See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

AUGUSTUS III  ., See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland, and, as See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

FREDERICK See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

AUGUSTUS II., elector of See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony (1696–1763), the only legitimate son of Augustus II . (" the Strong "), was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• DRESDEN

Dresden on the 17th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1696 . Educated as a See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant, he followed his See also:

• FATHER

father's example by joining the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church in 1712, although his See also:

• CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

conversion was not made public until 1717 . In See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1719 he married Maria Josepha, daughter of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph I., and seems to have taken very little See also:

• PART

part in public affairs until he became elector of Saxony on his father's See also:

• DEATH

death in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1733 . He was then a See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate for the See also:

• POLISH

Polish See also:

• CROWN

crown; and having See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased the support of the emperor See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles VI. by assenting to the Pragmatic See also:

• SANCTION (Lat. sanctia, from sancire, to decree or ordain)

Sanction, and that of the czarina See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne by recognizing the claim of See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia to See also:

• COURLAND, or KURLAND

Courland, he was elected king of Poland in October 1733 . Aided by the Russians, his troops drove See also:

• STANISLAUS

Stanislaus Leszczynski from Poland; Augustus was crowned at See also:

• CRACOW (Pol. Krakov; Ger. Krakau)

Cracow in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1734, and was generally recognized as king at See also:

• WARSAW
• WARSAW (Polish Warszawa, Ger. Warschau, Fr. Varsovie)

Warsaw in See also:

• JUNE

June 1736 . On the death of Charles VI. in October 1740, Augustus was among the enemies of his daughter Maria See also:

• THERESA, ST (1515-1582)

Theresa, and, as a son-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law of the emperor Joseph I., claimed a portion of the See also:

• HABSBURG, or HAPSBURG

Habsburg territories . In 1742, however, he was induced to See also:

• TRANSFER (from Lat. transferre, to bear across, carry over)

transfer his support to Maria Theresa, and his troops took part in the struggle against Frederick the See also:

• GREAT

Great during the Silesian See also:

• WARS

wars, and again when the Seven Years' See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War began in 1756 . Saxony was in that See also:

• YEAR

year attacked by the Prussians, and with so much success that not only was the Saxon See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army forced to capitulate at See also:

• PIRNA

Pirna in October, but the elector, who fled to Warsaw, made no See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to recover Saxony, which remained under the dominion of Frederick . When the treaty of Hubertsburg was concluded in February 1763, he returned to Saxony, where he died on the 5th of October 1763 . He See also:

• LEFT

left five sons, the eldest of whom was his successor in Saxony, Frederick See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian; and five daughters, one of whom was the wife of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis, the dauphin of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, and See also:

• MOTHER

mother of Louis XVI . Anotherdaughter was the wife of Charles III., king of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, but she predeceased her father .

Augustus, who showed neither See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent nor inclination for See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, was content to leave Poland under the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of Russia, and Saxony to the See also:

• RULE

rule of his ministers . He took great See also:

• INTEREST

interest in See also:

• MUSIC

music and See also:

• PAINTING

painting, and added to the collection of See also:

• ART

art treasures at Dresden . See C . W . See also:

• BOTTIGER, KARL AUGUST (176o-1835)

Bottiger and T . Flathe, Geschichte See also:

• DES

des Kurstaates and Kbnigreichs Sachsen (See also:

• GOTHA

Gotha, 1867–1873) ; R . Ropell, Polen See also:

• URN (Lat. urna, either from root of urere, to burn, being made of burnt clay, or connected with urceus, Gr. I5pxa, jar)

urn See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die Mitle des z8 . Jahrhunderts (Gotha, 1876) .