Augustus II the Strong

Augustus II
Portrait of Augustus wearing the Polish Order of the White Eagle, by Louis de Silvestre
Elector of Saxony
Reign	27 April 1694 – 1 February 1733
Predecessor	John George IV
Successor	Frederick Augustus II
King of Poland Grand Duke of Lithuania
Reign	15 September 1697–1706
Coronation	15 September 1697 Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland
Predecessor	John III
Successor	Stanisław I
Reign	1709 – 1 February 1733
Predecessor	Stanisław I
Successor	Stanisław I
Born	(1670-05-12)12 May 1670 Dresden, Electorate of Saxony
Died	1 February 1733(1733-02-01) (aged 62) Warsaw, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Spouse	Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Issue	Augustus III of Poland Maurice de Saxe Johann Georg, Chevalier de Saxe Frederick Augustus Rutowsky Maria Anna Katharina Rutowska Anna Karolina Orzelska
House	Wettin, Albertine Line
Father	John George III, Elector of Saxony
Mother	Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark
Burial	Dresden Cathedral, Dresden (heart) Wawel Cathedral, Kraków (body)
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Religion	Roman Catholic (since 1697) Lutheran (until 1697)

Augustus II (12 May 1670 – 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's first and preeminent order of chivalry. He also popularised Meissen porcelain.