Augustus II the Strang (German: August II. der Starke; Pols: August II Mocny; Lithuanie: Augustas II; 12 Mey 1670 – 1 Februar 1733) o the Albertine line o the Hoose o Wettin wis Elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus I), Imperial Vicar an acame King o Poland an Grand Duke o Lithuanie (as Augustus II).

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Augustus II the Strang
Elector o Saxony
Ring27 Aprile 1694 – 1 Februar 1733
PredecessorJohn George IV
SuccessorAugustus III o Poland
King o Poland
Grand Duke o Lithuanie
Ring15 September 1697–1706
Coronation15 September 1697
Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland
PredecessorJohn III
SuccessorStanisław I
King o Poland
Reing1709 – 1 Februar 1733
PredecessorStanisław I
SuccessorStanisław I
Born12 Mey 1670(1670-05-12)
Dresden, Electorate o Saxony
Dee'd1 Februar 1733(1733-02-01) (aged 62)
Warsaw, Kinrick o Poland
BuirialKatholische Hofkirche, Dresden (hert)
Wawel Cathedral, Kraków (body)
SpouseChristiane Eberhardine o Brandenburg-Bayreuth
IssueAugustus III o Poland
Maurice de Saxe
Johann Georg, Chevalier de Saxe
Frederick Augustus Rutowsky
Maria Anna Katharina Rutowska
Anna Karolina, Coontess Orzelska
HooseHoose o Wettin
FaitherJohn George III, Elector o Saxony
MitherPrincess Anna Sophie o Denmark
ReleegionLutheranism (bi birth)
Roman Catholicism (bi conversion)
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