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May 1, 2024 · Role In: Napoleonic Wars. Frederick Augustus I (born Dec. 23, 1750, Dresden, Saxony—died May 5, 1827, Dresden) was the first king of Saxony and duke of Warsaw, who became one of Napoleon’s most loyal allies and lost much of his kingdom to Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Succeeding his father in 1763 as the elector Frederick Augustus III ...
Augustus I, Elector of Saxony. 0 references. Identifiers. VIAF ID. 292190655. 2 references. ... Augustus, Elector of Saxony von Sachsen (Wettin) (31 Jul 1526 - 11 Feb ...
Regency of Augustus I, Elector of Saxony (1573-1586) After his death, his brother took the land and in the next year divided it with his nephews (sons of Frederick William). Frederick William I: 25 April 1562: 1573–1602: 7 July 1602: Ernestine Saxe-Weimar: Sophie of Württemberg 5 May 1583 Weimar six children Anna Maria of the Palatinate ...
Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (German: Heinrich der Fromme) (16 March 1473, in Dresden – 18 August 1541, in Dresden) was a Duke of Saxony from the House of Wettin. Succeeding his brother George, Duke of Saxony , a fervent Catholic who sought to extinguish Lutheranism by any means possible, Henry established the Lutheran church as the ...
Oct 4, 2023 · Frederick Augustus was born in Dresden (in modern-day Germany) on 12th May 1670. He was the second son of Elector John George III of Saxony from the ruling house of Wettin and his wife Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark.
Augustus III ( Polish: August III Sas, Lithuanian: Augustas III; 17 October 1696 – 5 October 1763) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1733 until 1763, as well as Elector of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire where he was known as Frederick Augustus II (German: Friedrich August II ). He was the only legitimate son of Augustus II ...
1696-1763. Biography. Son of Frederick August I of Saxony (Augustus II of Poland). 1719 married Maria Josepha, daughter of the emperor Joseph I. Succeeded his father as elector of Saxony in February 1733. Chosen king of Poland by a small minority of electors on in October 1733; crowned in Kraków on Jan. 17, 1734, and was generally recognized ...
