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9 mag 2024 · Augustus II (born May 12, 1670, Dresden, Saxony [Germany]—died February 1, 1733, Warsaw, Poland) was the king of Poland and elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus I). Though he regained Poland’s former provinces of Podolia and Ukraine, his reign marked the beginning of Poland’s decline as a European power.
- Frederick Augustus II
Frederick Augustus II was a reform-minded king of Saxony and...
- Frederick Augustus II
4 giorni fa · The electors of Saxony from John the Steadfast onwards were Lutheran until Augustus II of Saxony converted to Catholicism in order to be elected King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. His descendants (including all Kings of Saxony) have since been Catholic.
2 giorni fa · Sigismund III Vasa (Polish: Zygmunt III Waza, Lithuanian: Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to 1599.
- 19 August 1587 – 30 April 1632
- Catherine Jagiellon
30 apr 2024 · Sigismund III Vasa (born June 20, 1566, Gripsholm, Swed.—died April 30, 1632, Warsaw, Pol.) was the king of Poland (1587–1632) and of Sweden (1592–99) who sought to effect a permanent union of Poland and Sweden but instead created hostile relations and wars between the two states lasting until 1660.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
3 giorni fa · Poland, a country of central Europe, is located at a geographic crossroads that links the forested lands of northwestern Europe and the sea lanes of the Atlantic Ocean to the fertile plains of the Eurasian frontier. Poland’s capital city is Warsaw, and other important cities include Krakow and Gdansk.
6 giorni fa · The death of King Augustus III in 1763 sparked another succession crisis in Poland. This time, Stanisław August Poniatowski ascended to the Polish throne in 1764, particularly with the support of the Russian Empire. Poniatowski, a former lover of Russian Empress Catherine II, was installed on the throne to bolster Russia's influence over Poland.
Examples include the Giovanni Patrizi Naro Montoro marriage with Princess Cunegonda of Saxe-Lausitz nephew of Augustus III of Poland. First Prince of Arsoli Massimiliano Camillo Massimo (1770–1840), marriage with Princess Cristina of Saxony (1775–1837) in 1796, daughter of Xavier of Saxony, Prince of Poland and Lithuania, a younger son of King Augustus III of Poland,
