Van wie was August II van Polen?

Frederik August (Dresden, 12 mei 1670 – Warschau, 1 februari 1733) was van 1694 tot 1733 als Frederik August I keurvorst van Saksen en in de periodes 1697-1704 en 1709-1733 als August II de Sterke koning van Polen en grootvorst van Litouwen.

Hij leidde een libertijns leven, met talrijke minnaressen bij wie hij talloze kinderen verwekte. Daarnaast was hij liefhebber van toneel, ballet en opera en een van de eersten die op systematische wijze schilderijen verzamelde. Zijn verzameling behoorde tot de belangrijkste en grootste in Europa. Zie het artikel over de Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister te Dresden.

Erdmuta Zofia von Dieskau (1698-1767), was a Polish aristocrat. She replaced Marianna Denhoff as the mistress of Augustus II the Strong in 1719 and was replaced by Henrietta von Osterhausen in 1720.

Графиня Анна Констанция фон Козель, урожденная фон Брокдорф, в браке фон Хойм (нем. Anna Constantia Reichsgräfin von Cosel; 17 октября 1680, Депенау — 31 марта 1765, крепость Штольпен) — фаворитка Августа Сильного с 1705 по 1713 год. В 1706—1715 гг. — хозяйка Пильница. Последующие полвека провела в заточении в Штольпенской крепости как государственная преступница.

Ursule Catherine de Altenbockum, divorcée Lubomirska, épouse Württemberg-Winnental (polonais : Urszula Katarzyna Lubomirska z domu Bokum; le 4 mai 1680 – 25 novembre 1743), plus tard, Princesse Impériale de Teschen (allemand : Reichsfürstin von Teschen), est une noble polonaise et allemande maîtresse d'Auguste II le Fort, roi de Pologne et électeur de Saxe. En 1722, elle épouse le Prince Frédéric-Louis de Wurtemberg-Winnental.

Marianna Denhoff (1685–1730), also Maria Magdalena, Gräfin von Dönhoff, née Bielińska, was a German-Polish aristocrat. She was the daughter of Kazimierz Ludwik Bieliński, a noble, politician, and diplomat and Ludwika Maria Morsztyn, daughter of Jan Andrzej Morsztyn.

Maria Aurora von Spiegel, born Fatima (born before 1686 – fl 1733), also referred to as Fatime, Fatima Kariman or Fatima von Kariman, was the Ottoman Turkish mistress of Augustus II the Strong of Poland and Lithuania. Fatima was one of the many Turkish captives during the Battle of Buda. She was brought to the royal courts of Europe, including Sweden, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and Saxony, and trained as a lady-in-waiting.

Henrietta von Osterhausen (died 6 November 1727, Dresden), was a German-Polish aristocrat. She is known as the mistress of Augustus II the Strong.

She was a lady-in-waiting to the daughter-in-law of August, Maria Josepha of Austria.

She replaced Erdmuta Zofia von Dieskau as royal mistress in 1720. When the affair was over, Maria Josepha suggested that she become a nun. She did live for the Ursuline convent in Prague, but stayed there only as a guest for a couple of months.

She married Albrecht Zygmunt von Zeigut-Stanisławski on 22 February 1724.

Angélique Debargues (died 1724), was a French ballerina. She is known as the mistress of Augustus II the Strong in the 1710s.

Debargues was a prominent ballerina and a star of the French company at the royal court in 1709-1724, during which she was described as the most noted ballerina in the French theater in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony.

Zofia Eleonora Klengel (1674-1755), was a German aristocrat. She is known as the first known mistress of Augustus II the Strong in 1692–1695.

Anna Aloysia Maximiliane Louise von Lamberg (b. 1676 - d. 28 June 1738) was an Austrian countess who was successively the mistress of Augustus II the Strong, King of Poland, and Aleksander Benedykt Sobieski. She is known to history as Countess Esterle.