Editing Albert, King of Saxony

{{Short description|King of Saxony from 1873 to 1902}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Albert
| full name    = {{langx|de|Friedrich August Albert Anton Ferdinand Joseph Karl Maria Baptist Nepomuk Wilhelm Xaver Georg Fidelis}}<br /> {{langx|en|Frederick Augustus Albert Anthony Ferdinand Joseph Charles Maria Baptist Nepomuk William Xavier George Fidelis}}
| image        = Albert of Saxony by Nicola Perscheid c1900.jpg
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| caption      = Photograph by [[Nicola Perscheid]], {{circa}} 1900
| reign        = 29 October 1873 – 19 June 1902
| predecessor  = [[John, King of Saxony|John]]
| successor    = [[George, King of Saxony|George]]
| succession   = [[King of Saxony]]
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Carola of Vasa]]|1853}}
| issue        =
| house        = [[House of Wettin|Wettin]]
| father       = [[John, King of Saxony|John of Saxony]]
| mother       = [[Amalie Auguste of Bavaria]]
| birth_date   = {{birth date|df=yes|1828|4|23}}
| birth_place  = [[Dresden]], [[Kingdom of Saxony]]
| death_date   = {{death date and age|df=yes|1902|06|19|1828|4|23}}
| death_place  = [[Szczodre|Sibyllenort]], [[German Empire]]
| burial_place = [[Katholische Hofkirche]]
| religion     = [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]]
| signature    = Signatur Albert (Sachsen).PNG
}}
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'''Albert''' (23 April 1828 &ndash; 19 June 1902) was  [[King of Saxony]] from 29 October 1873 until his death in 1902.

He was the eldest son of Prince [[John, King of Saxony|John]] (who succeeded his brother [[Frederick Augustus II]] on the Saxon throne as King John in 1854) by his wife [[Amalie Auguste of Bavaria]].

Albert had a successful military career, leading Saxon troops that participated in the [[First Schleswig War]], the [[Austro-Prussian War]], and the [[Franco-Prussian War]].

==Early life==
Albert's education, as usual with German princes, concentrated to a great extent on [[military]] matters, but he attended lectures at the [[University of Bonn]]. His first experience of warfare came in 1849, when he served as a captain in the [[First War of Schleswig]] against [[Denmark]].

When the [[Austro-Prussian War]] broke out in 1866, Albert, then [[Crown Prince]] (German: ''Kronprinz''), took up the command of the Saxon forces opposing the [[Prussian Army]] of [[Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828–1885)|Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia]]. No attempt was made to defend Saxony, and the Saxons fell back into [[Bohemia]] and effected a junction with the [[Austrian Empire|Austrians]]. They took a prominent part in the battles by which the Prussians forced the line of the [[Jizera River|Jizera]] and in the [[Battle of Jičín]]. The Crown Prince, however, succeeded in effecting the retreat in good order, and in the decisive [[Battle of Königgrätz]] (3 July 1866), he held the extreme left of the Austrian position. The Saxons maintained their post with great tenacity but were involved in the disastrous defeat of their allies.

During the operations, the Crown Prince won the reputation of a thorough soldier. After peace was made and Saxony had entered the [[North German Confederation]], he gained the command of the Saxon army, which had now become the XII army corps of the North German army, and in that position, he carried out the necessary reorganisation. He proved a firm adherent of the Prussian alliance. On the outbreak of the [[Franco-Prussian War]] in 1870, he again commanded the Saxons, who were included in the 2nd army under Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, his old opponent. At the [[Battle of Gravelotte]], they formed the extreme left of the German army, and with the Prussian Guard carried out the attack on [[Saint-Privat-la-Montagne|St Privat]], the final and decisive action in the battle.

In the reorganisation of the army which accompanied the march towards Paris, the Crown Prince gained a separate command over the 4th army (Army of the Meuse) consisting of the Saxons, the Prussian Guard corps, and the IV ([[Province of Saxony|Prussian Saxony]]) corps. He was succeeded in command of the XII corps by his brother [[George of Saxony|Prince George]], who had served under him in Bohemia.

