Augustus the Strong

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Augustus the Strong was the Elector of Saxony and King of Poland in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, renowned for his absolutist rule, lavish court, and patronage of the arts and architecture.

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Augustus the Strong canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Elector of Saxony ⓘ
Grand Duke of Lithuania ⓘ
King of Poland ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
alliedWith Peter the Great of Russia ⓘ
linked to: Peter the Great
birthDate 1670-05-12 ⓘ
birthPlace Dresden ⓘ
Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
burialPlace Dresden Cathedral (body) ⓘ
Wawel Cathedral (heart) ⓘ
linked to: Wawel Cathedral
commissioned Zwinger Palace in Dresden ⓘ
expansion of Dresden as a baroque residence city ⓘ
convertedTo Roman Catholicism in 1697 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
deathDate 1733-02-01 ⓘ
deathPlace Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
Warsaw ⓘ
dynasty House of Wettin ⓘ
endTime 1706-10-24 ⓘ
1733-02-01 ⓘ
father John George III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ
fullName Augustus II the Strong ⓘ
Frederick Augustus I ⓘ
givenName Frederick Augustus ⓘ
militaryConflict Great Northern War ⓘ
mother Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Wettin ⓘ
notableFor absolutist rule ⓘ
lavish court culture ⓘ
patronage of architecture ⓘ
patronage of the arts ⓘ
physical strength ⓘ
role in the Great Northern War ⓘ
patronOf Dresden court orchestra ⓘ
Meissen porcelain manufactory ⓘ
linked to: Meissen
positionHeld Elector of Saxony ⓘ
Grand Duke of Lithuania ⓘ
King of Poland ⓘ
positionHeldContext Elector of Saxony from 1694 to 1733 ⓘ
King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania 1697–1706 ⓘ
King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania 1709–1733 ⓘ
predecessor John III Sobieski ⓘ
reasonForConversion eligibility for the Polish crown ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Dresden Castle ⓘ
Moritzburg Castle ⓘ
Warsaw ⓘ
spouse Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth ⓘ
startTime 1694-09-27 ⓘ
1697-09-15 ⓘ
1709-09-01 ⓘ
successor Augustus III of Poland ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hubertusburg Palace → commissionedBy → Augustus the Strong ⓘ
Porcelain Collection → foundedBy → Augustus the Strong ⓘ
Porcelain Collection → creator → Augustus the Strong ⓘ
historical region of Saxony → notablePerson → Augustus the Strong ⓘ
Goldener Reiter → imageDepicts → Augustus the Strong ⓘ
Goldener Reiter → subjectOfStatue → Augustus the Strong ⓘ
Goldener Reiter → dedicatedTo → Augustus the Strong ⓘ