Frederick Augustus II (Friedrich August II.; 18 May 1797 in Dresden – 9 August 1854 in Brennbüchel, Karrösten, Tyrol) was King of Saxony and a member of the House of Wettin. He was the eldest son of Maximilian, Prince of Saxony – younger son of the Elector Frederick Christian of Saxony – by his first wife, Caroline of Bourbon, Princess of Parma. ==Life== ===Early years=== From his birth, it was clear that one day Frederick Augustus would become the ruler of Saxony.
However, he had little interest in military affairs. ===Co-Regent to the Kingdom=== The July Revolution of 1830 in France marked the beginning of disturbances in Saxony that autumn.
On 2 February 1832 Frederick Augustus brought Free Autonomy to the cities.
They had no children. In Dresden on 24 April 1833 Frederick Augustus married secondly with the Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria (Maria Anna Leopoldine Elisabeth Wilhelmine), daughter of the King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria.
Also, by an edict of 17 March of that year, the farmers were freed from the corvée and hereditary submission. ===King of Saxony=== On 6 June 1836, King Anton died and Frederick Augustus succeeded him.
Mostly he preferred to leave these things on the hands of his ministers. A standardized jurisdiction for Saxony created the Criminal Code of 1836.
The May Uprising was crushed by Saxon and Prussian troops and Frederick was able to return after only a few days. ===Journey through England and Scotland=== In 1844 Frederick Augustus, accompanied by his personal physician Carl Gustav Carus, made an informal (incognito) visit to England and Scotland.
During the Revolutionary disturbances of 1848 (March Revolution), he appointed liberal ministers in the government, lifted censorship, and remitted a liberal electoral law.
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In 1849, Frederick Augustus was forced to flee to the Königstein Fortress.
Frederick Augustus II (Friedrich August II.; 18 May 1797 in Dresden – 9 August 1854 in Brennbüchel, Karrösten, Tyrol) was King of Saxony and a member of the House of Wettin. He was the eldest son of Maximilian, Prince of Saxony – younger son of the Elector Frederick Christian of Saxony – by his first wife, Caroline of Bourbon, Princess of Parma. ==Life== ===Early years=== From his birth, it was clear that one day Frederick Augustus would become the ruler of Saxony.
On 8 August 1854, he died in the Gasthof Neuner.
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