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Frederick Augustus III of Saxony

1865 - 1932

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Frederick Augustus III (German: Friedrich August III.; 25 May 1865 – 18 February 1932) was the last King of Saxony (1904–1918). Born in Dresden, Frederick Augustus was the eldest son of King George of Saxony and his wife, Maria Anna of Portugal. Frederick Augustus served in the Royal Saxon Army before becoming king, and later was promoted to Generalfeldmarschall. Though well-loved by his subjects, he voluntarily abdicated as king on 13 November 1918, after the defeat of the German Empire in World War I. He died in his Sibyllenort Palace in Lower Silesia (now Szczodre in Poland) and was buried in Dresden. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Augustus III of Saxony is the 3,141st most popular politician (down from 2,753rd in 2019), the 815th most popular biography from Germany (down from 727th in 2019) and the 230th most popular German Politician.

Frederick Augustus III of Saxony was most famous for being the King of Saxony and the Duke of Warsaw. He was also a prince of the house of Wettin and a member of the Order of the Garter.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frederick Augustus III of Saxony ranks 3,141 out of 19,576. Before him are Samudragupta, Va'aletoa Sualauvi II, Emperor Go-Kōmyō, Anastasio Somoza García, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and Lewis Strauss. After him are Theudebald, Constans II, John Mahama, Bartolomeo Eustachi, John, Duke of Berry, and Louis Barthou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Frederick Augustus III of Saxony ranks 26. Before him are Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Jacques Hadamard, John Mott, Félix Vallotton, Andranik, and Benjamin Guggenheim. After him are Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Alfred Hugenberg, Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, Amélie of Orléans, Emma Orczy, and Charles G. Dawes. Among people deceased in 1932, Frederick Augustus III of Saxony ranks 20. Before him are Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Max Wolf, Edgar Wallace, George Eastman, and Errico Malatesta. After him are Joseph Babinski, Kang Pan-sok, Eugen d'Albert, Pavlik Morozov, Ferdinand Buisson, and André Maginot.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frederick Augustus III of Saxony ranks 815 out of 7,253. Before him are Rudolf Otto (1869), Georg Jellinek (1851), Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (1722), Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1700), Peter Kürten (1883), and Hugo Sperrle (1885). After him are Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1851), Eduard Dietl (1890), Karl Ludwig Harding (1765), Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria (1869), Arthur Nebe (1894), and Friedrich List (1789).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Frederick Augustus III of Saxony ranks 230. Before 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). After him are Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1851), Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (1636), Ludwig Quidde (1858), Wolfgang Schäuble (1942), Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (1946), and Otto III, Duke of Bavaria (1261).

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