Frederick Augustus I of Saxony

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Frederick Augustus I, King of Saxony (previously Frederick Augustus III, Elector of Saxony) (December 23, 1750 - May 5, 1827). He was the eldest son of Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony and Maria Antonia, Princess of Bavaria. His maternal grandparents were Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor and Marie Amalie, Archduchess of Austria.

He succeeded his father 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.

Frederick Augustus I was also Duke of Warsaw (1807 - 1815) (as Fryderyk August I). He was the grandson of King Augustus III of Poland. In 1769, he married Amalie, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld and had a daughter, Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony (1782-1863). 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.

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

Preceded by: Frederick Christian	Elector/King of Saxony 1763–1827	Succeeded by: Anthony Clement
Preceded by: state created	Duke of Warsaw 1807–1813	Succeeded by: state abolished