Albert took a leading part in the operations which preceded the battle of [[Sedan, France|Sedan]], the 4th army being the pivot on which the whole army wheeled round in pursuit of [[Patrice de MacMahon|MacMahon]]; and the actions of Buzancy and [[Battle of Beaumont|Beaumont]] on 29 and 30 August 1870 were fought under his direction. In the [[Battle of Sedan]] itself (1 September 1870), with the troops under his orders, Albert carried out the envelopment of the French on the east and the north.

Albert's conduct in the engagements won for him the complete confidence of the army, and during the [[Siege of Paris (1870-1871)|Siege of Paris]], his troops formed the north-east section of the investing force. During the siege, he blocked French attempts to break out of the encirclement at [[Battle of Le Bourget|Le Bourget]] and [[Battle of Villiers|Villiers]]. After the conclusion of the [[Treaty of Frankfurt (1871)]], he was left in command of the German army of occupation, a position which he held till the fall of the [[Paris Commune]]. On the conclusion of peace, he was made an inspector-general of the army and a [[field marshal]].

==King==
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[[File:Albert of Saxony in 1878 by Alfred Diethe.jpg|thumb|Albert of Saxony in 1878 by [[Alfred Diethe]]]]
On the death of his father, King John on 29 October 1873, the Crown Prince succeeded to the throne as King Albert. His reign proved uneventful, and he took little public part in politics, devoting himself to military affairs, in which his advice and experience were of the greatest value, not only to the Saxon corps but also to the German army in general.  During his reign, the Saxon monarchy became constitutional.

In the 1870s, Albert initiated the construction of a Dresden suburb, the [[Albertstadt]]. It was then the largest garrison in Germany. Near the former suburb other buildings and places still bear his name: the [[Albertbrücke]], the [[Alberthafen]], the [[Albertplatz]] and the [[Albertinum]].

In 1879, he initiated the reconstruction of the [[Sächsisches Landesgymnasium Sankt Afra zu Meißen|Saint Afra School]] in [[Meissen]]. In 1897, he was appointed arbitrator between the claimants for the [[Principality of Lippe]].

==Marriage and succession==
In [[Dresden]] on 18 June 1853, Albert married Princess [[Carola of Vasa|Carola]], daughter of [[Gustav, Prince of Vasa]] and granddaughter of [[Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden|Gustav IV Adolf]], the second to last king of [[Sweden]] of the [[House of Holstein-Gottorp (Swedish line)|House of Holstein-Gottorp]]. The marriage was childless although Carola miscarried many times. They included:
* A miscarriage of a daughter in the 4th month of pregnancy (19 December 1853).
* A miscarriage of a daughter in the 6th month of pregnancy (16 August 1854).
* A miscarriage in the 1st month of pregnancy (22 January 1855).
* A miscarriage of a son in the 4th and a half month of pregnancy (17 January 1856).
* A miscarriage in the 1st month of pregnancy (4 December 1856).
* A miscarriage in the 1st month of pregnancy (30 January 1857).
* A miscarriage in the 1st month of pregnancy (30 March 1857).
* A miscarriage of a son in the 5th and a half month of pregnancy (11 January 1858).
* A miscarriage of a son in the 4th and a half month of pregnancy (20 March 1859).
* A miscarriage in the 1st month of pregnancy (30 March 1860).

Albert died at his [[Sibyllenort Palace]] on 19 June 1902 and was succeeded by his brother, who became King [[George, King of Saxony|George]]. He was buried in Dresden on 23 June, among the mourners present were both the German Emperor [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II]] and the Austrian Emperor [[Franz Joseph I of Austria|Franz Joseph I]].<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest intelligence - Funeral of the King of Saxony |date=24 June 1902 |page=5 |issue=36802}}</ref>

==Honours, decorations and awards==
[[File:Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Saxony 1806-1918.svg|thumb|Coat of Arms of the King of Saxony]]
The [[King of Saxony bird-of-paradise]] was named in Albert's honour; the [[Queen Carola's parotia]] was named for his wife.

