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Augustus III of Poland
King of Poland, Elector of Saxony (1696-1763)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 17 October 1696
- Died
- 5 October 1763
- Place of birth
- Dresden
- Place of death
- Dresden
- Sex or gender
- male
- Father
- Augustus II the Strong
- Spouse
- Maria Josepha of Austria
- Child
- Friedrich Christian I, Elector of Saxony, Maria Amalia of Saxony, Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony, Marie Josèphe of Saxony, Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, Princess Maria Christina of Saxony, Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen, Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony, Maria Kunigunde of Saxony, Maria Margaretha of Saxony, Princess Maria Elisabeth of Saxony
- Sibling
- Maria Anna Katharina Rutowska, Anna Karolina Orzelska, Friederike Alexandrine Moszyńska, Frederick Augustus Rutowsky, Maurice de Saxe, Johann Georg, Chevalier de Saxe, Friedrich August Cosel
- Occupation
- monarch
- Position held
- Prince-Elector of Saxony, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania
- Citizenship
- Electorate of Saxony, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Awards
- Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, Order of the Black Eagle, Order of the White Eagle (Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth), Order of St. Andrew, Military Order of St. Henry, Order of the Elephant, Order of the White Eagle (Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth)
- candidacy in election
- 1733 Polish–Lithuanian royal election
- described by source
- Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyklopedja Kościelna, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Polish Biographical Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Dresdner Hefte
- languages spoken, written or signed
- German
- member of family
- House of Wettin
- name in native language
- August III
- noble title
- Grand Duke of Lithuania
- place of burial
- Dresden Cathedral
- replaces
- Stanisław Leszczyński
- topic's main category
- Category:Augustus III of Poland
Connected on Wikidata
Subject of
- Portrait of Augustus III of Poland
- King August III in Polish costume by Louis de Silvestre
- Portrait of Augustus III (1696–1763), King of Poland
- Friedrich August II., Kurfürst von Sachsen
- Elector Friedrich August II of Saxony, as King Augustus III of Poland (1696-1763)
- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Augustus III.
- Aus der Zeit August’s des Dritten
- Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Frederick Augustus II.
- The New International Encyclopædia/Augustus II., Frederick
- Fredrik August II/August III (1696-1763), kurfurste av Sachsen, kung av Polen, g.m. Maria Josefa, ärkehertiginna av Österrike
- Portrait of Frederick Augustus of Saxony (1696-1763).
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