Augustus III of Poland

Augustus III
Portrait by Louis de Silvestre
King of Poland Grand Duke of Lithuania
Reign	October 1733 – 5 October 1763
Poland	17 January 1734 Wawel Cathedral, Kraków
Predecessor	Stanisław I
Successor	Stanisław II Augustus
Elector of Saxony
Reign	1 February 1733 – 5 October 1763
Predecessor	Frederick Augustus I
Successor	Frederick Christian
Born	17 October 1696 Dresden, Electorate of Saxony
Died	5 October 1763(1763-10-05) (aged 66) Dresden, Electorate of Saxony
Spouse	Maria Josepha of Austria (m 1719)
Issue	Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony Maria Amalia, Queen of Spain Maria Anna, Electress of Bavaria Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony Maria Josepha, Dauphine of France Charles, Duke of Courland Maria Christina, Abbess of Remiremont Princess Maria Elisabeth Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen Clemens Wenceslaus, Archbishop-Elector of Trier Maria Kunigunde, Abbess of Essen
House	Wettin, Albertine Line
Father	Augustus II of Poland
Mother	Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Burial	Dresden Cathedral, Dresden
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Augustus III of Poland (17 October 1696 - 5 October 1763) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1733 until 1763, as well as Elector of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire where he was known as Frederick Augustus II.

Issue

1. Prince Joseph August of Saxony, Electoral Prince of Saxony (24 October 1721 - March 1728) died in infancy.
2. Prince Friedrich August, Electoral Prince of Saxony (18 November 1720 - 22 January 1721) died in infancy.
3. Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (5 September 1722 – 17 December 1763) married Maria Antonia of Bavaria and had issue.
4. unknown (1723) died in infancy.
5. Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony (24 November 1724 – 27 September 1760) married Charles III of Spain and had issue.
6. Princess Maria Margaretha of Saxony 13 September 1727 – 1 February 1734) died in infancy.
7. Princess Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony 29 August 1728 – 17 February 1797) married Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria but had no issue.

A stillborn daughter (16 August 1729)

1. Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony (4 November 1731 – 13 March 1767) married Louis of France, Dauphin of France and had issue, and was the mother of Louis XVI of France.
2. Prince Karl of Saxony, Duke of Courland (13 July 1733 – 16 June 1796) married Franciszka Krasińska and had issue.

A stillborn son (17 March 1734)

1. Princess Maria Christina of Saxony 12 February 1735 – 19 November 1782) never married, was a nun.
2. Maria Elisabeth of Saxony 2 February 1736 – 24 December 1818) never married.
3. Prince Albert Kasimir of Saxony, Duke of Teschen (11 July 1738 – 10 February 1822) married Airchduchess Maria Christina of Austria and had issue.
4. Prince Clemens Wenzeslaus of Saxony (28 September 1739 – 27 July 1812) never married but was Archbishop-Elector of Trier.
5. Princess Maria Kunigunde of Saxony (10 November 1740 – 8 April 1826) never married.