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FREDERAG, 
difquiet ; and-he »was sp naba to fupport his caufe by arms 
when he was carried off b y achronical diforder in 1670. 
Univer. 2 we Moreri. 
Frepenic [V., king of Seely, 
Srccoeded his fath her Chriitian V. in 
nade tack upon the dominions of the 
Folttein, in, me was foon called back to defend ee are 
was born i in 1671, and 
reer by a fpirited invafion of Zea 
for and obtained pcace on condition = he repaired all the 
-wrongs he had done to the duke of Holftein, and yielded t 
him toll fovereignty of his dominions. Frederic was more 
fnccelaful at fea and land in the years 1714 and 1715, when 
they gained great advantages, drove gd Swedes out 
Norway, and took feveral places 1720 peace was 
‘concluded under the mediation of En end: upon terms 
favou _- ha sak ic, W ho retained the duchy of Slefwick. 
From tha 
ed to ae et a profperity. He died in 1730, leaving 
the character of an able prince, but too rip — d to 
enterprize, < and too readily liftening to o the fc of pro- 
jectors. He is charged with havi ng | erin cif ecb trea- 
‘ture — - ae oe urtiers. Univer. Hitt. 
of Dent ae was born in 1723, and 
; ened i? tee Chriltian VI. 4 his ac- 
ceffion he formed the refolution of aiacne all the debts 
a the €own. The principal creditors of the flate, wifhing 
ed 
° 
an 
to ped him from lus purpofes, — pea uce the rate 
me) ereft aan than hav ae aid,  T 
sel” fe go e monarch, “ locked ¥ in my eel 
oul 
vice, by sang thofe fums at a low intereft to m 
the poenar of painting, 
fent a miffion of learned men into the L 
- pole es — pees in natural hi fto 
-tiquities. He died Jan 1766, and could confole him- 
_felf on his deaiteen ans ae ieee and delightful reflec- 
tion, that “he had never injured a fingle individual, and ha 
not adrop of blood to anfwer for.”? Frederic was twice 
peor ‘firk to Louifa daughter of George IT. of England, 
and fecondly ‘to Juliana eae daughter of the te of 
r. Hitt. 
Brunfw tick Wolfenbuttle. Univ 
R c Aucustus IL., ioe of Poland and elector. of 
-Saxony,' fon of the “ie Gor John George III. by a 
daughter of Frederic III. king of Denmark, was born 
~men, -aflemble: ain o aw, each palatinate 
ing divided into companies, and ranged under their pro- 
i — with all the eleGtors on horfeback, armed with 
- however, of thefe reftriCtions, 
- view than the prefervation of liber 
refto 
lances. ‘The. fenators having taken their fations, eech im 
front oe _ ‘divifion,, Sogn their harangues: and the 
cry of * long live Conti,’”? was almoft univerial,-till the pa- 
latine of Gin pronounced with a firm voice the wor 
* Veto,”? which flop ana pearea of the affembly, 
: 
ari 
and the election was ee d tothe enfuing day. E 
morning both ate prefented themfelves nearly 
e 
equal in ftrength. A double eleétion was made, and Pcland 
‘was thrown into general diforder by the efforts of the op- 
penents. At len th 
the country, and gained poffeflion of Cracow, w e wa 
immediately crowned, a univer fall ac aes Rie as law! ul 
king by the Polifh on. In ratifying the ele€tion of 
c Auguftus he own par a limited the number of 
forces aie he fhould be allowed to introduce into Poland, 
and {pecified the circumftances which fhould authorize nim 
to require the affiftance of his Saxon troops. In defia 
he furre ounded him felf ae 
etter to his own perfon, he loaded them with 
and beftowed upon them the moft oases an 
rative offices of the ftate. The Saxons became ex- 
come odious, and when the diet Moabia, a aa was 
made that the Saxon troops fhould be oe Freder 
refifted, and was, as a confequence, depriv is right A 
title to the crown of Poland. This ee ee was in- 
Charles XII. of Sweden, who impofed the moft. 
the 
favours, a 
luc 
0 
fovereign of the republic, | - renounce ve fis Se a as 
crown and dominions o » required h wr 
as of congratulation to chen new king, upon ee acceffion 
rei throne. uftus complied, but by the flyle of his 
a » he evinced. his aah and the violence which he 
offered to his inclinations. Thee — of the battle of . es 
towa determined Auguiftus to w his intentions 
ey declaration of — i ca y he had pre 
with Charles . and of re-afcending the throne of Poland, 
and he co ncluded wit ith x equefting the affiftance of all 
_ *Staniflaus, ye - aw himfelf 
tive, anid his 
rival pond be the moft alae monarch ‘of the north, 
was no fooner informed of the app of Frederic, than 
re it, provided that facrifice eae promote the tran- 
quillity and peace of the country. Frederic afcended the 
throne without oppofition. For fome years his reign was 
difquieted by ec caeaes on the part of ae Poles who could 
never be reconciled to the a of the Saxon troops: 
at lengt th, however, av civil divifions were terminated, and 
e remainder of the reign was pafled in Frederic 
died at the age of fixty-three. He had for fome years pre- 
vioufly to his deceafe refided in his eleGtoral ftates, where he 
e intr oduced an. improved 
a 
the Polifh proteftants from perfecution. 0 
tinued to profefs the reformed <e till her dea 
was, on that rain never crowned queen of Poland. 
n 
Univer. Hilt. 
FREDERIC Accuses us II., king of Poland and yal 
of Saxony, fon of the preceding, was born in 1696, and fuc- 
ceeded his father in 1733 to his eleCtoral and’ hereditary 
do 
minions. 
