Kingdom of Saxony

Kingdom of Saxony
Königreich Sachsen (German)
1806–1918
Motto: Providentiae Memor
(Latin for 'Providence Remember')
Anthem: Gott segne Sachsenland (1815)

Sachsenlied
("Gott sei mit dir mein Sachsenland", 1842)
The Kingdom of Saxony within the German Empire
The Kingdom of Saxony within the German Empire
Location of Saxony
Status
CapitalDresden
Common languagesStandard 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
Government
King 
• 1806–1827
Frederick Augustus I (first)
• 1904–1918
Frederick Augustus III (last)
Minister-President 
• 1831–1843
Bernhard von Lindenau (first)
• 1918
Rudolf Heinze (last)
LegislatureLandtag (1831–1918)
• Upper Chamber
"First Chamber"
• Lower Chamber
"Second Chamber"
Historical eraNapoleonic 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
• State of the German Empire
1 January 1871
• Frederick Augustus III abdicates
13 November 1918
• Free State established
1 November 1920
Currency
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Electorate of Saxony
Weimar Saxony
Province of Saxony
Today part ofGermany
Poland

The Kingdom of Saxony (German: Königreich Sachsen) was a German monarchy that existed in Central Europe between 1806 to 1918. The territory of the Kingdom comprised from the former Electorate of Saxony. A member of historical confederacies, it joined the Confederation of the Rhine after the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, later joining the German Confederation after Napoleon was defeated in 1815. 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.

  1. ^ Chadwick, Ulinka (2017). The Oxford Handbook of the Protestant Reformations. Oxford University Press. p. 106. ISBN 9780199646920.