Augustus the Strong
Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, had one legitimate son. Wilhelmine of Bayreuth and others claimed he had 365 or 382 children in all; historians think the number greatly exaggerated.
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Augustus II the Strong
1670–1733 · Wettin
King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and Elector of Saxony. Born at Dresden. Died at Warsaw.
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Reigned
| 1694–1733 | Prince-Elector of Saxony |
| 1697–1733 | King of Poland |
Asked for gold, got porcelain
Augustus the Strong, always short of money, held the alchemist Johann Friedrich Böttger and demanded he make gold. Böttger is usually credited with discovering Europe's hard-paste porcelain instead, in 1708, and the Meissen factory opened in 1710.
Family
- Father
- John George III of Saxony
- Mother
- Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark
- Married
- Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1693
- Children (5)
- Augustus III of Poland 1696
Maurice de Saxe 1696
Frederick Augustus Rutowsky 1702
Johann Georg, Chevalier de Saxe 1704
Anna Karolina Orzelska 1707 - Siblings (1)
- John George IV, Elector of Saxony 1668
Related to
- Augustus II the Strong was the 25× great-grandson of Charlemagne.
- Augustus II the Strong was the second cousin 4 times removed of Victoria.
- Augustus II the Strong was the third cousin twice removed of Louis XIV of France.