Auguste III of Poland

Auguste III of Saxony (October 17th 1696 with Dresden - October 5th 1763 in Dresden) is a king de Pologne of German origin, wire of Auguste II the Fort, voter of Saxony and king of Poland, and Eberhardine de Brandebourg-Bayreuth. King de Pologne and Large-Duke of Lithuania, Voter of Saxony (Frederic II of Saxony), Count Palatine of Saxony and margrave of Misnie.

Marriage and descent

It Marie in 1719 with Marie-Josèphe of Austria, girl of the emperor Joseph Ier.

From this union will be born:

Frederic of Saxony (1720 - 1721)
Joseph of Saxony (1721 - 1728)
Frederic IV of Saxony (1722 - 1763)
Marie-Amélie of Saxony
Marguerite of Saxony (1727 - 1734)
Anne of Saxony (1728 - 1797), in 1747 it married the voter Maximilien III of Bavaria
François of Saxony (1730 - 1806), in 1765 he married the countess Claire von Lausitz (1741 - 1792) (posterity)
Marie-Josèphe of Saxony (1731 - 1767), in 1747 it married Louis de France (1729-1765)
Charles of Saxony (1733 - 1796), duke of Courlande, in 1760 he married Francoise Corvin (1742 - 1796) (posterity)
Christine of Saxony (1735 - 1782) abbess with the abbey of Remiremont
Elisabeth of Saxony (1736 - 1818)
Albert of Saxony (1738 - 1822), duke of Saxony-Teschen, in 1766 it married Christine of Habsbourg-Lorraine (posterity)
Clément of Saxony (1739 - 1812), archbishop and voter of Trier
Cunégonde of Saxony (1740 - 1826), abbess with the abbey of Thorn and Essen

With died his/her father in 1733, it inherits the Saxony and is elected king de Pologne, in competition with Stanislas I {{er}} Leszczynski.

It passed, according to certain rumors, all its spare time to play and drink beer. One of his/her daughters, Marie-Josèphe, married in 1747 the Dauphin of France, wire of Louis XV. It is the mother of Louis XVI, Louis XVIII and Charles X.

He was last king de Pologne of the House of Saxony (Wettin).

Internal bonds

Jean-Georges III of Saxony (paternal grandfather)

Christian II Ernest de Brandebourg-Bayreuth (maternal grandfather)

Internal bonds

Jean-Georges III of Saxony
Auguste II of Poland
Marie-Josèphe de Habsbourg

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