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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
6 de nov. de 2022 · Coat of Arms of Frederick Augustus III of Saxony (Order of Charles III).svg 446 × 770; 13.36 MB. Dresden Schauspielhaus Erinnerungstafel Erbaut 1.JPG 2,576 × 1,932; 2.49 MB. Enemy Activities - Officers - King of Saxony conversing with one of his men who has just received an Iron Cross, and giving final instruction before going into the fray.
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.
Son of Frederick Christian. His Electorate ceased with the fall of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, and he became King of Saxony. Frederick Augustus III the Just (Friedrich August III) 23 December 1750: 17 December 1763 – 20 December 1806: 5 May 1827: Albertine Electorate of Saxony: Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 17 January 1769 Mannheim (by ...
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.
