Frederick Augustus I of Saxony was a member of the House of Wettin who reigned as the last Elector of Saxony from 1763 to 1806 and as the first King of Saxony from 1806 to 1827. He was also Duke of Wa
Portrait of Frederick Augustus by Anton Graff, 1795
Portrait of Frederick Augustus by Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein, 1823
Frederick Christian was the Prince-Elector of Saxony for 73 days in 1763. He was a member of the House of Wettin. He was the third but eldest surviving son of Frederick Augustus II, Prince-Elector of
Frederick Augustus I of Saxony
…The Augustusplatz in Leipzig is named after him. Frederick Augustus was the second (but eldest surviving) son of Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony and Maria Antonia Walpurgis, Princess of Bavaria. Because he was underage at the time of his father's death of smallpox in 1763, his mother served as…
Frederick Christian wearing the Polish Order of the White Eagle. Portrait by Pietro Rotari, c. 1755
Frederick Christian c. 1735, by Rosalba Carriera.
A young Frederick Christian by Pierre Subleyras, c. 1739
Portrait by Anton Raphael Mengs, c. 1752