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Elector Frederick Augustus III of Saxony (later King) title QS:P1476,de:"Kurfürst Friedrich August III. von Sachsen, gen. der Gerechte (ab 1806 König Friedrich August I.)" label QS:Lde,"Kurfürst Friedrich August III. von Sachsen, gen. der Gerechte (ab 1806 König Friedrich August I.)"
4 de oct. de 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. His brother John George was two years his senior.
Augustus died at Warsaw in 1733. Although he had failed to make the Polish throne hereditary in his house, his eldest son, Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, succeeded him to the Polish throne as Augustus III of Poland although he had to be installed by the Imperial Russian Army during the War of the Polish Succession. Legacy
Augustus III (born Oct. 17, 1696, Dresden, Saxony [Germany]—died Oct. 5, 1763, Dresden) was the king of Poland and elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus II), whose reign witnessed one of the greatest periods of disorder within Poland. More interested in ease and pleasure than in affairs of state, this notable patron of the arts left the ...
Saxony was put under Russian occupation and 40% of the Kingdom, including the historically significant Wittenberg, home of the Protestant Reformation, was taken by Prussia, but Frederick Augustus was allowed back to rule the remainder of his kingdom, which still included the major cities of Dresden and Leipzig.
Saxony became a republic at the end of the German Empire in 1918. For later rulers, see List of Ministers-President of Saxony . Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, 1918-1932. Frederick Christian, Margrave of Meissen, 1932-1968. Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, since 1968.
Biography. He was the eldest son of Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia, and Catherine of Henneberg.After the death of his uncle William I, Margrave of Meissen in 1407, he was made governor of the Margraviate of Meissen together with his brother William II as well as with his cousin Frederick IV (son of Balthasar), until their possessions were divided in 1410 and 1415.
