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The Royal Porcelain Collection

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The Royal Porcelain Collection
The Royal Porcelain Collection
The Royal Porcelain Collection
The Royal Porcelain Collection
The Royal Porcelain Collection
The Royal Porcelain Collection
The Royal Porcelain Collection
The Royal Porcelain Collection
The Royal Porcelain Collection
The Royal Porcelain Collection
The Royal Porcelain Collection
The Royal Porcelain Collection
The Royal Porcelain Collection
The Royal Porcelain Collection
The Royal Porcelain Collection
The Royal Porcelain Collection
The Royal Porcelain Collection
The Royal Porcelain Collection
The Royal Porcelain Collection
The Royal Porcelain Collection
The Royal Porcelain Collection
The Royal Porcelain Collection
The Royal Porcelain Collection
The Royal Porcelain Collection
The Royal Porcelain Collection
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Augustus II the Strong of the Albertine line of the House of Wettin was Elector of Saxony , Imperial Vicar and elected King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. Augustus' great physical strength earned him the nicknames the Strong, the Saxon Hercules and Iron-Hand. He liked to show that he lived up to his name by breaking horseshoes with his bare hands and engaging in fox tossing by holding the end of his sling with just one finger while two of the strongest men in his court held the other end.In order to be elected King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Augustus converted to Roman Catholicism. As a Catholic, he received the Order of the Golden Fleece from the Holy Roman Emperor. As Elector of Saxony, he is perhaps best remembered as a patron of the arts and architecture. He established the Saxon capital of Dresden as a major cultural centre, attracting artists from across Europe to his court. Augustus also amassed an impressive art collection and built lavish baroque palaces in Dresden and Warsaw. His reigns brought Poland some troubled times. He led the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Great Northern War, which led to the Russian Empire strengthening its influence in Europe, especially within Poland. His main pursuit was bolstering royal power in the Commonwealth, characterized by broad decentralization in comparison with other European monarchies. He tried to accomplish this goal using foreign powers and thus destabilized the state.
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