Polish August Fryderyk
born Oct. 17, 1696, Dresden, Saxony
died Oct. 5, 1763, Dresden
King of Poland and elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus II), whose reign (1733–63) marked a great period of disorder within Poland.
He cared more for pleasure than affairs of state and left the administration of Saxony and Poland to his chief adviser, Heinrich von Brühl (1700–1763), and the powerful Czartoryski family . He gave Saxon support to Austria in the War of the Seven Years' War .