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==Kingdom of Saxony== The [[Holy Roman Empire]] came to an end in 1806. The [[Prince-elector|Elector]] of Saxony, allied to [[Napoleon]], anticipated its [[Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire|dissolution]] by becoming the ruler of an independent [[Kingdom of Saxony]] in 1806. {| class="wikitable" ! colspan=2 | Ruler!!Born!!Reign!!Death!!Ruling part!!Consort!!Notes |- style="background:#fff;" |'''[[Frederick Augustus I of Saxony|Frederick Augustus I the Just]]'''<br/>''(Friedrich August I der Gerechte)''||[[File:Vogel von Vogelstein - Frederick Augustus I of Saxony - Galerie Neue MeisterFXD.jpg|80px]]||23 December 1750||20 December 1806 – 5 May 1827||5 May 1827|| '''[[Kingdom of Saxony]]'''||'''[[Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld]]'''<br/>17 January 1769<br/>[[Mannheim]]<br/>''(by proxy)''<br/>29 January 1769<br/>[[Dresden]]<br/>''(in person)''<br/>four children|| In 1806 became king of the newly independent Kingdom of Saxony. Also [[Duke of Warsaw]] 1807–1813. Left no male descendants. He was succeeded by his brother. (The numbering resets in this point). |- style="background:#fff;" |'''[[Anthony of Saxony|Anthony the Kind]]'''<br/>''(Anton der Gütige)''||[[File:Anton-sachsen.jpg|80px]]||27 December 1755||5 May 1827 – 6 June 1836||6 June 1836|| '''[[Kingdom of Saxony]]'''||[[Princess Maria Carolina of Savoy|Maria Carolina of Savoy]]<br/>29 September 1781<br/>[[Stupinigi]]<br/>''(by proxy)''<br/>24 October 1781<br/>[[Dresden]]<br/>''(in person)''<br/>no children<br/><br/>'''[[Maria Theresa of Austria (1767–1827)|Maria Theresa of Austria]]'''<br/>8 September 1787<br/>[[Florence]]<br/>''(by proxy)''<br/>18 October 1787<br/>[[Dresden]]<br/>''(in person)''<br/>four children|| Left no male descendants. He was succeeded by his nephew. |- style="background:#fff;" |'''[[Frederick Augustus II of Saxony|Frederick Augustus II]]'''<br/>''(Friedrich August II)''||[[File:Vogel von Vogelstein - Frederick Augustus of Saxony - Galerie Neue Meister.jpg|80px]]||18 May 1797||6 June 1836 – 9 August 1854||9 August 1854|| '''[[Kingdom of Saxony]]'''||[[Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria|Maria Carolina of Austria]]<br/>26 September 1819<br/>[[Vienna]]<br/>''(by proxy)''<br/>7 October 1819<br/>[[Dresden]]<br/>''(by person)''<br/>no children<br/><br/>'''[[Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805–1877)|Maria Anna of Bavaria]]'''<br/>24 April 1833<br/>[[Dresden]]<br/>no children|| Son of [[Prince Maximilian of Saxony]]. Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother. |- style="background:#fff;" |'''[[John, King of Saxony|John]]'''<br/>''(Johann I)''||[[File:Louis Ferdinand von Rayski - König Johann von Sachsen, 1870.jpg|80px]]||12 December 1801||9 August 1854 – 29 October 1873||29 October 1873|| '''[[Kingdom of Saxony]]'''||'''[[Amalie Auguste of Bavaria]]'''<br/>10 November 1822<br/>[[Munich]]<br/>''(by proxy)''<br/>21 November 1822<br/>[[Dresden]]<br/>''(in person)''<br/>nine children|| Became a subordinate ruler in the [[German Empire]] after the [[Unification of Germany]] in 1871. |- style="background:#fff;" |'''[[Albert, King of Saxony|Albert the Good]]'''<br/>''(Albrecht der Gute)''||[[File:Paul Kießling - Albert von Sachsen.jpg|80px]]||23 April 1828||29 October 1873 – 19 June 1902||19 June 1902|| '''[[Kingdom of Saxony]]'''||'''[[Carola of Vasa|Carola of Sweden]]'''<br/>18 June 1853<br/>[[Dresden]]<br/>no children|| |- style="background:#fff;" |'''[[George, King of Saxony|George]]'''<br/>''(Georg)''||[[File:Georg von Sachsen 1895.jpg|80px]]||8 August 1832||19 June 1902 – 15 October 1904||15 October 1904|| '''[[Kingdom of Saxony]]'''||[[Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal (1843–1884)|Maria Anna of Portugal]]<br/>11 May 1859<br/>[[Lisbon]]<br/>eight children|| |- style="background:#fff;" |'''[[Frederick Augustus III of Saxony|Frederick Augustus III]]'''<br/>''(Friedrich August III)''||[[File:Friedrich August III von Sachsen in Paradeuniform.jpg|80px]]||25 May 1865||15 October 1904 – 13 November 1918||18 February 1932|| '''[[Kingdom of Saxony]]'''||[[Archduchess Louise of Austria|Louise of Austria]]<br/>21 November 1891<br/>[[Vienna]]<br/>''(annulled by royal decree in 1903, after her escape from court)''<br/>seven children|| The last King of Saxony. Abdicated voluntarily in the [[German Revolution of 1918–1919]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sachsen.de/en/274.htm|title=Information in English language - Saxony during the Weimar Republic 1918-1933|website=www.sachsen.de|access-date=7 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406202635/http://sachsen.de/en/274.htm|archive-date=6 April 2016}}</ref> |}
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