Crown of August II.

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Crown of August II the Strong (1930s)

The crown of August II. Is a Polish-Saxon royal crown. August II had the crown made because, due to the circumstances of his election as Polish king in June 1697, he feared that the previous royal insignia would be refused to him. Ultimately, the crown remained unused. It is kept in the armory of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden .

The crown was made in 1697 by the German goldsmith Johann Friedrich Klemm from Freiburg . The Saxon Elector Friedrich August I was on 26./27. June 1697 was elected King of Poland in a contested double election by sections of the Polish nobility; his royal name became August II, after which he was also called August the Strong . On the opposite side was the French nobleman François Louis de Bourbon, prince de Conti , as a potential future Polish king . Since August II managed to get the Polish crown jewels in Warsaw, including the previous Polish crown, with the help of monks shortly before his coronation as Polish king , he did not need the newly made crown when he was coronated on September 15, 1697. He kept them as part of his private insignia (crown, scepter and orb) in Dresden .

Literature (selection)

  • 1987: Jerzy Lileyko, Regalia Polskie, Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza , Warsaw, Poland, ISBN 83-03-02021-8 (Polish)
  • 2006: Janusz Miniewicz, Tajemnica polskich koron: Czy jest szansa ich odnalezienia? (English: Mystery of the Polish Crowns: Can you find any? ) Nowy Sącz, Poland, ISBN 83-924034-2-8 (Polish)
  • 1987: Michał Rożek, Polskie koronacje i korony (German: Polish Coronations and Crowns ) Krakow, Poland, ISBN 83-03-01914-7 (Polish)

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