Saxony–Poland–Lithuania

E484495

historical political entity personal union

Saxony–Poland–Lithuania was a personal union in the early 18th century under Augustus II the Strong, combining the Electorate of Saxony with the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in a single monarch’s hands.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Saxon side)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical political entity ⓘ personal union ⓘ
dissolutionCause	death of Augustus III in 1763 ⓘ
endDate	1763 ⓘ
firstUnionPeriodEnd	1706 ⓘ
firstUnionPeriodStart	1697 ⓘ
hasCapital	Dresden NERFINISHED ⓘ Vilnius NERFINISHED ⓘ Warsaw NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasContinent	Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCurrency	Polish złoty NERFINISHED ⓘ Saxon thaler ⓘ
hasDynasty	House of Wettin NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGovernmentForm	composite monarchy ⓘ elective monarchy ⓘ personal union ⓘ
hasLanguage	German ⓘ Latin ⓘ Polish ⓘ
hasLegislature	Saxon estates ⓘ Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMonarch	Augustus II the Strong NERFINISHED ⓘ Augustus III of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick Augustus I of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick Augustus II of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableEvent	election of Augustus II as King of Poland in 1697 ⓘ election of Augustus III as King of Poland in 1733 ⓘ
hasPoliticalStructure	separate institutions in each constituent state ⓘ
hasPredecessor	Electorate of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRegion	Central Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReligion	Lutheranism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
hasRulerTitle	Elector of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Duke of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ King of Poland ⓘ
hasRulingBranch	Albertine line of the House of Wettin NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSuccessor	Electorate of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ
includes	Electorate of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Duchy of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ
isLinkedBy	personal union of crowns ⓘ
partOfConflict	Great Northern War NERFINISHED ⓘ
secondUnionPeriodEnd	1763 ⓘ
secondUnionPeriodStart	1709 ⓘ
startDate	1697 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Riga (1700) → attacker → Saxony–Poland–Lithuania ⓘ

Battle of Fraustadt → belligerent → Saxony–Poland–Lithuania ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Saxon side)