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Frederick Christian (German: Friedrich Christian; 5 September 1722 – 17 December 1763) was the Prince-Elector of Saxony for 73 days in 1763. He was a member of the House of Wettin . He was the third but eldest surviving son of Frederick Augustus II , Prince-Elector of Saxony and King of Poland , by his wife, Maria Josepha of Austria .
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May 1, 2024 · Frederick III (born Jan. 17, 1463, Torgau, Saxony—died May 5, 1525, Lochau, near Torgau) was the elector of Saxony who worked for constitutional reform of the Holy Roman Empire and protected Martin Luther after Luther was placed under the imperial ban in 1521.
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Frederick Christian was the Prince-Elector of Saxony for 73 days in 1763. He was a member of the House of Wettin. He was the third but eldest surviving son of Frederick Augustus II, Prince-Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, by his wife, Maria Josepha of Austria.
Born January 17, 1463, Frederick was the first son of the eldest Wettin, Elector Ernest of Saxony. Ernest and his brother, Albert, had in 1485 divided Saxony into two territories, ducal Albertine Saxony and electoral Ernestine Saxony.
Biography. 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.
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