Warsaw Confederation (1704)

The Warsaw Confederation (Polish: Konfederacja warszawska) 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]

References

1. Frost 2009, pp. 160–161.
2. Frost 2009, p. 163.
3. Frost 2009, pp. 160–161.
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.

See also

• Treaty of Warsaw (1705)
• Warsaw Confederation (1573)