Frederick Augustus I of Saxony

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Frederick Augustus I
Portrait by Marcello Bacciarelli, 1809
King of Saxony
Reign	20 December 1806 – 5 May 1827
Coronation	20 December 1806
Successor	Anthony
Duke of Warsaw 1812–1813 King of Poland (disputed)
Reign	9 June 1807 – 22 May 1815
Successor	Alexander I (as King of Poland)
Elector of Saxony
Reign	17 December 1763 – 20 December 1806
Predecessor	Frederick Christian
Co-regents	Francis Xavier (1763–1768) Maria Antonia (1763–1768)
Grand Duke of Lithuania (disputed)
Reign	1 July 1812 – 14 December 1812
Predecessor	Alexander I (as Emperor of Russia, titular ruler)
Successor	Alexander I
Born	(1750-12-23)23 December 1750 Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Died	5 May 1827(1827-05-05) (aged 76) Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, German Confederation
Burial	Dresden Cathedral, Dresden
Spouse	Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld ​ ​ (m. 1769)​
Issue	Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony
Names German: Friedrich August Joseph Maria Anton Johann Nepomuk Aloys Xaver Polish: Fryderyk August Józef Maria Antoni Jan Nepomucen Alojzy Ksawery
House	Wettin
Father	Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony
Mother	Princess Maria Antonia of Bavaria
Religion	Roman Catholicism
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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.^[1] 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. However he did not succeed, for which he blamed himself for the rest of his life. Nevertheless, his efforts at reestablishing an independent Polish nation did endear him to the Polish people.

The Augustusplatz in Leipzig is named after him.