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Kingdom of Saxony

1806 CE – 1918 CE · capital Dresden

Kingdom of the Albertine Wettins created under Napoleon, a German industrial heartland around Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz.

Origins

Elector Frederick Augustus III of Saxony changed sides after Prussia's defeat at Jena and joined the Confederation of the Rhine in December 1806, taking the title King Frederick Augustus I. Napoleon also made him Duke of Warsaw in 1807.

Rule and society

Saxony fought for Napoleon until Leipzig in 1813, and at the Congress of Vienna it lost about three-fifths of its territory to Prussia. A constitution followed the unrest of 1830, and the May Uprising in Dresden in 1849 was crushed with Prussian help. Textiles, machine building and mining made Saxony one of Germany's most industrialised regions, and Leipzig was a centre of publishing and music.

Decline and legacy

Saxony sided with Austria in 1866, then joined the North German Confederation and in 1871 the German Empire. King Frederick Augustus III abdicated in November 1918, and the state became the Free State of Saxony.

Lineage

Electorate of Saxony 1356 CE – 1806 CEKingdom of SaxonyFree State of Saxony 1918 CE – 1952 CE

Connections (7)

Margraviate of Upper Lusatia was part of Kingdom of Saxony1806 CE – 1815 CE
Kingdom of Saxony was part of Confederation of the Rhine1806 CE – 1813 CE
Kingdom of Saxony in personal union with Duchy of Warsaw1807 CE – 1815 CE
Duchy of Warsaw in personal union with Kingdom of Saxony1807 CE – 1815 CE
Kingdom of Saxony was part of German Confederation1815 CE – 1866 CE
Kingdom of Saxony was part of North German Confederation1867 CE – 1871 CE
Kingdom of Saxony was part of German Empire1871 CE – 1918 CE

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