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1 day ago · Saxony has a long history as a duchy, an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire (the Electorate of Saxony), and finally as a kingdom (the Kingdom of Saxony).In 1918, after Germany's defeat in World War I, its monarchy was overthrown and a republican form of government was established under the current name.
- Landtag of The Free State of Saxony
A modern-style bicameral constitutionally-based legislature...
- Old Saxony
Old Saxony was the homeland of the Saxons during the Early...
- History of Saxony
The Kingdom of Saxony was the fifth state of the German...
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The flag of the Kingdom of Saxony (1815–1918), the Free...
- Duchy of Saxony
The Duchy of Saxony (Low German: Hartogdom Sassen, German:...
- List of rulers
In 1806 The Elector of Saxony became King of an independent...
- Landtag of The Free State of Saxony
4 days ago · History of England. Anglo-Saxon England or Early Medieval England, existing from the 5th to the 11th centuries from soon after the end of Roman Britain until the Norman Conquest in 1066, consisted of various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms until 927, when it was united as the Kingdom of England by King Æthelstan (r. 927–939).
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Mar 29, 2024 · brother Lothar. Otto I (born Nov. 23, 912—died May 7, 973, Memleben, Thuringia) was the duke of Saxony (as Otto II, 936–961), German king (from 936), and Holy Roman emperor (962–973) who consolidated the German Reich by his suppression of rebellious vassals and his decisive victory over the Hungarians. His use of the church as a ...
Apr 17, 2024 · Friedrich Ferdinand, Graf (count) von Beust was the prime minister and foreign minister of Saxony (1858–66) and of the Austrian Empire (1867–71). He negotiated the Ausgleich, or “Compromise” (1867), establishing the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, and also helped restore the Habsburgs’ international
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Mar 28, 2024 · Prussia humbled Saxony on the battlefield and reduced it to second-class status, but a war-ending treaty in 1763 gave Saxony back its independence. The next big change for Saxony was the reorganization of it as a kingdom, as established in conjunction with French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte , who abolished the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 and ...
Apr 16, 2024 · Louis XVI (born August 23, 1754, Versailles, France—died January 21, 1793, Paris) was the last king of France (1774–92) in the line of Bourbon monarchs preceding the French Revolution of 1789. The monarchy was abolished on September 21, 1792; later Louis and his queen consort, Marie-Antoinette, were guillotined on charges of counterrevolution.
