Friedrich August Joseph Maria Anton Johann Nepomuk Aloys Xaver
(August II)
"król Polski, Kurfürst von Sachsen, the Strong"
von Sachsen
formerly Wettin
Born in Dresden, Kurfürstentum Sachsen, Heiliges Römisches Reich
Ancestors 
Brother of
Johann Georg (Wettin) von Sachsen
Husband of
Christiane Eberhardine (Hohenzollern) von Brandenburg-Bayreuth
— married
20 Jan 1693 in Bayreuth, Markgrafschaft Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Heiliges Römisches Reich
Descendants 
Father of
Friedrich August (Wettin) Sachsen, Hermann Moritz (von Sachsen) de Saxe, Friedrich August Rutowski, Johann Georg von Sachsen, Maria Aurora (Rutowska) von Bellegarde, Anna Carolina (Orzelska) von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Augusta Anna Konstancja (Cosel) von Friesen, Friederike Alexandrine (Cosel) Moszyńska and Friedrich August (Cosel) von Cosel
Died
at age 62
in Warszawa, Polska
Profile last modified
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| Preceded by Jan III Stanisław I |
Król Polski 1697 - 1706 1709 - 1733 |
Succeeded by Stanisław I Stanisław I |
| Preceded by Johann Georg IV |
Kurfürst von Sachsen 1694 - 1733 |
Succeeded by Friedrich August II |
Biography
August II, Król Polski, King of Poland, König von Polen.
Frederick-August II of Saxony, nicknamed "August der Starke", Elector of Saxony, also August II, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, was the son of John Wettin and Anne Oldenberg.
- Elector and Duke of Saxony from 1694 to his death, as Frederick Augustus I (Friedrich August I, Kurfürst und Herzog von Sachsen)
- King of Poland and Lithunia, as August II, from 1697.
Legal Mistresses
1700-1705 Ursula Katharina von Altenbockum
Sources
- Seite „August II. (Polen)“. In: Wikipedia, Die freie Enzyklopädie. Bearbeitungsstand: 19. August 2017, 00:45 UTC. URL: https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=August_II._(Polen)&oldid=168270596 (Abgerufen: 19. August 2017, 08:23 UTC)
- Find A Grave: Memorial #14200280 Retrieved 22 sep 2016.
- Wikidata: Item Q53437
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Isabelle (Rassinot) Martin
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Isabelle (Rassinot) Martin
Most of the spouses are mistresses and should be removed as wives. Thank you!
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Isabelle (Rassinot) Martin
Wettyn-3 and Wettin-42 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicate, please keep German version
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