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unusual facts about Frederick Augustus I of Saxony


Frederick Augustus I of Saxony

Geopolitically the Duchy of Warsaw comprised the areas of the 2nd and 3rd Prussian partitions (1795), with the exception of Danzig (Gdańsk), which was made into the Free City of Danzig under joint French and Saxon "protection", and the district around Białystok, which was given to Russia.


Ferdinand Pettrich

Born in Dresden to sculptor Franz Pettrich, court sculptor to Elector Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, Pettrich studied in Rome under Bertel Thorvaldsen.

Josef Grassi

He received the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit from Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, and was appointed by Duke Augustus of Saxe-Gotha as Privy Counsellor.


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Battle of Fraustadt

King August II of Poland gave up his claim on the Polish crown, although he remained Elector Frederick Augustus I of Saxony.