Frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony, (Friedrich August Albert Maria Clemens Joseph Vincenz Aloys Nepomuk Johann Baptista Nikolaus Raphael Peter Xaver Franz de Paula Veneantius) (May 18, 1797 – August 9, 1854) became king of Saxony in 1836. Son of Maximilian, Prince of Saxony and Princess Caroline of Bourbon-Parma. May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... 1797 (MDCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stat Sakska) is a federal state of Germany. ... Maximilian, Prince of Saxony (13 April 1759 - 3 January 1838) was the fifth son of Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony and Mary Antonia, Princess of Bavaria. ...

On September 26, 1819 Frederick Augustus II married Archduchess Caroline of Austria, daughter of Emperor Francis I of Austria. Following her death, on April 24, 1833 he married Princess Marie Anne Leopoldine of Bavaria. September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Francis I in Austrian coronation regalia, 1832 Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (German language: Franz II, Heiliger Römischer Kaiser) also referred to as Franz I, Emperor of Austria (February 12, 1768 – March 2, 1835) was the last Holy Roman Emperor, ruling from 1792 until August 6, 1806, when the... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

There were no children of either marriage. He was succeeded by his brother, Johann I.

In 1849 revolutionary disturbances broke out in the Kingdom, forcing Frederick Augustus to flee to Königstein fortress. The May Uprising was crushed by Saxon and Prussian troops and Frederick was able to return after only a few days. View from the river Elbe to the fortress View from Festung Königstein, looking down onto the Elbe and the town of Königstein Festung Königstein is a famously impregnable fortress near Dresden, in Saxon Switzerland, Germany, near the town of Königstein. ... Revolutionary barricades in Germany The May Uprising took place in Dresden, Germany in 1849; it was one of the last of the series of events known as the Revolutions of 1848. ...