Frederick Augustus II of Saxony Wettin 1
- Born: 17 Oct 1696
- Marriage: Marie Josephe Habsburg on 20 Aug 1719
- Died: 5 Oct 1763 aged 66
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded: King of Poland, 1733.
• He was an Elector of Saxony.
Frederick married Marie Josephe Habsburg, daughter of Joseph I Habsburg and Wilhelmina of Brunswick-Lunenburgh, on 20 Aug 1719. (Marie Josephe Habsburg was born on 8 Dec 1699 in Vienna, Austria and died on 17 Nov 1757.)
Marriage Notes:
The children of August and Marie Josepha were:
Friedrich August (1720-1721);
Joseph (1721-1728);
Frederick Christian (1722-1763), Elector of Saxony;
Maria Amalia Christina (1724-1760), who married Charles III of Spain;
Maria (1727-1734);
Maria Anna Sophia (1728-1797), who married Maximilian III, Elector of Bavaria;
Franz Xaver (1730-1806), Regent of Saxony, 1763 - 1768;
Marie-Josèphe (1731-1767), who married Louis, dauphin de France (1729-1765), son of King Louis XV of France (1710-1774), and became the mother of Louis XVI of France;
Carl Christian (1733-1796), Count of Courland;
Maria Christina Anna (1735-1782), Reigning Abbess of Remiremont;
Maria Elisabeth Apollonia (1736-1818);
Albert Kasimir August (1738-1822);
Clemens Wenzeslaus (1739-1812), Elector and Archbishop of Trier; and
Maria Kunigunde Dorothe (1740-1826), Reigning Abbess of Thorn and Essen. 2
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