Electorate of Saxony
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The Electorate of Saxony, 1356 to 1806, was an Electorate of the Holy Roman Empire. Centred on the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg with its capital at Dresden, Saxony was one of the most significant states w
Duchies in Saxon lands (1235): the Ascanian Duchy of Saxony (green), the Welf Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and the ecclessiastical Duchy of Westphalia
The Electorate of Saxony and other Wettin domains (1423–1485)
The Albrechtsburg Castle, with the spires of the Meissen Cathedral visible behind it.
The siege and capture of Bautzen by John George I, Elector of Saxony, in September 1620
Frederick Augustus I of Saxony was a member of the House of Wettin who reigned as the last Elector of Saxony from 1763 to 1806 and as the first King of Saxony from 1806 to 1827. He was also Duke of Wa
Electorate of Saxony
…effectively ended with the Russian-Prussian alliance of 1764. The House of Wettin's official renunciation of the Polish kingship followed in 1765. Elector Frederick Augustus III (r. 1763–1806) rejected a new offer of the royal crown in 1791. Saxony was no longer in a position to play a role among the great powers. The impact…
Portrait of Frederick Augustus by Anton Graff, 1795
Portrait of Frederick Augustus by Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein, 1823