===German honours===
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* {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Saxony}}:<ref name="Sachsen1866">{{cite book|author=Sachsen|title=Staatshandbuch für den Freistaat Sachsen: 1865/66|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SBFTAAAAcAAJ|year=1866|publisher=Heinrich|pages=3, 6, 37}}</ref>
** [[Order of the Rue Crown|Knight of the Rue Crown]], ''1831''
** Knight of the [[Military Order of St. Henry]], ''22 April 1849''; Grand Cross, ''16 July 1866''<ref name="BT">{{ВТ-ЭСБЕ|Albert, King of Saxony}} (in Russian)</ref><ref name="Machine">{{cite web|title=Friedrich Augustus Albert König von Sachsen|website=the Prussian Machine|access-date=5 August 2020|url=http://prussianmachine.com/prussia/albertsax.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807013156/http://prussianmachine.com/prussia/albertsax.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 August 2016}}</ref>
** [[Albert Order|Grand Cross of the Albert Order]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg}} [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]]:
** [[Order of the Black Eagle|Knight of the Black Eagle, with Collar]], ''21 September 1844''; with Collar, ''1861''<ref name="prus">{{citation|title=Königlich Preussische Ordensliste|journal=Preussische Ordens-Liste|volume=1|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015049878831&view=1up&seq=5&skin=2021|pages=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015049878831&view=1up&seq=12&skin=2021 4], [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015049878831&view=1up&seq=1007&skin=2021 935]|lang=German|location=Berlin|year=1886|via=hathitrust.org}}</ref>
** [[Pour le Mérite]] (military), ''21 June 1849'';<ref name="BT"/> with Oak Leaves, ''6 December 1870'';<ref name="Machine"/> with Crown, ''15 July 1899''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lehmann|first1=Gustaf|title=Die Ritter des Ordens pour le mérite 1812–1913|year=1913|trans-title=The Knights of the Order of the Pour le Mérite|lang=de|url=https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN135808618|page=422|volume=2|location=Berlin|publisher=[[E.S. Mittler & Sohn|Ernst Siegfried Mittler & Sohn]]}}</ref>
** [[Iron Cross]], 1st and 2nd Classes; [[Grand Cross of the Iron Cross|Grand Cross]], ''22 March 1871''<ref name="Machine"/>
** Grand Commander's Cross of the Royal [[House Order of Hohenzollern]], ''6 September 1876''<ref name="prus"/>
* {{flagicon|Saxe-Coburg and Gotha}} {{flagicon|Saxe-Altenburg}} {{flagicon|Saxe-Meiningen}} [[Ernestine duchies]]: Grand Cross of the [[Saxe-Ernestine House Order]], ''June 1846''<ref>''Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha'' (1847), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden" [https://zs.thulb.uni-jena.de/rsc/viewer/jportal_derivate_00244774/Sachsen_Coburg_Gotha_165771801_1847_0045.tif?logicalDiv=jportal_jparticle_00476515 p. 27]</ref>
* {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Hanover}}: Grand Cross of the [[Royal Guelphic Order]], ''1849''<ref name="Hannover1859">{{cite book|author=Staat Hannover|title=Hof- und Staatshandbuch für das Königreich Hannover: 1859|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_LgdTAAAAcAAJ|year=1859|publisher=Berenberg|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_LgdTAAAAcAAJ/page/n87/mode/2up 71]}}</ref>
* {{flag|Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach}}: [[Order of the White Falcon|Grand Cross of the White Falcon]], ''1 February 1850''<ref>''Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach'' (1855), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" [https://zs.thulb.uni-jena.de/rsc/viewer/jportal_derivate_00183881/Staatshandbuch_Film_Nr_13_0016.tif p. 9] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204034244/https://zs.thulb.uni-jena.de/rsc/viewer/jportal_derivate_00183881/Staatshandbuch_Film_Nr_13_0016.tif |date=4 December 2019 }}</ref>
