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See also:AUGUSTUS II ., 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, and, as See also:FREDERICK AUGUSTUS I., elector of See also:Saxony (1670-1733), second son of See also:John See also:George III., elector of Saxony, was See also:born at See also:Dresden on the 12th of May 167o. He was well educated, spent some years in travel and in fighting against See also:France, and on See also:account of his immense strength was known as " the Strong." On the See also:death of his See also:brother, John George IV., in 1694, he became elector of Saxony, and in 1695 and 1696 led the imperial troops against the See also:Turks, but without very much success. When John Sobieski died in 1696, Augustus was a See also:candidate for the See also:Polish See also:throne, and in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to further his chances became a See also:Roman See also:Catholic, a step which was strongly resented in Saxony. By a lavish See also:expenditure of See also:money, and by his promptness in entering the See also:country, he secured his See also:election and See also:coronation in See also:September 1697, and his See also:principal See also:rival F. L. de See also:Bourbon, See also:prince of See also:Conti, abandoned the contest and returned to France. Augustus continued the See also:war against the Turks for a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, and being anxious to extend his See also:influence and to find a pretext for retaining the Saxon troops in Poland, made an See also:alliance in 1699 with See also:Russia and See also:Denmark against See also:Charles XII. of See also:Sweden. The Poles would not assist, and at the See also:head of the See also:Saxons Augustus invaded See also:Livonia, but for various causes the See also:campaign was not a success, and in See also:July 1702 he was defeated by Charles at Klissow. Augustus was then deposed in Poland,
and after holding See also:Warsaw for a See also:short time he fled to Saxony. The alliance with Russia was renewed and in reply Charles invaded Saxony in 1706, and compelled the elector to sign the treaty of See also:Altranstadt in September of that See also:year, to recognize See also:Stanislaus Leszczynski as his successor in Poland, and to abandon the See also:Russian alliance. During the War of the See also:Spanish See also:Succession, Augustus fought with the imperialists in the See also:Netherlands, but after the defeat of Charles XII. at Poltawa in July 1709, he turned his See also:attention to the recovery of Poland. Declaring the treaty of Altranstadt void and renewing his alliance with Russia and Denmark, he quickly recovered the Polish See also:crown. He then attacked See also:Swedish See also:Pomerania. He was handicapped by the mutual See also:jealousy of the Saxons and the Poles, and a struggle See also:broke out in Poland which was only ended when the king promised to limit the number of his See also:army in that country to 18,000 men. See also:Peace was made with Sweden in See also:December 1719 at See also:Stockholm after the death of Charles XII., and Augustus was recognized as king of Poland. His remaining years were spent in futile plans to make Poland a hereditary See also:monarchy, to weaken the See also:power of the Saxon nobles, and to gain territory for his sons in various parts of See also:Europe. He was a See also:man of extravagant and luxurious tastes, and, although he greatly improved the See also:city of Dresden, he cannot be called a See also:good ruler. He sought to govern Saxony in an See also:absolute See also:fashion, and, in spite of his See also:declaration that his See also:conversion to Roman Catholicism was See also:personal only, assisted the spread of the teachings of See also:Rome. His wife was Christine Eberhardine, a member of the See also:Hohenzollern See also:family, who See also:left him when he became a Roman Catholic, and died in 1727. Augustus died at Warsaw on the 1st of See also:February 1733, leaving a son Frederick Augustus, who succeeded him in Poland and Saxony, and many illegitimate See also:children, among whom was the famous See also:general, See also:Maurice of Saxony, known as See also:Marshal See also:Saxe (q.v.).
See Otwikowski, See also:History of Poland under Augustus H. (See also:Cracow, 1849) ; F. See also:Forster, See also:Die Hofe and Kabinette Europas See also:im achtzehnten Jahrhundert (See also:Potsdam, 1839) ; Jarochowski, History of Augustus II. (See also:Posen, 1856–1874) ; C. W. See also:Bottiger and T. Flathe, Geschichte See also:des Kurstaates and Konigreichs Sachsen (See also:Gotha, 1867-1873).
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