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Poland Elector Frederick Augustus Born in Saxony
The piece notes the birth of Frederick Augustus, King of Poland and Great Duke of Lithuania, on May 12, 1670, as the son of Joan George V Elector of Saxony of the Albertine line, who died September 12, 16713, and Anne Sophie daughter of Frederick King of Denmark. It details the ongoing political maneuvers among Polish nobility including the Primate, the Potocki and Surtomski houses, and the potential appointment of a Great General as the new king is to be determined after the king's death.
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