War of the Polish Succession (internal to Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during Great Northern War)

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The War of the Polish Succession was an internal civil conflict within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Great Northern War, centered on rival factions supporting Augustus II the Strong and Stanisław Leszczyński for the Polish throne.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil war ⓘ
internal conflict of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
succession conflict ⓘ
conflictOver Polish crown ⓘ
Polish royal succession ⓘ
conflictWithin Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
followedBy continued foreign interference in later Polish royal elections ⓘ
hasBroaderCategory European wars of succession ⓘ
conflicts of the Great Northern War ⓘ
hasCause Swedish support for Stanisław Leszczyński ⓘ
discontent of Polish nobility with Augustus II the Strong ⓘ
rivalry between Augustus II the Strong and Charles XII of Sweden ⓘ
hasClaimantToThrone Augustus II the Strong ⓘ
Stanisław Leszczyński ⓘ
hasEffectOn balance of power in Central and Eastern Europe ⓘ
internal stability of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
hasExternalInfluence Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Saxony ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
hasLanguageContext Latin ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
hasMainBelligerent supporters of Augustus II the Strong ⓘ
supporters of Stanisław Leszczyński ⓘ
hasNature dynastic conflict ⓘ
proxy conflict within the Great Northern War ⓘ
hasOutcome confirmation of Augustus II the Strong as king of Poland ⓘ
hasPoliticalContext elective monarchy of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
nobility (szlachta) factionalism ⓘ
hasResult increased foreign intervention in Polish royal elections ⓘ
strengthening of Saxon influence in Polish politics ⓘ
hasTypeOfWarfare noble confederation warfare ⓘ
involvesInstitution Polish nobility (szlachta) ⓘ
linked to: szlachta

Polish–Lithuanian Sejm ⓘ
isDistinctFrom War of the Polish Succession (1733–1738) ⓘ
locatedIn Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
partOf Great Northern War ⓘ
precededBy election of Augustus II the Strong as king of Poland ⓘ
relatedTo Augustus II the Strong ⓘ
Charles XII of Sweden ⓘ
Saxon–Polish union ⓘ
Stanisław Leszczyński ⓘ
elective monarchy in Poland ⓘ
temporalContext early 18th century ⓘ

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Treaty of Altranstädt (1706) → hasRelatedConflict → War of the Polish Succession (internal to Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during Great Northern War) ⓘ