Augustus III of Poland

Augustus II of Poland Frederick Augustus II, (Elector) of Saxony
Portrait of by Louis de Silvestre, 1727 and after 1733
King of Poland Grand Duke of Lithuania Contested by Stanisław I until 26 January 1736
Reign	5 October 1733 — 5 October 1763 Contested by Stanisław I until 26 January 1736
Coronation	17 January 1734 Wawel Cathedral, Kraków
Predecessor	Stanisław I
Successor	Stanisław II Augustus
Elector of Saxony as Frederick Augustus II
Reign	1 February 1733 — 5 October 1763
Predecessor	Frederick Augustus I
Successor	Frederick Christian
Born	(1696-10-17)17 October 1696 Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Died	5 October 1763(1763-10-05) (aged 66) Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Spouse	Maria Josepha of Austria ​ ​ (m. 1719; died 1757)​
Issue Detail, …among others[a]	Frederick August of Saxony Joseph August of Saxony Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony Maria Amalia, Queen of Spain Maria Margaretha of Saxony Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony Francis Xavier of Saxony Maria, Dauphine of France Charles, Duke of Courland Maria Christina of Saxony Maria Elisabeth of Saxony Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony Maria Kunigunde of Saxony
House	Wettin
Father	Augustus II of Poland
Mother	Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
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Augustus III, Frederick Augustus II (17 October 1696 — 5 October 1763) was the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1 October 1733 until his death in 1763. He was the only legitimate son of Augustus II the Strong of Poland. He was adapted to Catholicism in 1712 to secure his position for the Polish throne. In 1719 he married Maria Josepha of Austria, a daughter of Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor and sister of the Holy Roman Empress Maria Amalia, and became the Elector of Saxony in 1733 following his father's death. He gained support of Joseph's brother Charles VI by agreeing the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 and also gained recognition from Russian Empress Anna by supporting Russia's claim to the region of Courland. He was elected king of Poland by a small minority on 5 October 1733 and afterwards banished the former Polish king Stanisław I. He was crowned in Kraków on 17 January 1734.

Royal titles

Royal titles in Latin: Augustus tertius, Dei gratia rex Poloniae, magnus dux Lithuaniæ, Russiæ, Prussiæ, Masoviæ, Samogitiæ, Kijoviæ, Volhiniæ, Podoliæ, Podlachiæ, Livoniæ, Smolensciæ, Severiæ, Czerniechoviæque, nec non-hæreditarius dux Saxoniæ et princeps elector etc.

English translation: August III, by the grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Kiev, Volhynia, Podolia, Podlachia, Livonia, Smolensk, Severia, Chernihiv, and also hereditary Duke of Saxony and Prince-Elector, etc.

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