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Frederick Augustus III | |||||
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![]() Frederick Augustus III (1914) | |||||
King of Saxony | |||||
Reign | 15 October 1904 – 13 November 1918 | ||||
Predecessor | George | ||||
Successor | Monarchy abolished | ||||
Born | Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony | 25 May 1865||||
Died | 18 February 1932 Sibyllenort, Landkreis Oels, Province of Lower Silesia, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (present-day Szczodre, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland) | (aged 66)||||
Burial | Katholische Hofkirche, Dresden | ||||
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House | Wettin | ||||
Father | George of Saxony | ||||
Mother | Maria Anna of Portugal | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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Frederick Augustus III (German: Friedrich August III.; 25 May 1865 – 18 February 1932) was the last King of Saxony (1904–1918). Born in Dresden, Frederick Augustus was the eldest son of King George of Saxony and his wife, Maria Anna of Portugal.
Frederick Augustus served in the Royal Saxon Army before becoming king, and later was promoted to Generalfeldmarschall. Though well-loved by his subjects, he voluntarily abdicated as king on 13 November 1918, after the defeat of the German Empire in World War I. He died in his Sibyllenort Palace in Lower Silesia (now Szczodre in Poland) and was buried in Dresden.
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