War of the Polish Succession
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The War of the Polish Succession was a major European conflict sparked by a civil war in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth over the succession to Augustus II the Strong, which the other European powe
Augustus II; his death in February 1733 sparked the war
Stanisław Leszczyński, painting by Jean-Baptiste van Loo
Augustus III of Poland, painting by Louis de Silvestre
French Royal Army fusiliers as they dressed in 1735
Friedrich Heinrich Reichsgraf von Seckendorff was a Franconian field marshal and diplomat, in the service of the imperial Habsburg monarchy of Austria. Later he served as commander of the Bavarian arm
Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff
Seckendorff memorial at the castle of Königsberg.