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Kingdom of Saxony
1806–1918
Saxony, formerly an electorate, became a kingdom on 20 December 1806 after its ally Prussia's defeat at Jena, when it joined the Confederation of the Rhine and its last elector Frederick Augustus III became King Frederick Augustus I (Friedrich August I). He was simultaneously made Duke of Warsaw (1807), and gained the Prussian Lordship of Cottbus.
- Existed
- 1806–1918
- Shown on the map
- 1806–1808
- Peak area
- 34k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
Saxony, formerly an electorate, became a kingdom on 20 December 1806 after its ally Prussia's defeat at Jena, when it joined the Confederation of the Rhine and its last elector Frederick Augustus III became King Frederick Augustus I (Friedrich August I). He was simultaneously made Duke of Warsaw (1807), and gained the Prussian Lordship of Cottbus. His steadfast loyalty to Napoleon — maintained even as the tide turned at Leipzig, where he was captured — proved costly: at the Congress of Vienna, Prussia annexed roughly 58% of Saxony's territory (the northern half), though the kingdom survived, smaller, until 1918.
Common questions
- What was the Kingdom of Saxony?
- Saxony, formerly an electorate, became a kingdom on 20 December 1806 after its ally Prussia's defeat at Jena, when it joined the Confederation of the Rhine and its last elector Frederick Augustus III became King Frederick Augustus I (Friedrich August I). He was simultaneously made Duke of Warsaw (1807), and gained the Prussian Lordship of Cottbus.
- When did the Kingdom of Saxony exist?
- The Kingdom of Saxony existed 1806–1918. On this map it is drawn 1806–1808.
- How large was the Kingdom of Saxony?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Kingdom of Saxony covered about 34,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each polity as the primary basis, with Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia, napoleon.org (Fondation Napoléon), the Deutsches Historisches Museum, and academic studies (H-France Review, the *Napoleonica* journal) on the Revolution's and Napoleon's contested death tolls and legacy. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Kingdom of Saxony en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Saxony
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