Augustus III o Poland

Augustus III (Pols: August III Sas, Lithuanie: Augustas III; 17 October 1696 – 5 October 1763) wis Keeng o Poland an Grand Duke o Lithuanie frae 1734 till 1763, as weel as Elector o Saxony in the Haly Roman Empire frae 1733 till 1763 whaur he wis kent as Frederick Augustus II (German: Friedrich August II).

Augustus III
Portrait by Louis de Silvestre
Keeng o Poland
Grand Duke o Lithuanie
Ring1734 – 5 October 1763
Coronation17 Januar 1734
Wawel Cathedral, Kraków
PredecessorStanisław I
SuccessorStanisław II Augustus
Elector o Saxony
PredecessorFrederick Augustus I
SuccessorFrederick Christian
Born17 October 1696
Dresden, Electorate o Saxony
Dee'd5 October 1763(1763-10-05) (aged 66)
Dresden, Electorate o Saxony
BuirialDresden Cathedral, Dresden
SpouseMaria Josepha o Austrick
IssueFrederick Christian, Elector o Saxony
Maria Amalia, Queen o Spain
Princess Maria Margaretha
Maria Anna Sophia, Electress o Bavarie
Prince Franz Xavier
Maria Josepha, Dauphine o Fraunce
Carl, Duke o Courland
Maria Christina, Aibbess o Remiremont
Princess Maria Elisabeth
Albert Casimir, Duke o Teschen
Clemens Wenceslaus, Airchbeeshop o Trier
Maria Kunigunde, Aibbess o Essen
HooseHoose o Wettin
FaitherAugustus II the Strang
MitherChristiane Eberhardine o Brandenburg-Bayreuth
ReleegionRoman Catholicism
SeegnaturAugustus III's signature


Issue

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  1. Prince Joseph August o Saxony, Electoral Prince o Saxony (24 October 1721 - Mairch 1728) died in infancy.
  2. Prince Friedrich August, Electoral Prince o Saxony (18 November 1720 - 22 Januar 1721) died in infancy.
  3. Frederick Christian, Elector o Saxony (5 September 1722 – 17 December 1763) mairit Maria Antonia o Bavarie an haed issue.
  4. unknown (1723) died in infancy.
  5. Princess Maria Amalia o Saxony (24 November 1724 – 27 September 1760) mairit Charles III o Spain an haed issue.
  6. Princess Maria Margaretha o Saxony 13 September 1727 – 1 Februar 1734) died in infancy.
  7. Princess Maria Anna Sophia o Saxony 29 August 1728 – 17 Februar 1797) mairit Maximilian III Joseph, Elector o Bavarie but haed nae issue.
  8. Princess Maria Josepha o Saxony mairit Louis o Fraunce, Dauphin o Fraunce an haed issue, wis the mither o Louis XVI o Fraunce.
  9. Prince Karl o Saxony, Duke o Courland (13 Julie 1733 – 16 Juin 1796) mairit Franciszka Krasińska an haed issue.
  10. Princess Maria Christina o Saxony 12 Februar 1735 – 19 November 1782) niver mairit, wis a nun.
  11. Maria Elisabeth o Saxony 2 February 1736 – 24 December 1818) niver mairit.
  12. Prince Albert Kasimir o Saxony, Duke o Teschen (11 Julie 1738 – 10 Februar 1822) mairit Airchduchess Maria Christina o Austrick an haed issue.
  13. Prince Clemens Wenzeslaus o Saxony (28 September 1739 – 27 Julie 1812) niver mairit, wis Archbishop-Elector o Trier.
  14. Princess Maria Kunigunde o Saxony 1(0 November 1740 – 8 Aprile 1826) niver mairit.