| King Fryderyk Krystian of Wettin | |
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| His Royal Highness the King of Poland | |
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 King of Poland
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| Reign | 8 July 1920 - 9 August 1968 |
| Predecessor | Stanisław II Augustus |
| Successor | Fryderyk August III |
| Prime Ministers | Julian Nowak (1920-1927) Janusz Radziwiłł (1927-1933) Tomasz Arciszewski (1933-1936) Wincenty Witos (1936-1939) Antoni Ponikowskik (1939-1943) Władysław Sikorski (1943-1954) Stanisław Mikołajczyk (1957-1963) Bolesław Piasecki (1963-1979) |
| Born | 31 December 1893 Dresden,  German Empire
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| Died | 9 August 1968 (Aged 74) Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland
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| Spouse | Princess Julia Maria of Lubomirski (m.1924) |
| Issue | Fryderyk August III Princess Maria Josepha Princess Anna Prince Albert Princess Mathilde |
| House | Wettin |
| Father | Frederick Augustus III of Saxony |
| Mother | Archduchess Louise of Austria |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Fryderyk Krystian of Poland (Albert Leopold Friedrich Christian Sylvester Anno Macarius, (31 December 1893 – 9 August 1968)) was the King of Poland from 1920 to 1968.
Early on, it was decided by the Central Powers to restore Poland as an independent puppet regime. The "Austro-Polish" solution called for Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria and his son Charles Albert, who resided in Saybusch in Galicia and spoke Polish fluently, to assume the throne while Germany controlled the Polish economy and raw materials, as well as any Polish army. However by 1918 all hopes for the Austro-Polish solution had failed and Germany assumed total control of the Central Powers’ plans for Poland. The German candidates for the throne were disputed between claims from Saxony and Bavaria, and the Bavarian demand presented Prince Leopold of Bavaria who was the Supreme Commander of the German forces on the Eastern front as the future ruler of Poland.
After years of deliberation, a joint Polish-German committee voted 28-14 to appoint Friedrich Christian as the new monarch of Poland. Prince Leopold and his son Konrad renounced any claim, and Friedrich was transported to Warsaw for his coronation.