Frederick Augustus I the Strong Wettin, King of Poland^[1]

1670 - 1733  (62 years)

• Name	Frederick Augustus I the Strong Wettin
  Suffix	King of Poland
  Birth	22 May 1670
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1694
  Death	1 Feb 1733
  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 «u»Poland <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Poland>«/u». Took the Polish crown 1697, opposed by «u»Stanislaw Leszczynski <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Leszczy%C5%84ski>«/u» 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
  Person ID	I40917	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2008

  
  

  Father	John George III of Saxony Wettin, Elector of Saxony,   b. 30 Jun 1647   d. 22 Sep 1691 (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Anne Sophia of Denmark Oldenburg,   b. 11 Sep 1647   d. 1 Jul 1717 (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	19 Oct 1666
  Family ID	F551608674	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eberhardine von Bandenberg-Bayreuth,   b. 1671   d. 1727 (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	1693
  Children	1. Frederick Augustus II of Saxony Wettin, King of Poland,   b. 17 Oct 1696   d. 5 Oct 1763 (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F11660	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2008

  
  

• Photos		Frederick Augustus I Wetting
  		Frederick Augustus Wetting

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).