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Succeeded Frederick Christian. Friedrich August III, Elector of Saxony, became Friederich August I, King of Saxony in 1806 and Grand Duke of Warsaw in 1807, as an ally of Napoleon. In 1813 he lost Warsaw to Russia and gave up half of Saxony to Prussia, although Saxony remained a kingdom. Married on 29 January 1769 Maria Amalia Augusta of ...
Frederick Augustus III ( German: Friedrich August III.; 25 May 1865 – 18 February 1932) was the last King of Saxony (1904–1918). Born in Dresden, Frederick Augustus was the eldest son of King George of Saxony and his wife, Maria Anna of Portugal . Frederick Augustus served in the Royal Saxon Army before becoming king, and later was promoted ...
Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (1750–1827), Elector, later King of Saxony, Duke of Warsaw. Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (1797–1854), King of Saxony. Frederick Augustus III of Saxony (1865–1932), last King of Saxony. Frederick Augustus of Saxe-Eisenach (1663–1684), hereditary Prince of Saxe-Eisenach. Category: Human name ...
May 9, 2024 · Augustus II (born May 12, 1670, Dresden, Saxony [Germany]—died February 1, 1733, Warsaw, Poland) was the king of Poland and elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus I). Though he regained Poland’s former provinces of Podolia and Ukraine, his reign marked the beginning of Poland’s decline as a European power.
Signature. Frederick III (17 January 1463 – 5 May 1525), also known as Frederick the Wise (German: Friedrich der Weise ), was Prince-elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525, who is mostly remembered for the protection given to his subject Martin Luther, the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation. Frederick was the son of Ernest, Elector of ...
Frederick Augustus I (full name: Frederick Augustus Joseph Maria Anton Johann Nepomuk Aloys Xavier) (German language: Friedrich August I.; 23 December 1750 – 5 May 1827) was King of Saxony (1805–1827) from the House of Wettin. He was also Elector Frederick Augustus III (Friedrich August III.) of Saxony (1763–1806) and Duke Frederick Augustus I (Polish language: Fryderyk August I ) of ...
Mar 21, 2024 · Frederick Augustus was proclaimed king of Saxony on 20 December 1806. After the Treaty of Tilsit, which Frederick William III of Prussia and Czar Alexander I of Russia concluded with Napoleon in July 1807, Frederick Augustus was also named duke of Warsaw.
