King-Elect August III
Elector of Saxony Frederick Augustus II in Opole. December 1733 – January 1734
Abstract
This article discusses the organizational aspects, proceedings, and political significance of the stay of the Elector of Saxony, Frederick Augustus II, in Opole from December 15, 1733, to January 3, 1734. This episode, important for both the history of the city and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, has been largely overlooked in historiography. Yet, at the turn of 1733 and 1734, the visit of the future King of Poland to Opole was widely discussed across Europe, with reports about it appearing in newspapers published in Austria, the German Empire, Russia, and Great Britain. The article draws upon these press reports, as well as travel accounts of the Elector, his wife Maria Josepha, and the Saxon court, logistical documents, correspondence, and financial records housed in Saxon, Austrian, and Opole state archives.
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