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  1. The Duchy of Saxony (Low German: Hartogdom Sassen, German: Herzogtum Sachsen) was originally the area settled by the Saxons in the late Early Middle Ages, when they were subdued by Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars from 772 and incorporated into the Carolingian Empire by 804.

    • Saxony

      Saxony has a long history as a duchy, an electorate of the...

    • History of Saxony

      From the era of the conversion of the Saxons up to the...

  2. This article lists dukes, electors, and kings ruling over different territories named Saxony from the beginning of the Saxon Duchy in the 6th century to the end of the German monarchies in 1918. The electors of Saxony from John the Steadfast onwards were Lutheran until Augustus II of Saxony converted to Catholicism in order to be elected King ...

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    Name
    Reign
    838 – 840
    Comes et marchio
    850 – 12 March 864 or 866
    Comes et marchio
    12 March 864 or 866 – 2 February 880
    Comes et marchio
    2 February 880 – 30 November 912
    first Duke of the Younger stem duchy
  3. 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.

  4. Home Geography & Travel Historical Places. Saxony. historical region, duchy, and kingdom, Europe. Also known as: Sachsen, Saxe. Written and fact-checked by. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica.