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  22ND GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
King Frederick Augustus III of SAXONY was born in 1865 in Saxony - son of George.
George of SAXONY was born in 1893 in Saxony - son of Frederick Augustus III.
Ernest Henry of SAXONY was born in 1896 in Saxony - son of Frederick Augustus III.
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 Frederick Augustus III of Saxony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Friedrich August III Johann Ludwig Karl Gustav Gregor Philipp, King of Saxony (25 May 1865 -18 February 1932) was the son of King Georg I of Saxony (1832-1904) and his wife Maria Ana, Infanta of Portugal (1843-1884).
Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen, Duke of Saxony (1893-1968).
Ernst Heinrich, Prince of Saxony (1896 - 1971).
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 saxony
Son of Frederick II the Gentle, Elector of Saxony; on death of father (1464) succeeded to rule jointly with elder brother Ernest; on division of duchy (1485) received eastern and western portions; governor of Netherlands for Holy Roman emperors (1488-93); governor of Friesland (1498-1500).
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS II (1797-1854), king of Saxony (1836-54), nephew of King Frederick Augustus I and King Anthony (1755-1836), born in Dresden.
Saxe was an illegitimate son of Frederick Augustus I, elector of Saxony (1694-1733) and, as Augustus II, king of Poland (1697-1733).
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 JOHN GEORGE III. OF SAXONY - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN GEORGE III. OF SAXONY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
JOHN GEORGE I. (1585-1656), elector of Saxony, second son of the elector Christian I., was born on the 5th of March 1585, succeeding to the electorate in June 1611 on the death of his elder brother, Christian II.
JOHN1 MAURICE OF NASSAU (1604-1679), surnamed the Brazilian, was the son of John the Younger, count of Nassau-Siegen-Dillenburg, and the grandson of John, the elder brother of William the Silent and the chief author of the Union of Utrecht.
He was shortly afterwards appointed by Frederick Henry to the command of the cavalry in the States army, and he took part in the campaigns of 1645 and 1646.
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 Wikinfo | Frederick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Frederick is Friedrich in German and Frederik in Danish.
Frederick I of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195-1198
Frederick I of Austria (Habsburg), the Handsome, (1286-1330), Duke of Austria and King of the Romans as Frederick (III).
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 AUGUSTUS III. (FREDERICK AUGUSTUS II.) - LoveToKnow Article on AUGUSTUS III. (FREDERICK AUGUSTUS II.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
in October 1740, Augustus was L song the enemies of his daughter Maria Theresa, and, as a at ti-in.-law of the emperor Joseph I., claimed a portion of the D ibsburg territories.
He left five sons, ~ eldest of whom was his successor in Saxony, Frederick iristian; and five daughters, one of whom was the wife of Ei uis, the dauphin of France, and mother of Louis XVI.
Augustus, who showed neither talent r inclination fOr government, was content to leave Poland ider the influence of Russia, and Saxony to the rule of his inisters.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saxony
John Frederick was defeated and captured by Charles V at the Battle of Mühlberg on the Elbe, 24 April, 1547.
Elector Frederick Augustus III (1763-1827) received the title of King of Saxony as Frederick Augustus I. The new kingdom was an ally of France in all the Napoleonic wars of the years 1807-13.
The Vicariate Apostolic of Saxony, and the Prefecture Apostolic of Saxon Upper Lusatia.
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 Saxony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Saxony borders, from the east and clockwise, on Poland, the Czech Republic and the German states of Bavaria, Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg.
In 1137 Saxony was passed to the Welfen dynasty, who were descendants (1) of Wulfhild Billung, eldest daughter of the last Billung duke, and (2) of the daughter of Lothar of Supplinburg.
Frederick Augustus made the mistake of remaining loyal for too long to Napoleon I, and he was taken prisoner and his territories declared forfeit by the allies in 1813, with the intention of their being annexed by Prussia.
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 Augustus III
Augustus III, King of Poland, and, as Frederick Augustus II, Elector of Saxony, the only legitimate son of Augustus II ("the Strong"), was born at Dresden on the 17th of October 1696.
On the death of Charles VI in October 1740, Augustus was among the enemies of his daughter Maria Theresa, and, as a son-in-law of the emperor Joseph I, claimed a portion of the Habsburg territories.
