Peerage Record – 11152

     Friedrich August I von Sachsen, King of Poland was born on 22 May 1670. He was the son of Johann Georg III Kurfürst von Sachsen and Anne Sophia Oldenburg, Princess of Denmark.^1,4 He married Christine Eberhardine von Brandenburg-Bayreuth, daughter of Christian Ernst Markgraf von Brandenburg-Bayreuth and Sophie Luise von Württemberg-Stuttgart, on 20 January 1693. He died on 1 February 1733 at age 62 at Warsaw, Poland^G.
     Friedrich August I von Sachsen, King of Poland also went by the nick-name of Friedrich ‘the Strong’.⁵ He succeeded as the Kurfürst von Sachsen in 1694.¹ He and Marie Aurore von Königsmark were associated. He succeeded as the King August II of Poland in 1697.¹ He was deposed as King of Poland in 1704.⁶ He succeeded as the King August II of Poland in 1709.¹
     He is reputed to have had 300 illegitimate children!

     Christine Eberhardine von Brandenburg-Bayreuth was born on 29 December 1671 at Bayreuth, Bayern, Germany^G.² She was the daughter of Christian Ernst Markgraf von Brandenburg-Bayreuth and Sophie Luise von Württemberg-Stuttgart.¹ She married Friedrich August I von Sachsen, King of Poland, son of Johann Georg III Kurfürst von Sachsen and Anne Sophia Oldenburg, Princess of Denmark, on 20 January 1693. She died on 5 September 1727 at age 55 at Pretzch^G.

     Christian Ernst Markgraf von Brandenburg-Bayreuth was born on 27 July 1644. He was the son of Erdmann August Markgraf von Bayreuth and Sophie Prinzessin von Brandenburg-Ansbach.² He married, firstly, Erdmuth Sophie von Sachsen, daughter of Johann Georg II Kurfürst von Sachsen and Magdalen Sybille Prinzessin von Brandenburg-Bayreuth, on 19 October 1662. He married, secondly, Sophie Luise von Württemberg-Stuttgart, daughter of Eberhard III Herzog von Württemberg-Stuttgart and Anna Katherina Rheingräfin von Salm-Kyrburg, on 8 February 1671.³ He married, thirdly, Elisabeth Sophie von Hohenzollern, daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm Kurfürst von Brandenburg and Dorothea Sophie zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, in 1703. He died on 10 May 1712 at age 67.

     Friedrich August II von Sachsen, King of Poland was born on 7 October 1696 at Dresden, Sachsen, Germany^G.⁴ He was the son of Friedrich August I von Sachsen, King of Poland and Christine Eberhardine von Brandenburg-Bayreuth.¹ He married Maria Josepha Erzherzogin von Österreich, daughter of Josef I von Österreich, Holy Roman Emperor and Wilhemine Auguste Herzogin von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Kalenberg, on 20 August 1719 at Vienna, Austria^G. He died on 5 October 1763 at age 66.
     He was a member of the House of Wettin.⁵ He succeeded as the King August III of Poland in 1733.¹ He succeeded as the Kurfürst von Sachsen in 1733.¹

     Maria Josepha Erzherzogin von Österreich was born on 8 December 1699 at Vienna, Austria^G. She was the daughter of Josef I von Österreich, Holy Roman Emperor and Wilhemine Auguste Herzogin von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Kalenberg.^1,3 She married Friedrich August II von Sachsen, King of Poland, son of Friedrich August I von Sachsen, King of Poland and Christine Eberhardine von Brandenburg-Bayreuth, on 20 August 1719 at Vienna, Austria^G. She died on 17 November 1757 at age 57.
     She gained the title of Herzogin Maria Josepha von Österreich.⁴

     Sir Ralph Fane is the son of Henry Fane and Margaret Twysden.¹

     Friedrich Christian Leopold Kurfürst von Sachsen was born on 5 September 1722. He was the son of Friedrich August II von Sachsen, King of Poland and Maria Josepha Erzherzogin von Österreich.¹ He married Maria Antonia Prinzessin von Bayern, daughter of Karl VII Albrecht von Bayern, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Amalia Erzherzogin von Österreich, on 20 June 1747. He died on 17 December 1763 at age 41.
     He was a member of the House of Wettin.³ He succeeded as the Kurfürst von Sachsen (styled as Elector of Saxony) in 1763.¹

     Maria Antonia Prinzessin von Bayern was born on 18 July 1724 at Schloss Nymphenburg, Germany^G. She was the daughter of Karl VII Albrecht von Bayern, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Amalia Erzherzogin von Österreich.^1,3 She married Friedrich Christian Leopold Kurfürst von Sachsen, son of Friedrich August II von Sachsen, King of Poland and Maria Josepha Erzherzogin von Österreich, on 20 June 1747. She died on 23 April 1780 at age 55.
     She gained the title of Prinzessin von Bayern.

     Marie Anne Sophie Prinzessin von Sachsen was born on 29 August 1728. She was the daughter of Friedrich August II von Sachsen, King of Poland and Maria Josepha Erzherzogin von Österreich.¹ She married Maximilian III Jospeh Kürfurst von Bayern, son of Karl VII Albrecht von Bayern, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Amalia Erzherzogin von Österreich, on 9 July 1747. She died on 17 February 1797 at age 68.
     She gained the title of Prinzessin von Sachsen.¹

     Maximilian III Jospeh Kürfurst von Bayern was born on 28 March 1727. He was the son of Karl VII Albrecht von Bayern, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Amalia Erzherzogin von Österreich.³ He married Marie Anne Sophie Prinzessin von Sachsen, daughter of Friedrich August II von Sachsen, King of Poland and Maria Josepha Erzherzogin von Österreich, on 9 July 1747. He died on 30 December 1777 at age 50.
     He succeeded as the Kürfurst von Bayern in 1745.¹