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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Personal_union_of_PolandPersonal union of Poland and Saxony - Wikipedia

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   The kings also often stopped and hosted meetings with foreign delegations and sessions of the Senate in Wschowa, which was dubbed the "unofficial capital of Poland". The personal union of Poland and Saxony, or Saxony-Poland, was the personal union that existed from 1697 to 1706 and from 1709 to 1763 between the Electorate of Saxony under the ...

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     Kings of Poland and Electors of Saxony; Augustus II in the...

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     Augustus III ( Polish: August III Sas, Lithuanian: Augustas...

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     Augustus II the Strong (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733), was...

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › SaxonySaxony - Wikipedia

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   Saxony, [a] officially the Free State of Saxony, [b] is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig. Saxony is the tenth largest of Germany's sixteen states, with an area ...

   • Capital: Dresden
   • Government Body: Landtag of the Free State of Saxony

   • Country: Germany
   • Largest city: Leipzig

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   Is Saxony a country?

   • Saxony, [a] officially the Free State of Saxony, [b] is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig.

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   When did Saxony become a part of Germany?

   • The Kingdom of Saxony ( German: Königreich Sachsen ), lasting from 1806 to 1918, was an independent member of a number of historical confederacies in Napoleonic through post-Napoleonic Germany. The kingdom was formed from the Electorate of Saxony. From 1871, it was part of the German Empire.

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   What is the capital of Saxony?

   • Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig. Saxony is the tenth largest of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of 18,413 square kilometres (7,109 sq mi), and the sixth most populous, with more than 4 million inhabitants. The term Saxony has been in use for more than a millennium.

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   Where did Saxony come from?

   • The history of Saxony began with a small tribe living on the North Sea between the Elbe and Eider River in what is now Holstein. The name of this tribe, the Saxons (Latin: Saxones ), was first mentioned by the Greek author Ptolemy. The name Saxons is derived from the Seax, a knife used by the tribe as a weapon. [citation needed]

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4. www.britannica.com › place › Saxony-historicalSaxony | Germany, Map, History, & Facts | Britannica

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   Mar 8, 2024 · Saxony, any of several major territories in German history.It has been applied: (1) before 1180 ce, to an extensive far-north German region including Holstein but lying mainly west and southwest of the estuary and lower course of the Elbe River; (2) between 1180 and 1423, to two much smaller and widely separated areas, one on the right (east) bank of the lower Elbe southeast of Holstein, the ...