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Frederick Augustus I of Saxony

1750 - 1827

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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. He was also Duke of Warsaw from 1807 to 1815 (in 1812–1813 he was proclaimed, but unrecognized, King of Poland by the General Confederation of the Kingdom of Poland), a short-lived disputed Grand Duke of Lithuania in 1812, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Augustus I of Saxony is the 1,825th most popular politician (down from 1,616th in 2019), the 461st most popular biography from Germany (down from 445th in 2019) and the 132nd most popular German Politician.

Frederick Augustus I of Saxony is most famous for his role in the War of the Austrian Succession. He was also the father of Frederick the Great, who would later become King of Prussia.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony ranks 1,825 out of 19,576. Before him are Kayqubad I, Al-Adil I, Hibatullah Akhundzada, Al-Musta'sim, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, and Lyudmila Putina. After him are Nestor, Matthew Kantakouzenos, Catherine of Navarre, Maria Theresa of Austria, Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans, and Boris I of Bulgaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1750, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony ranks 5. Before him are Antonio Salieri, Ali Pasha of Ioannina, Letizia Ramolino, and Caroline Herschel. After him are Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria, Tipu Sultan, Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Heshen, Francisco de Miranda, Adam Afzelius, and Murad Bey. Among people deceased in 1827, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony ranks 7. Before him are Ludwig van Beethoven, Alessandro Volta, Pierre-Simon Laplace, Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, William Blake, and Augustin-Jean Fresnel. After him are Maria Theresa of Austria, Wilhelm Hauff, Ugo Foscolo, Samuel Crompton, Wilhelm Müller, and George Canning.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony ranks 461 out of 7,253. Before him are Maurice de Saxe (1696), Werner Herzog (1942), Fanny Mendelssohn (1805), Wolfram von Eschenbach (1170), Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743), and Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria (1847). After him are Maria Amalia of Saxony (1724), Martin Behaim (1459), Fritz Todt (1891), Julius von Mayer (1814), Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911), and Joachim Löw (1960).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony ranks 132. Before him are Hedwig of Silesia (1174), Christopher of Bavaria (1416), Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1823), Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (1735), Valentinian II (371), and Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria (1847). After him are Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911), Ananda Mahidol (1925), Friedrich Fromm (1888), Louis the Child (893), Gregor Strasser (1892), and Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium (1876).

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