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| ====== Saxony ====== | ====== Saxony (Look to the West) ====== |
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| In [[timelines:Look to the West]], Saxony has gone from strength to strength. Allied with [[Austria Look to the West#Austria]] in the [[Third War of Supremacy]], she was initially overrun by Frederick II's Prussians (like OTL) but the Prussians were defeated in the war (unlike OTL). Unable to take all of Prussia's minor German possessions for herself for political reasons, Austria gave them to Saxony as a trustworthy surrogate, and Saxony grew in power, jockeying with Prussia for influence within the Holy Roman Empire. Both Saxony and Prussia were part of the alliance Ferdinand IV of Austria put together to face the French invasion during the Jacobin Wars, but the deaths of both their rulers led to an uprising in Prussian-ruled Poland supported by the Saxons--the Saxon and Prussian armies withdrew from the war to contest Poland between them, leaving Germany open to French invasion. The Saxons eventually won the war and broke Prussia, with Poland once again in personal union with Saxony. During the mediatisation caused by the downfall of the Holy Roman Empire, Saxony was one of the states that benefited the most, absorbing not only more of Prussia but also Thuringia and other regions. | In [[timelines:Look to the West]], Saxony has gone from strength to strength. Allied with [[Austria Look to the West#Austria]] in the [[Third War of Supremacy]], she was initially overrun by Frederick II's Prussians (like OTL) but the Prussians were defeated in the war (unlike OTL). Unable to take all of Prussia's minor German possessions for herself for political reasons, Austria gave them to Saxony as a trustworthy surrogate, and Saxony grew in power, jockeying with Prussia for influence within the Holy Roman Empire. Both Saxony and Prussia were part of the alliance Ferdinand IV of Austria put together to face the French invasion during the Jacobin Wars, but the deaths of both their rulers led to an uprising in Prussian-ruled Poland supported by the Saxons--the Saxon and Prussian armies withdrew from the war to contest Poland between them, leaving Germany open to French invasion. The Saxons eventually won the war and broke Prussia, with Poland once again in personal union with Saxony. During the mediatisation caused by the downfall of the Holy Roman Empire, Saxony was one of the states that benefited the most, absorbing not only more of Prussia but also Thuringia and other regions. |
| 1776-1797: **Frederick Christian II** | 1776-1797: **Frederick Christian II** |
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| 1797-1825: **John George V** (also John IV of Poland, first King of Saxony, called John George the Proud) | 1797-1825: **John George V** (also King John IV of Poland, first King of Saxony, called John George the Proud) |
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| 1825-: **Augustus II** (Augustus II Frederick, first Protestant monarch since Frederick Augustus I) | 1825-1859: **Augustus II** (Augustus II Frederick, first Protestant monarch since Frederick Augustus I, later first German Bundeskaiser) |
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| | 1859-1863: **Christian III Augustus** (first King of High Saxony) |
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| | 1863-1872: **John George VI** |
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| | 1872-????: **Christian IV Augustus** |
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| | ==== List of German Bundeskaisers (since 1859) ==== |
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| | 1859-1863: Augustus (formerly Augustus II of Saxony) |
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| | 1863-1872: Christian I (formerly Christian III of High Saxony) |
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| | 1872-????: Johann Georg (formerly John George VI of High Saxony) |
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| | ==== Navigation ==== |
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| | **[[list of states and regions in look to the west|Main Index of Look to the West States and Regions]]** |
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