1696 - 1763
Augustus III (Polish: August III Sas, Lithuanian: Augustas III; 17 October 1696 – 5 October 1763) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1733 until 1763, as well as Elector of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire where he was known as Frederick Augustus II (German: Friedrich August II). He was the only legitimate son of Augustus II the Strong, and converted to Catholicism in 1712 to secure his candidacy for the Polish throne. In 1719 he married Maria Josepha, daughter of Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor, and became elector of Saxony following his father's death in 1733. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Augustus III of Poland has received more than 695,988 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Augustus III of Poland is the 682nd most popular politician (up from 922nd in 2019), the 184th most popular biography from Germany (up from 261st in 2019) and the 49th most popular German Politician.
Augustus III of Poland was a member of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and was most famous for being the last king of Poland. He was the son of Frederick Augustus II, Elector of Saxony and Maria Josepha of Austria. He was the grandson of Augustus II the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, and Maria Josepha of Austria.
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Among politicians, Augustus III of Poland ranks 682 out of 15,577. Before him are Hong Taiji, Michael VIII Palaiologos, Maxentius, Ion Antonescu, Franjo Tuđman, and Afonso I of Portugal. After him are Nebuchadnezzar I, Gwangjong of Goryeo, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Louis the Stammerer, Albert I of Belgium, and Yuan Shikai.
1592 - 1643
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 676
1224 - 1282
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 677
278 - 312
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 678
1882 - 1946
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 679
1922 - 1999
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 680
1109 - 1185
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 681
1696 - 1763
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 682
1200 BC - 1104 BC
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 683
925 - 975
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 684
1830 - 1903
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 685
846 - 879
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 686
1875 - 1934
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 687
1859 - 1916
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 688
Among people born in 1696, Augustus III of Poland ranks 2. Before him is Mahmud I. After him are Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Alphonsus Liguori, Abram Petrovich Gannibal, Maurice de Saxe, Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Johann Melchior Molter, Marco Foscarini, and Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. Among people deceased in 1763, Augustus III of Poland ranks 1. After him are Princess Isabella of Parma, Antoine François Prévost, Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony, Cao Xueqin, Pierre de Marivaux, Peter Forsskål, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, Gottfried Heinrich Bach, Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp, and Marco Foscarini.
1696 - 1754
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 1
1696 - 1763
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 2
1696 - 1770
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 3
1696 - 1787
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 4
1696 - 1781
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 5
1696 - 1750
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 6
1696 - 1762
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 7
1696 - 1788
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 8
1696 - 1772
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 9
1696 - 1765
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 10
1696 - 1763
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 11
1696 - 1754
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 12
1696 - 1763
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 1
1741 - 1763
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 2
1697 - 1763
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 3
1722 - 1763
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 4
1724 - 1763
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 5
1688 - 1763
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 6
1732 - 1763
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7
1673 - 1763
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 8
1724 - 1763
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 9
1711 - 1763
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 10
1719 - 1763
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 11
1696 - 1763
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Augustus III of Poland ranks 184 out of 6,142. Before him are Baron d'Holbach (1723), Wilhelm Dilthey (1833), Olaf Scholz (1958), Arnulf of Carinthia (850), Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886), and Max Born (1882). After him are Caroline of Ansbach (1683), Emmy Noether (1882), Matthias Grünewald (1480), Ilse Koch (1906), Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800), and Hans Holbein the Younger (1497).
1723 - 1789
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 178
1833 - 1911
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 179
1958 - Present
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 180
850 - 899
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 181
1886 - 1969
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 182
1882 - 1970
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 183
1696 - 1763
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 184
1683 - 1737
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 185
1882 - 1935
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 186
1480 - 1528
HPI: 71.37
Rank: 187
1906 - 1967
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 188
1800 - 1891
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 189
1497 - 1545
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 190
Among politicians born in Germany, Augustus III of Poland ranks 49. Before him are Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (973), Christian IX of Denmark (1818), Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (1882), Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926), Olaf Scholz (1958), and Arnulf of Carinthia (850). After him are Ilse Koch (1906), Rudolf I of Germany (1218), Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756), Frederick William II of Prussia (1744), Alexander Van der Bellen (1944), and Konstantin von Neurath (1873).
973 - 1024
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 43
1818 - 1906
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 44
1882 - 1951
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 45
1926 - 2020
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 46
1958 - Present
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 47
850 - 899
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 48
1696 - 1763
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 49
1906 - 1967
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 50
1218 - 1291
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 51
1756 - 1825
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 52
1744 - 1797
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 53
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 54
1873 - 1956
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 55