Warsaw_Confederation_(1704)

Warsaw Confederation (1704)

Warsaw Confederation (1704)

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The Warsaw Confederation was a confederation against King of Poland–Lithuania Augustus II the Strong. It was formed on 16 February 1704 in Warsaw.[citation needed] With the backing of Charles XII of Sweden, it dethroned August II and declared Stanisław Leszczyński king.[1][2] In response on 20 May 1704,[citation needed] the supporters of August II formed the Sandomierz Confederation.[1] The Warsaw Confederation was eventually victorious in the civil war in Poland, which ended with the Treaty of Altranstädt.[1] Soon, however, after the Swedish defeat in the Battle of Poltava, the Russians prevailed,[3] and Augustus II resumed the Polish throne in 1709.[4]

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  1. [1]
    Frost 2009, pp. 160–161.
  2. [2]
    Frost 2009, p. 163.
  3. [3]
    Frost 2009, pp. 160–161.
  4. [4]
    Frost 2009, p. 168.
  • Frost, Robert I. (2009). ""Everyone understood what it meant": The Impact of the Battle of Poltava on the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth". Harvard Ukrainian Studies. 31 (1/4): 159–176. ISSN 0363-5570. JSTOR 41756501. Retrieved 20 November 2021 – via JSOR.

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