He left five sons, the eldest of whom was his successor in Saxony, Frederick Christian; and five daughters, one of whom was the wife of Louis, the dauphin of France, and mother of Louis XVI.
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 Frederick Augustus I of Saxony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 the Duchy of Warsaw 1807 - 1815) (as Fryderyk August I).
He was the grandson of polish king Augustus III of Poland.
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.
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 WHKMLA : History of Saxony, 1740-1789
Saxony's lack of weight in international diplomacy was expressed by the fact that Prussia's Frederick the Great, by refusing to negotiate with Saxon prime minister von Brühl, in effect influenced the representation and policy of Saxony.
Although Saxony had not lost any territory, the Seven Years War had been the worst disaster the country had suffered since the Thirty Years' War; during the 7 Years War, the Prussians had pressed 48,000,000 Talers in contributions (designated as such) out of the Saxons; the complete figure is higher.
As Frederick Christian's son, Frederick Augustus III., was still a minor, Frederick Christian's brother XAVER was appointed regent (1763-1768).
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 Saxony   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
From the mid-13th century, the duke of Saxony was recognized as an imperial elector (a prince with the right to participate in choosing the Holy Roman Emperor); a dispute over this right between the two branches was settled in favour of the Wittenberg branch in 1356.
Saxony's monarchy was abolished after Germany's defeat in World War I (1918), and Saxony adopted a republican constitution as a free state under the Weimar Republic (1919–33).
Saxony Land was re-created in 1990 in the process of the unification of East with West Germany.
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 Augustus II
Augustus II, King of Poland, and, as Frederick Augustus I, Elector of Saxony, second son of John George III, elector of Saxony, was born at Dresden on the 12th of May 1670.
Augustus continued the war against the Turks for a time, and being anxious to extend his influence and to find a pretext for retaining the Saxon troops in Poland, made an alliance in 1699 with Russia and Denmark against Charles XII of Sweden.
Augustus died at Warsaw on the 1st of February 1733, leaving a son Frederick Augustus, who succeeded him in Poland and Saxony, and many illegitimate children, among whom was the famous general, Maurice of Saxony, known as Marshal Saxe.
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 Courtly Lives - Augustus III Elector of Saxony and King of Poland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Augustus III (1696-1763) was the son of August the Strong, and his family was from the Wettin Dynasty.
Augustus was Elector of Saxony (as Augustus II) (1733-1763) and King of Poland from January 14, 1734, when Augustus III was crowned in Cracow Cathedral.
August III married Maria Josef, daughter of Emperor Josef I of the Holy Roman Empire.
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 Courtly Lives - Augustus II Elector of Saxony and King of Poland
Augustus II (1670-1733) was called "Augustus the Strong," and his family was from the Wettin Dynasty.
When Augustus II died, in 1733, Stanislaw Leszczynski (1677-1766) was re-elected King of Poland (1733-1736) with the support of France, while Russia and Austria favored Augustus III, son of Augustus II.
Augustus II was caught between two religions and had to be very careful not to upset either side.
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 Augustus II: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
AUGUSTUS II 1670–1733, king of Poland (1697–1733) and, as Frederick Augustus I, elector of Saxony (1694–1733).
After his death, the ascension of his son and successor in Saxony, Augustus III, to the Polish throne was unsuccessfully contested by Stanislaus I, who was backed by France.
AUGUSTUS II 1670 1733, king of Poland (1697 1733) and, as Frederick Augustus I, elector of Saxony (1694 1733).
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 Frederick Augustus I of Saxony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frederick Augustus I (or III) of Saxony (December 23, 1750 - May 5, 1827).
He succeeded his father, Frederick Christian, in December 1763, as Elector Frederick Augustus III of Saxony (from the House of Wettin).
In 1769, he married Amalie Countess Palatine of the Rhine von Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld and had a daughter, Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony (1782-1863).
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 Remarks at the Opening of the Exhibition
Saxony was a country of religious tolerance, which was manifested in the reception of exiles from Bohemia and by the exemplary Christian lifestyle of pietists and the Moravians under the leadership of Count Nikolaus von Zinzendorf, who was also a missionary in America.
Augustus III initiated the construction of the Catholic Hofkirche, a task he assigned to Roman architect Gaetano Chaveri.
