Last Elector of Saxony (1763–1806), First King of Saxony (1806-1827)
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Frederick Augustus I
Portrait by Marcello Bacciarelli, 1809
King of Saxony
Reign
20 December 1806 – 5 May 1827
Coronation
20 December 1806
Successor
Anthony
Duke of Warsaw
Reign
9 June 1807 – 22 May 1815
Elector of Saxony
Reign
17 December 1763 – 20 December 1806
Predecessor
Frederick Christian
Co-regents
Francis Xavier (1763–1768) Maria Antonia (1763–1768)
Born
(1750-12-23)23 December 1750 Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Died
5 May 1827(1827-05-05) (aged 76) Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, German Confederation
Burial
Dresden Cathedral, Dresden
Spouse
Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
(m. 1769)
Issue
Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony
Names
German: Friedrich August Joseph Maria Anton Johann Nepomuk Aloys Xaver Polish: Fryderyk August Józef Maria Antoni Jan Nepomucen Alojzy Ksawery
House
Wettin
Father
Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony
Mother
Princess Maria Antonia of Bavaria
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Signature
Frederick Augustus I (German: Friedrich August I.; Polish: Fryderyk August I; French: Frédéric-Auguste Ier; 23 December 1750 – 5 May 1827) was a member of the House of Wettin who reigned as the last Elector of Saxony from 1763 to 1806 (as Frederick Augustus III) and as the first King of Saxony from 1806 to 1827.[1] He was also Duke of Warsaw from 1807 to 1815, and a legitimate candidate to the Polish throne.
Throughout his political career Frederick Augustus tried to rehabilitate and recreate the Polish state that was torn apart and ceased to exist after the final partition of Poland in 1795. However he did not succeed, for which he blamed himself for the rest of his life. Nevertheless, his efforts at reestablishing an independent Polish nation did endear him to the Polish people.
The Augustusplatz in Leipzig is named after him.
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