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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.
- Frederick Augustus I
Frederick Augustus I (German: Friedrich August I.; Polish:...
- Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
Frederick Augustus III (German: Friedrich August III.; 25...
- Free State
Saxony has a long history as a duchy, an electorate of the...
- Frederick Augustus I
The Kingdom of Saxony (German: Königreich Sachsen), existed from 1806 until 1918. From 1871 it was part of the German Empire, and after World War I it became part of the Weimar Republic. Its capital was the city of Dresden, and its modern successor state is the Free State of Saxony.
- 14,993 km² (5,789 sq mi)
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- Dresden
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The Kingdom of Saxony was the fifth state of the German Empire in area and third in population; in 1905 the average population per square mile was 778.8. Saxony was the most densely peopled state of the empire, and indeed of all Europe; the reason was the very large immigration on account of the development of manufactures.
Mar 8, 2024 · Saxony’s monarchy was abolished after Germany’s defeat in World War I (1918), and Saxony adopted a republican constitution as a free state under the Weimar Republic (1919–33). The territory continued to exist as a Land (state) under Adolf Hitler ’s Third Reich (1933–45) and the German Democratic Republic until 1952, when it was ...
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The Eastern Frankish Kingdom (919–1125) with the later stem duchies: Saxony in yellow, Franconia in blue, Bavaria in green, Swabia in light orange, and Lotharingia in pink. After the death of the last Carolingian, Louis the Child, in 911, the stem duchies acknowledged the unity of the kingdom
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