Subsequently Elector Frederick August III changed sides; in return, Saxony was upgraded to the status of a kingdom within the Confederation of the Rhine under the control of Napoleon.
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 Saxony Rulers, Dresden, Germany  -  Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Saxony emerges as one of the more powerful stem duchies in East Francia (kings of Germany), once the formal split is made between East and West Franks.
Saxony is divided between Saxe-Lauenberg (in the west) and Saxe-Wittenberg (in the east).
Frederick Augustus I Christian Leopold Kingdom halved by Prussia in 1814.
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Frederick Augustus I, 1750–1827, king and elector of Saxony, German History, Biographies
Frederick Augustus I 1750–1827, king (1806–27) and elector (1763–1806) of Saxony, grand duke of Warsaw (1807–14).
Frederick Augustus did not abandon his alliance with Napoleon in time and as a result lost a large part of Saxony to Prussia at the Congress of Vienna (1815).
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 Reagalia
Crowns, orbs and sceptres of Augustus III and his consort Maria Josepha and the coronation sword made for Augustus III (1733) together with his coronation mantle are kept at the National Museum in Warsaw.
1605: Constance of Austria, consort of Sigismund III Vasa
1734: Augustus III and Maria Josepha of Austria
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 Bavaria
Frederick the Great of Prussia, however, would not accept any move that would strengthen Austria's power and influence in southern Germany; he feared that a strong Austria would interfere with Prussia's uniting with the margravates of Ansbach and Bayreuth.
Likewise at Frederick's request, the elector of Saxony, Frederick Augustus III (later king of Saxony as Frederick Augustus I), who had another claim to part of Bavaria, also protested.
Son of Elector Palatine Frederick V and Elizabeth, daughter of James I of England; nephew of Charles I. Served against Imperialists in Thirty Years' War (1637-38); captured and imprisoned (1638-41).
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 Colditz Castle
During the 13th century, the town of Colditz was established and the surrounding forests, meadows and farmland settled.
Under Frederick the Wise and Johann the Gentle, Colditz became a royal residence of the Electors of Saxony.
The castle underwent further modification during the reign of the elector Augustus of Saxony (1553 to 1586), with the alterations being carried out in the Renaissance style.
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 Frederick Augustus II --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Frederick Augustus shared the regency with his uncle, King Anton, from 1830 to 1836, when he succeeded to the throne.
Called Philip Augustus (from the Latin augere, “to increase”) because he enlarged the boundaries of the state, Philip II was a contemporary of Richard the Lion-Hearted of England and the Holy Roman emperor Frederick I (Frederick Barbarossa).
His reign, like that of his grandfather Frederick I, was filled with conflict: wars for control of his Kingdom of Sicily; war against the Lombard League, a confederation of cities in northern Italy; the rebellion of his own son Henry VII and other German...
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 ScienceDaily: Frederick augustus iii of saxony   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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 Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by forename - part 40   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, King of Poland Wettin, b.
Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, King of Saxony Wettin, b.
Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, King of Saxony Wettin, b.
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 Italy
In 1055 the Emperor Henry III then kidnapped Beatrice and her daughter, Matilda, but before he died (1056) the Emperor reconciled with Godfrey and released the women.
Under Frederick's son William (XII), Montferrat itself was raised to the status of a Duchy, but then in 1708 it was asorbed by Savoy.
Frederick IV of Naples was deposed by his cousin Ferdinand II of Aragón, who had already united Spain by marrying Isabella of Castile.
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 Rome and Romania, Roman Emperors, Byzantine Emperors, etc.
Augustus originally wanted an Elbe-Danube frontier, but his forces were caught in a catastrophic ambush and destroyed.
Gordian III, Gallienus, and Carinus are the principal exceptions, ruling in their own right after the death of fathers or, with Gordian, uncle and grandfather.
Since Leo III is considered to have come from either Syria or the nearby Isauria, his concern about this issue is supposed to have resulted from his sensitivity to the effect of Islâmic charges on the previously Christian populations of the areas, like Syria, conquered by Islâm.
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 Worldroots.com
Wettin, Augustus of Saxony, Elector of Saxony, b.
Wettin, Frederick III the Wise, Elector of Saxony, b.
Wettin, William III the Brave of Saxony, Duke of Luxemburg, b.
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