Frederick Augustus I of Saxony

Frederick Augustus I (or III) of Saxony (December 23, 1750 - May 5, 1827). He succeeded his father, Frederick Christian, in December 1763, as Elector Frederick Augustus III of Saxony (from the House of Wettin). For the first 5 years of his reign, his mother Dowager Electress Maria Antonia was regent. In 1805, shortly before the abolition of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, he became King of Saxony as Frederick Augustus I.

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December 23 - 1750 - May 5 - 1827 - Frederick Christian - 1763 - Saxony - House of Wettin - Regent - Holy Roman Empire - 1806

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Frederick Augustus I was also Grandduke of the Grandduchy of Warsaw 1807 - 1815) (as Fryderyk August I). He was the grandson of polish king Augustus III of Poland.

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1807 - 1815 - Augustus III of Poland

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In 1769, he married Amalie Countess Palatine of the Rhine von Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld and had a daughter, Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony (1782-1863).

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His alliance with Napoleon resulted in defeat in 1813. The country was occupied by Russia, and only restored to full sovereignty after a landswap between Russia, Prussia and Saxony, resulting in the loss of two-thirds of the country's territory.

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Napoleon - Russia - Prussia

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He was succeeded as King of Saxony by his younger brother Anthony Clement.

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