# Augustus II the Strong

> An 18th-century Saxon elector who snapped horseshoes bare-handed, reportedly fathered up to 380 children, and converted religions to claim Poland's crown — then spent three decades trying to centralize a realm that didn't want centralization.

*King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and Elector of Saxony (1670–1733)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/augustus-ii-the-strong

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1670-05-12
- **Died:** 1733-02-01
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born in 1670 into the Albertine Wettins, Frederick Augustus I became Elector of Saxony in 1694 and promptly converted to Catholicism to secure election as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania in 1697. He transformed Dresden into a baroque jewel, founded the Order of the White Eagle, and collected art with the same appetite he brought to fox tossing and fathering hundreds of illegitimate children. But his reign destabilized Poland: he dragged the Commonwealth into the Great Northern War, leaned on foreign powers to crush local autonomy, and was briefly deposed by Swedish-backed Stanisław Leszczyński between 1706 and 1709. When he died in 1733, his body went to Kraków's Wawel Cathedral and his heart to Dresden — and his succession triggered another war.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 61.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 12.6 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 25.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 8.9 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Early Modern Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_II_the_Strong)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53437)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Augustus%20II%20the%20Strong)
- [أغسطس الثاني القوي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%BA%D8%B3%D8%B7%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%88%D9%8A)
- [اجسطس التانى القوى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B3%D8%B7%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%88%D9%89)
- [ایکینجی آقوست (لهیستان)](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D8%A2%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA_(%D9%84%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86))
- [Güclü Avqust](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCcl%C3%BC_Avqust)
- [Аўгуст Моцны](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%9E%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%BD%D1%8B)
- [Аўгуст Моцны](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%9E%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%BD%D1%8B)
- [Август II](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82_II)
- [Aogust II](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aogust_II)
- [August II de Polònia](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_II_de_Pol%C3%B2nia)
- [August II. Silný](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_II._Siln%C3%BD)
- [August 2. af Polen](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2._af_Polen)
- [August der Starke](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_der_Starke)
- [Αύγουστος Β΄ ο Δυνατός](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%8D%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%84_%CE%BF_%CE%94%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%8C%CF%82)
- [Aŭgusto la 2-a (Pollando-Litovio)](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C5%ADgusto_la_2-a_(Pollando-Litovio))
- [Augusto II de Polonia](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_II_de_Polonia)
- [August II](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_II)
- [Augusto II.a Poloniakoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_II.a_Poloniakoa)
- [آگوست دوم، پادشاه لهستان](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85%D8%8C_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%84%D9%87%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [August II Väkevä](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_II_V%C3%A4kev%C3%A4)
- [August II. (Saksen an Poolen)](https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_II._(Saksen_an_Poolen))
- [Auguste II](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_II)
- [אוגוסט השני, מלך פולין](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%98_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%99%2C_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9A_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9F)
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/August_II_Mocny)
- [Wikiquote](https://sr.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82_II_%D0%88%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8)
- [August II van Pole](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_II_van_Pole)
- [Augusto II de Polonia](https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_II_de_Polonia)

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