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Just prior to the break out of the Northern War of 1700-1721, what ruler was considered by Denmark and Poland to be weak and vulnerable?

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The outbreak of the war was preceded by the alliance (1699) of Peter I, Frederick IV of Denmark, and Augustus II of Poland (who was also elector of Saxony) against Charles XII, whose youth and inexperience they hoped would make him an easy victim.

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