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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Augustus II 
| image = Nieznany malarz saski - August II.jpg
| caption = Portrait of Augustus wearing the [[Order of the White Eagle (Poland)|Polish Order of the White Eagle]], by [[Louis de Silvestre]]
| signature = Signature of August II the Strong.PNG
| reign = 27 April 1694&nbsp;– 1 February 1733
| predecessor = [[John George IV]]
| successor = [[Augustus III of Poland|Frederick Augustus II]]
| succession = [[Elector of Saxony]]
| reign1 = 15 September 1697–1706
| coronation1 = 15 September 1697<br>[[Wawel Cathedral]], [[Kraków]], Poland
|cor-type1=[[Coronation]]
| predecessor1 = [[John III Sobieski|John III]]
| successor1 = [[Stanisław Leszczyński|Stanisław I]]
| succession1 = [[King of Poland]]<br>[[Grand Duke of Lithuania]]
| reign2 = 1709&nbsp;– 1 February 1733
| coronation2 =
| predecessor2 = Stanisław I
| successor2 = Stanisław I
| spouse = [[Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth]]
| issue = [[Augustus III of Poland]]<br>[[Maurice de Saxe]]<br>[[Johann Georg, Chevalier de Saxe]]<br>[[Frederick Augustus Rutowsky]]<br>[[Maria Anna Katharina Rutowska]]<br>[[Anna Karolina Orzelska]]
| issue-link = #Illegitimate issue
|  module = [[File:Blason Auguste II de Pologne (1670-1733).svg|100px]]
| house = [[House of Wettin, Albertine Line|Wettin, Albertine Line]]
| father =[[John George III, Elector of Saxony]]
| mother =[[Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark]]
| date of birth ={{Birth date|1670|05|12|df=y}}
| place of birth =[[Dresden]], [[Electorate of Saxony]]
| date of death = {{Death date and age|1733|02|01|1670|05|12|df=y}}
| place of death = Warsaw, [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]]
| place of burial = [[Dresden Cathedral]], Dresden (heart)<br>Wawel Cathedral, Kraków (body)
| religion = [[Roman Catholic]] ''(since 1697)''<br>[[Lutheran]] ''(until 1697)''
|}}

'''Augustus II'''{{efn|{{hlist|{{lang-pl|August II Mocny}}; {{lang-de|August der Starke}}; {{lang-lt|Augustas II}}; in Saxony also known as Frederick Augustus I – Friedrich August I}}}} (12 May 1670{{snd}}1 February 1733), most commonly known as '''Augustus the Strong''', was [[Elector of Saxony]] from 1694 as well as [[King of Poland]] and [[Grand Duke of Lithuania]] in the years 1697–1706 and from 1709 until his death in 1733. He belonged to the Albertine line of the [[House of Wettin]]. On 1 November 1705 in Tykocin, he founded the [[Order of the White Eagle (Poland)|Order of the White Eagle]], Poland's first and preeminent order of chivalry. He also popularised ''[[Meissen porcelain]]''. 







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 title=[[List of rulers of Saxony|Elector of Saxony]]|
 before=[[John George IV]] |
 after=[[Augustus III of Poland|Frederick Augustus II]] |
 years=1694–1733}}
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