Augustus Iii

Also called �Augustus Frederick�, Polish �August Fryderyk�, German �August Friedrich� king of Poland and elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus II), whose reign witnessed one of the greatest periods of disorder within Poland. More interested in ease and pleasure than in affairs of state, this notable patron of the arts left the administration of Saxony and Poland to his chief adviser, Heinrich von Br�hl, who in turn left