Frederick Augustus I the Strong Wettin King of Poland [40917] 24
- Born: 22 May 1670
- Marriage: Eberhardine von Bandenberg-Bayreuth [40918] in 1693
- Died: 1 Feb 1732/33 at age 62
 General Notes:
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal11751
King of Poland 1697-1704,1709-1733.
Elector of Saxony 1694-1733.
Brother of John George IV. Converted to Catholicism 1697 in order to compete for the crown of Poland <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Poland>. Took the Polish crown 1697, opposed by Stanislaw Leszczynski <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Leszczy%C5%84ski> 1704, forced to renounce the throne 1706, returned as monarch 1709 until his death. Called "the Strong".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_II_of_Poland
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded, 1694.
Frederick married Eberhardine von Bandenberg-Bayreuth [40918] [MRIN: 11660], daughter of Christian Ernest Bandenberg-Bayreuth Margrave [40919] and Unknown, in 1693. (Eberhardine von Bandenberg-Bayreuth [40918] was born in 1671 and died in 1727.)
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