 It was the first time that a deceased monarch's son had not been elected to succeed him, the previous king's heir had been debarred from the throne by military force, and that a German became king (which went against a tradition of avoiding German hegemony).Augustus II's first act as king was to expel the prince of Conti from the country.After the coronation of King Augustus II, Sobieski began negotiations to reconcile with the new Polish king.