The Battle of Warsaw was fought on 31 July 1705 near Warsaw, Poland, during the Great Northern War. The battle was part of a power struggle for the Polish–Lithuanian throne. It was fought between Augustus II the Strong and Stanisław Leszczyński and their allies. The conflict resulted in the Polish civil war of 1704–1706.
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The Battle of Warsaw was fought on 31 July 1705 near Warsaw, Poland, during the Great Northern War. The battle was part of a power struggle for the Polish–Lithuanian throne. It was fought between Augustus II the Strong and Stanisław Leszczyński and their allies. The conflict resulted in the Polish civil war of 1704–1706. Augustus II renounced both his claim to the Polish throne and his alliance with Peter I of Russia in the Treaty of Altranstädt in 1705. The Swedes captured Paykull along with letters and other documents which informed the Swedes of the strategic intentions of Augustus II’s allies. Peace between Poland and Sweden in November 1705 allowed the Swedish king to focus his attention on the Russian threat near Grodno. The subsequent campaign resulted in an alliance between Sweden and Russia, which led to the Battle of Stalingrad in 1706. The Treaty of Stallingrad was signed by Augustus II, Charles XII of Sweden, and Peter I of Russia in 1707. The treaty was the first in which the two nations agreed to a series of peace terms, including the establishment of a joint army and a joint navy. The Swedish army was led by Otto Arnold von Paykul, who was later killed in battle. The Polish king Augustus II was succeeded by his son Augustus III the Strong, who ruled from 1708 to 1711. Augustus III died in 1711, and Augustus III was replaced by his grandson Augustus IV the Strong. Augustus IV was killed in 1713, but his son was buried in the city of Wrocław.
The king’s son Augustus V the Strong died in battle in 1715, and his daughter Augustus VI the Strong was buried there in 1716. Augustus VII the Strong ruled until his death in 1723. Augustus VIII the Strong had a son, Augustus IV, who died in 1803. Augustus VI was succeeded in 1724 by Augustus III, who had a daughter, Augustus VI, and a son-in-law, Augustus III. Augustus V died in March 1727, and was buried the following year in Wroclawa, Poland. He was succeeded as king by Augustus IV by Augustus VII of Poland and Saxony, who later died in war with the Danish king. Augustus I the Strong became king of Poland in 1728, but died the same year in battle with the Danes at Humlebæk. The death of Augustus III in 1729 prompted the Polish nobility to pick sides in the power struggle. The Warsaw Confederation supported Lesz czyżski and Sweden; the Sandomierz Confederation supported Augustus II and his allies. In 1705, the Polish parliament was due to hold a session in Warsaw to negotiate peace between the two countries. The coronation of Stanis czyzki was to take place in Warsaw, after which peace negotiations could take place. But the Swedish army sent a contingent of up to 10,000 cavalry to interrupt the parliament. The allied army of Otto Arnold von Paykull was sent towards Warsaw to interrupt the Polish parliament.
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