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Augustus II, king of Poland and elector of Saxony. Though he regained Poland’s former provinces of Podolia and Ukraine, his reign marked the beginning of Poland’s decline as a European power. His hopes of establishing a strong Polish monarchy came to naught and his death triggered the War of the Polish Succession.
4 ott 2023 · Augustus II, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania Rules Without a Queen. Frederick Augustus' conversion caused dissent among the people of Saxony, but it won him his prize in the Catholic Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania as King Augustus II. Christiane never travelled to Poland or Lithuania, and she was not accorded a ceremonial crowning.
20 October 1139 – 1142. son of Otto the Rich and grandson of Magnus Billung; also Margrave of Brandenburg. Welf Dynasty. Henry the Lion. 1142–1180. son of Henry the Proud and grandson of Lothair III; also Duke of Bavaria. With the removal of the Welfs in 1180, the Duchy of Saxony was sharply reduced in territory.
Augustus II the Strong. Augustus II the Strong [a] (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733), was Elector of Saxony 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 ...
6 set 2019 · Media in category "Augustus I, Elector of Saxony". The following 44 files are in this category, out of 44 total. 00969-Meißen-1899-Albrechtsburg-Brück & Sohn Kunstverlag.jpg 1,517 × 1,000; 507 KB. 25604-Meißen-1931-Albrechtsburg, Vater August und Mutter Anna-Brück & Sohn Kunstverlag.jpg 1,533 × 1,000; 458 KB.
Carola of Vasa ( Caroline Friederike Franziska Stephanie Amalie Cäcilie; 5 August 1833 – 15 December 1907), was by birth a titular princess of Sweden and styled Princess of Vasa as member of the House of Holstein-Gottorp, and by marriage the last queen consort of Saxony . At the side of her husband, Carola dedicated herself to the charitable ...
Karl August, sometimes anglicised as Charles Augustus (3 September 1757 – 14 June 1828), was the sovereign Duke of Saxe-Weimar and of Saxe-Eisenach (in personal union) from 1758, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach from its creation (as a political union) in 1809, and grand duke from 1815 until his death. He is noted for the intellectual brilliance ...
