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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick Augustus I of Saxony has received more than 489,480 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Augustus I of Saxony is the 1,616th most popular politician (down from 1,580th in 2019), the 445th most popular biography from Germany (down from 438th in 2019) and the 123rd 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 1,616 out of 19,576Before him are Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Jehoiakim, Alaric II, David IV of Georgia, and Gregor Strasser. After him are Miloš Obrenović, Ferdinand I of Aragon, Otto of Greece, Emeric Thököly, George Tupou V, and Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1750, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony ranks 6Before him are Antonio Salieri, Letizia Ramolino, Ali Pasha of Ioannina, Tipu Sultan, and Caroline Herschel. After him are Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria, Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Francisco de Miranda, Heshen, Murad Bey, and Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa. Among people deceased in 1827, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony ranks 6Before him are Ludwig van Beethoven, Alessandro Volta, Pierre-Simon Laplace, Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, and William Blake. After him are Augustin-Jean Fresnel, Wilhelm Hauff, Maria Theresa of Austria, George Canning, Ugo Foscolo, and Ernst Chladni.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony ranks 445 out of 7,253Before him are Hans Fritzsche (1900), Walther Bothe (1891), Louis the Child (893), Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662), Gregor Strasser (1892), and Maria Amalia of Saxony (1724). After him are Hedwig of Silesia (1174), Johann Gottfried Galle (1812), Victoria of Baden (1862), Conradin (1252), Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886), and Otto Frank (1889).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony ranks 123Before him are Carol I of Romania (1839), Elsa Einstein (1876), Hans Fritzsche (1900), Louis the Child (893), Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662), and Gregor Strasser (1892). After him are Hedwig of Silesia (1174), Victoria of Baden (1862), Conradin (1252), Ananda Mahidol (1925), Maria Josepha of Bavaria (1739), and Friedrich Fromm (1888).