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Anthony of Saxony

1755 - 1836

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Anthony of Saxony (German: Anton; 27 December 1755 – 6 June 1836) was a King of Saxony from the House of Wettin. He became known as Anton der Gütige ("Anthony the Kind"). He was the fifth but third surviving son of Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony and his wife Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony of Saxony is the 3,062nd most popular politician (up from 3,944th in 2019), the 792nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,059th in 2019) and the 223rd most popular German Politician.

Anthony of Saxony was a German prince and one of the most famous generals in the Thirty Years War. He was also a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Anthony of Saxony ranks 3,062 out of 19,576. Before him are James Comey, Brasidas, Frederick II, Duke of Swabia, Maxim Litvinov, Francis, Count of Vendôme, and Fath-Ali Shah Qajar. After him are Publius Valerius Publicola, Ladislaus II of Hungary, Robert I, Duke of Burgundy, Louis Blanc, Bardylis, and Heonjong of Joseon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1755, Anthony of Saxony ranks 12. Before him are Alexander Hamilton, Samuel Hahnemann, Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, James Parkinson, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, and Georges Couthon. After him are Giovanni Battista Viotti, François Joseph Lefebvre, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, and Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg. Among people deceased in 1836, Anthony of Saxony ranks 12. Before him are Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, William Godwin, and Christiaan Hendrik Persoon. After him are Maria Malibran, Maria Cristina of Savoy, Claude-Louis Navier, Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, Nathan Mayer Rothschild, and Antoine Destutt de Tracy.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Anthony of Saxony ranks 792 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707), Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724), Erwin Bowien (1899), Marie of Hesse-Kassel (1767), Hermann of Reichenau (1013), and Albert Speer (1934). After him are Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (1573), Johann Joachim Quantz (1697), Otto Ohlendorf (1907), Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828), Peter Parler (1330), and Albert Göring (1895).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Anthony of Saxony ranks 223. Before him are George V of Hanover (1819), Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia (1883), Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (1914), Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1784), Amalie Auguste of Bavaria (1801), and Artur Axmann (1913). After him are Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828), Wilhelm Cuno (1876), Princess Louise of Prussia (1838), Otto I, Duke of Bavaria (1120), Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (1722), and Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1700).

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