1750 - 1827
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, 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 449,440 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Frederick Augustus I of Saxony is the 1,584th most popular politician (up from 1,740th in 2019), the 438th most popular biography from Germany (up from 491st in 2019) and the 119th 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, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony ranks 1,584 out of 15,577. Before him are Al-Mu'tasim, Carloman, Xerxes II of Persia, Joseph I of Portugal, Alfonso VIII of Castile, and Sergey Shoygu. After him are Maria Luisa of Spain, Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, Lajos Kossuth, Mohamed Naguib, Amon of Judah, and Bernhard von Bülow.
796 - 842
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 1,578
710 - 754
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 1,579
500 BC - 424 BC
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 1,580
1714 - 1777
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 1,581
1155 - 1214
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 1,582
1955 - Present
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 1,583
1750 - 1827
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 1,584
1745 - 1792
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 1,585
1463 - 1525
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 1,586
1802 - 1894
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 1,587
1901 - 1984
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 1,588
660 BC - 640 BC
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 1,589
1849 - 1929
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 1,590
Among people born in 1750, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony ranks 5. Before him are Antonio Salieri, Letizia Ramolino, Ali Pasha of Ioannina, and Tipu Sultan. After him are Caroline Herschel, Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria, Francisco de Miranda, Heshen, Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa, 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 Wilhelm Hauff, Samuel Crompton, Maria Theresa of Austria, Ugo Foscolo, Ernst Chladni, and Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt.
1750 - 1825
HPI: 78.00
Rank: 1
1750 - 1836
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 2
1750 - 1822
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 3
1750 - 1799
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 4
1750 - 1827
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 5
1750 - 1848
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 6
1750 - 1806
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 7
1750 - 1762
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 8
1750 - 1816
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 9
1750 - 1799
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 10
1750 - 1829
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 11
1750 - 1801
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 12
1770 - 1827
HPI: 95.23
Rank: 1
1745 - 1827
HPI: 83.08
Rank: 2
1749 - 1827
HPI: 77.98
Rank: 3
1746 - 1827
HPI: 76.85
Rank: 4
1757 - 1827
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 5
1788 - 1827
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 6
1750 - 1827
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 7
1802 - 1827
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 8
1753 - 1827
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 9
1767 - 1827
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 10
1778 - 1827
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 11
1756 - 1827
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 12
1773 - 1827
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 13
Among people born in Germany, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony ranks 438 out of 6,142. Before him are Roland Freisler (1893), Victoria of Baden (1862), Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (1808), Albrecht Kossel (1853), Adolf Butenandt (1903), and Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1848). After him are Hans Fischer (1881), Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463), Walther von Reichenau (1884), Bernhard von Bülow (1849), Felix Klein (1849), and F. W. Murnau (1888).
1893 - 1945
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 432
1862 - 1930
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 433
1808 - 1888
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 434
1853 - 1927
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 435
1903 - 1995
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 436
1848 - 1916
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 437
1750 - 1827
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 438
1881 - 1945
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 439
1463 - 1525
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 440
1884 - 1942
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 441
1849 - 1929
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 442
1849 - 1925
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 443
1888 - 1931
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 444
Among politicians born in Germany, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony ranks 119. Before him are Carol I of Romania (1839), Louis II, Prince of Monaco (1870), Christian V of Denmark (1646), Hans Fritzsche (1900), Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (795), and Victoria of Baden (1862). After him are Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463), Bernhard von Bülow (1849), Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662), Josef Kramer (1906), Otto of Bavaria (1848), and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911).
1839 - 1914
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 113
1870 - 1949
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 114
1646 - 1699
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 115
1900 - 1953
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 116
795 - 858
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 117
1862 - 1930
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 118
1750 - 1827
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 119
1463 - 1525
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 120
1849 - 1929
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 121
1662 - 1726
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 122
1906 - 1945
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 123
1848 - 1916
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 124
1911 - 2004
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 125