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Augustus III, also called Augustus Frederick, Polish August III Wettin, German August Friedrich, (born Oct. 17, 1696, Dresden, Saxony [Germany]—died Oct. 5, 1763, Dresden), king of Poland and elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus II), whose reign witnessed one of the greatest periods of disorder within Poland.

Birthplace: Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland (DB) Death: February 18, 1932 (66) Schloss Sibyllenort, Sibyllenort, Schlesien, Deutschland (DWR) Place of Burial: Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland (DWR) Immediate Family: Son of Georg I, König von Sachsen and Maria Ana de Bragança.

Frederick Augustus III , was the last King of Saxony . Born in Dresden, Frederick Augustus was the eldest son of King George of Saxony and his wife, Maria Anna of Portugal.

Frederick Augustus I (German: Friedrich August I.; Polish: Fryderyk August I; 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 King of Saxony from 1806 to 1827.

Frederick Augustus I, (born Dec. 23, 1750, Dresden, Saxony—died May 5, 1827, Dresden), first king of Saxony and duke of Warsaw, who became one of Napoleon’s most loyal allies and lost much of his kingdom to Prussia at the Congress of Vienna.

At the head of the electorate was Frederick Augustus III, who sustained peace throughout his State for forty years until 1806. The reigning dynasty had provided kings for Poland. It was a Lutheran country, however the dynasty converted to Catholicism, thus the State's affairs were dealt with by a Catholic sovereign surrounded by protestant ...

Augustus III. views 1,871,152 updated. Augustus III, 1696–1763, king of Poland (1735–63) and, as Frederick Augustus II, elector of Saxony (1733–63); son of Augustus II, whom he succeeded in Saxony. Elected king of Poland by a minority, he allied himself with Empress Anna of Russia and Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI in the War of the Polish ...