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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.
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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
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SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. 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.
The Saxons [1] were a group of Germanic [2] peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country ( Old Saxony, Latin: Saxonia) near the North Sea coast of northern Germania, in what is now Germany. [3] In the late Roman Empire, the name was used to refer to Germanic coastal raiders, and in a similar sense to the later ...
History of Saxony - Wikipedia. Contents. hide. (Top) Pagan Saxony. Medieval Duchy of Saxony and Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg (880–1356) Palatinate of Saxony. Electorate of Saxony (1356–1806) Kingdom of Saxony (1806–1918) After 1918. Prussian province of Saxony. See also. Notes. References. History of Saxony. Part of a series on the. History of Germany.
Kingdom of Saxony. Free state of Saxony. See also. References. External links. List of rulers of Saxony. This article lists dukes, electors, and kings ruling over different territories named Saxony from the beginning of the Saxon Duchy in the 6th century to the end of the German monarchies in 1918.
