1697 Polish–Lithuanian royal election
On June 17, 1696, King John III Sobieski died in his palace at Wilanów near Warsaw. This meant that another free election was necessary, as the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was left without a monarch. Another candidate, the Elector of Saxony Augustus II the Strong, was backed by influential and powerful Emperor Leopold I. To win the support of Roman Catholic, conservative Poles, Augustus decided to convert from Lutheranism to Catholicism. The conversion took place in Vienna, on June 2, 1697, and this decision won for Frederick the support of Pope Innocent XII.
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1697 Polish–Lithuanian royal election
On June 17, 1696, King John III Sobieski died in his palace at Wilanów near Warsaw. This meant that another free election was necessary, as the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was left without a monarch. Another candidate, the Elector of Saxony Augustus II the Strong, was backed by influential and powerful Emperor Leopold I. To win the support of Roman Catholic, conservative Poles, Augustus decided to convert from Lutheranism to Catholicism. The conversion took place in Vienna, on June 2, 1697, and this decision won for Frederick the support of Pope Innocent XII.
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