Kingdom of Saxony
German kingdom formed from the Electorate of Saxony (1806–1918) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. It became a free state in the era of Weimar Republic in 1918 after the end of World War I and the abdication of King Frederick Augustus III of Saxony. Its capital was the city of Dresden, and its modern successor state is the Free State of Saxony.
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| 1806–1918 | |||||||||||
| Motto: Providentiae Memor "Providence Remember" | |||||||||||
| Anthem: Gott segne Sachsenland (1815) Sachsenlied ("Gott sei mit dir mein Sachsenland", 1842) | |||||||||||
.svg) The Kingdom of Saxony within the German Empire | |||||||||||
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| Capital | Dresden | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Standard German (written; educated speech) Upper Saxon German (colloquial) Upper Sorbian (in Upper Lusatia) | ||||||||||
| Religion | Lutheran (state religion),[1] but monarchs were Catholic | ||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Saxon | ||||||||||
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• 1806–1827 | Frederick Augustus I (first) | ||||||||||
• 1904–1918 | Frederick Augustus III (last) | ||||||||||
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• 1831–1843 | Bernhard von Lindenau (first) | ||||||||||
• 1918 | Rudolf Heinze (last) | ||||||||||
| Legislature | Landtag (1831–1918) | ||||||||||
• Upper Chamber | "First Chamber" | ||||||||||
• Lower Chamber | "Second Chamber" | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Napoleonic Wars / WWI | ||||||||||
| 11 December 1806 | |||||||||||
• Electorate raised to Kingdom | 20 December 1806 | ||||||||||
| 9 July 1807 | |||||||||||
• Occupied by Prussia | 1813 | ||||||||||
• Final Act of the Congress of Vienna | 9 June 1815 | ||||||||||
• Member of the North German Confederation | 1866 | ||||||||||
| 1 January 1871 | |||||||||||
• Frederick Augustus III abdicates | 13 November 1918 | ||||||||||
• Free State established | 1 November 1920 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany Poland | ||||||||||
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