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| Somare | Jun 16 2009, 12:25 AM Post #1 |
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King Friedrich August I of Saxony
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General Overview Capital: Dresden Government: Monarchy Population:4,806,661 Anthem: Sachsen Hymne Revenue:£500,000 Currency: Saxon Thaler Debt: - £0 Credit Rating: 5.4% Industrial Production Points: 3 IPP Royal House:House of Wettin His Majesty King Friedrich August I, King of Saxony History of Saxony After the dissolution of the medieval Duchy of Saxony, the name Saxony was first applied to a small part of the duchy situated on the Elbe around the city of Wittenberg. When in 1356 the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV issued the Golden Bull, the fundamental law of the empire which settled the method of electing the emperor, the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg was made one of the seven electorates and promoted to become the Electorate of Saxony. This lent influence out of proportion to the small area of the state. In addition, electoral status required succession based on primogeniture, which precluded the division of the territory among several heirs and the consequent disintegration of the country. The Protestant Reformation of the 16th century began under the protection of the electors of Saxony — in 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses at the castle church of Wittenberg. The electorate remained a focal point of religious strife throughout the Reformation and to the subsequent Thirty Years' War. Following the Thirty Years' War, Saxony's rulers and people were Lutheran and, although with ascension of Frederick Augustus II the rulers were once again Roman Catholic, the population remained Protestant. When in 1806 Napoleon I's French Empire began a war with Prussia, Saxony at first allied itself to Prussia, but afterwards joined Napoleon and entered the Confederation of the Rhine and the electorate became the Kingdom of Saxony with Elector Frederick Augustus III becoming King Frederick Augustus I. The new kingdom was an ally of France in all the Napoleonic wars of the years 1807-13. At the beginning of the great War of Liberation (1813) the king sided neither with Napoleon nor with his allied opponents, but united his troops with those of France when Napoleon threatened to treat Saxony as a hostile country. At the Battle of Leipzig (16-18 October, 1813), when Napoleon was completely defeated, the greater part of the Saxon troops deserted to the allied forces. The King of Saxony was taken as a Prussian prisoner to the Castle of Friedrichsfeld near Berlin. The Congress of Vienna (1814-15) took from Saxony the greater part of its land and gave it to Prussia, namely 7,800 square miles (20,000 km2) with about 850,000 inhabitants; this ceded territory included the former Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg, the former possessions of the Dioceses of Merseburg and Naumburg, a large part of Lusatia, etc. What Prussia had obtained, with the addition of some old Prussian districts, was formed into the Province of Saxony. |
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| Somare | Jun 16 2009, 12:25 AM Post #2 |
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Allied Nations Cordial Relations Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom of Bavaria Kingdom of Wurttemburg Electorate of Hesse Grand Duchy of Baden Grand Duchy of Hesse Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau Impartial Relations United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Kingdom of France Kingdom of Spain United Kingdom of the Netherlands Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Sweden-Norway Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of Denmark Principality of Moldova Principality of Wallachia Kingdom of Sardinia Kingdom of the Two Sicilies States of the Church Grand Duchy of Tuscany Duchy of Parma Duchy of Modena United States of America Kingdom of Brazil Republic of Paraguay Mehemite Egypt Shahdom of Persia Unrecognized Entities Mexican Rebels La Plata Rebels Bolivarian Rebels Chilean Rebels Serbian Rebels War |
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| Somare | Jun 16 2009, 12:44 AM Post #3 |
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Royal Saxon Army Saxony Soldiers in battle Commander:King Friedrich August I Chief of the General Staff: Major General Karl von Heygendorff Army Size:40,000 men 23rd Infantry Division (1st Royal Saxon) Commanding Officer:General Johann von Thielmann Troop Size:15,000 24th Infantry Division (2nd Royal Saxon) Commanding Officer:Field Marshall Prince Anton Clemens Troop Size: 15,000 Saxon Cavalry Division Commanding Officer:General Prince Maximilian Troop Size:9,000 12th Pioneer Battalion (Royal Saxon) Commanding Officer:Colonel Prince Klemens Maria Joseph Troop Size:10,000 |
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