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 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
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
Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony
…After a reign of only 74 days, Frederick Christian died of smallpox. He was buried in the Hofkirche of Dresden. Because Frederick Christian's eldest son Frederick Augustus III was a minor, his brother Francis Xavier and the Dowager Electress Maria Antonia took the joint regency of the electorate until the boy's majority. A…
Portrait of Frederick Augustus by Anton Graff, 1795
Portrait of Frederick Augustus by Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein, 1823