Frederick Augustus III (German: Friedrich August III.; 25 May 1865 – 18 February 1932) was King of Saxony from 1904 until his abdication in 1918. Born in Dresden, he was the eldest son of King George of Saxony and Maria Anna of Portugal. Like his father and grandfather, he was educated at Leipzig University.
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) in 1932 and was buried in Dresden.
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