M, PolandThe Republic of Poland a country in Central Europe, lies between Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania and Russia (in the form of the Kaliningrad Oblast exclave) t.

August II Mocny

First Reign

From 1697
until 1706

Second Reign

From 1709
until February 1, 1733

Elected

In 1697 in Poland.

Coronation

Royal House

Wettin

Predecessor

Jan III Sobieski, Stanislaw I Leszczynski

Successor

Stanislaw I Leszczynski

Parents

John George III Wettin.
Anne Sophie .

Consorts

Children

August III Sas
Maurice de Saxe

Date of Birth

May 12, 1670

Place of Birth

Dresden, SaxonyState Service Flag Civil Flag Statistics Capital: Dresden Area:18,338 km² Inhabitants:4,600,000 2000 pop. density:251 inh. km² Homepage: ISO 3166-2:DE-SN Politics Minister-President: Georg Milbradt ( CDU) Ruling party: CDU/ SPD Map With an area of 18,400, (now GermanyThe Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland is one of the world's leading industrialized countries, located in the middle of the European Union. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east).

Date of Death

February 1, 1733

Place of Death

WarsawWarsaw ( Polish: see also other names in full The Capital City of Warsaw Polish: Miasto Stoleczne Warszawa is the capital of Poland and its largest city. It is located on the Vistula river roughly 350 km from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian M, PolandThe Republic of Poland a country in Central Europe, lies between Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania and Russia (in the form of the Kaliningrad Oblast exclave) t.

King August II The Strong ( GermanGerman (called Deutsch in German in which germanisch refers to prechristian times), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and one of the world's major languages. It is the language with the most native speakers in the European Union. August II der Starke, Polish August II Mocny) ( May 12, 1670 - February 1, 1733) was an influential Saxon nobleman and monarch. He held the titles Elector of Saxony and King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

1 Biography

Born in Dresden, Saxony, August was the son of John George III Wettin and Anne Sophie of Denmark. In 1694, he became Elector of Saxony as Kurfürst Friedrich August I. von Sachsen. Following the death of the Polish king John III Sobieski, August was converted to Catholicism and elected king of Poland in 1697 with the help and support of Russia and Austria. The legality of the election was questioned by some Poles.

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. But after the Swedish defeat in the Battle of Poltava, he was reintroduced as King of Poland in 1709. One of his sons, August III of Poland, followed him as Elector of Saxony and King of Poland.

August II was called August the Strong for his bearlike strength and also for his numerous offspring. It is sometimes written that he sired 365 children. Although this figure would be extremely difficult to verify, August II did father a very large number of illegitimate children, the most famous of whom was Maurice de Saxe (with Aurora von Königsmarck ), the brilliant French military commander.

He successfully set out to discover the secret of the "White Gold", as the porcelain he eventually produced in Dresden and Meissen was called. He also gathered many of the best architects and painters from all over Europe in Dresden, and his rule marks the beginning of Dresden's development as a leading centre of technology and art. August's body was buried in Poland --all but his heart, which is in Dresden castle.

2 Royal titles:

Official Latin version: Augustus Secundus, Dei Gratia rex Poloniae, magnus dux Lithuaniae, Russie, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samogitiae, Livoniae, Kijoviae, Volhyniae, Podoliae, Smolensciae, Severiae, Czerniechoviaeque, nec non haereditarius dux Saxoniae et princeps elector etc.

English translation: August II, by God's grace King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia ( Ukraine), Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Livonia, Kyiv, Volhynia, Podolia, Smolensk, Sewierz and, Czernichow, an also hereditary duke of Saxony and prince elector, etc.

Preceded by: John III	King of Poland First Reign	Succeeded by: Stanislaus I
Stanislaus I	King of Poland Second Reign	Stanislaus I

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