* {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Bavaria}}:
** [[Order of St. Hubert|Knight of St. Hubert]], ''1850''<ref>{{cite book|title=Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Königreichs Bayern: 1877|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4W106uQRzYsC&pg=PA8|year=1877|publisher=Landesamt|page=8}}</ref>
** Grand Cross of the [[Military Order of Max Joseph]], ''14 April 1871''<ref>{{cite book|last=Ruith|first=Max|title=Der K. Bayerische Militär-Max-Joseph-Orden|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hx3bms&view=1up&seq=5&skin=2021|page=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hx3bms&view=1up&seq=99&skin=2021 83]|location=Ingolstadt|publisher=Ganghofer'sche Buchdruckerei|year=1882|via=hathitrust.org}}</ref>
** [[Military Merit Order (Bavaria)|Grand Cross of the Military Merit Order]], with Swords
* {{flagicon image|Flagge Großherzogtum Hessen ohne Wappen.svg}} [[Hesse and by Rhine]]:<ref>{{cite book|title=Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Hessen: 1878|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A7pBAvjU6x0C|year=1878|publisher=Staatsverl.|pages=12, 124}}</ref>
** Grand Cross of the [[Ludwig Order]], ''9 June 1851''
** Military Merit Cross, ''9 July 1871''
* {{flag|Baden}}:<ref>''Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden'' (1873), "Großherzogliche Orden" [https://digital.blb-karlsruhe.de/blbihd/periodical/pageview/1873954 pp. 59], [https://digital.blb-karlsruhe.de/blbihd/periodical/pageview/1873958 63], [https://digital.blb-karlsruhe.de/blbihd/periodical/pageview/1873968 73]</ref>
** Knight of the [[House Order of Fidelity]], ''1853''
** [[Order of the Zähringer Lion|Grand Cross of the Zähringer Lion]], ''1853''
** Grand Cross of the [[Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order]], ''1871''
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Hesse.svg}} [[Electorate of Hesse|Hesse-Kassel]]: [[House Order of the Golden Lion (Hesse-Kassel)|Knight of the Golden Lion]], ''6 October 1854''<ref name="Hessen-Kassel1855">{{cite book|author=Hessen-Kassel|title=Kurfürstlich Hessisches Hof- und Staatshandbuch: 1855|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_yvNSAAAAcAAJ|year=1855|publisher=Waisenhaus|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_yvNSAAAAcAAJ/page/n30 12]}}</ref>
* {{flag|Nassau}}: [[Order of the Golden Lion of Nassau|Knight of the Gold Lion of Nassau]], ''November 1858''<ref>''[https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb10021632?page=26 Staats- und Adreß-Handbuch des Herzogthums Nassau]'' (1866), "Herzogliche Orden" p. 8</ref>
* {{flag|Württemberg}}:<ref name="Württemberg1873">{{cite book|author=Württemberg|title=Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreichs Württemberg: 1873|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NJRYAAAAcAAJ|year=1873|pages=32, 71}}</ref>
** [[Order of the Crown (Württemberg)|Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown]], ''1864''
** [[Military Merit Order (Württemberg)|Grand Cross of the Military Merit Order]], ''30 November 1870''
* {{flag|Oldenburg}}: [[House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis|Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig]], with Golden Crown and Swords, ''18 January 1871''<ref>{{cite book|title=Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Oldenburg: 1878|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z0LijrRBi0kC&pg=PA34|year=1878|publisher=Schulze|page=34}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flagge Herzogtum Anhalt.svg}} [[Duchy of Anhalt|Anhalt]]: [[Order of Albert the Bear|Grand Cross of Albert the Bear]], ''1879''<ref>''[https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb11040880?page=36  Hof- und Staats-Handbuch für des Herzogtum Anhalt]'' (1883), "Herzoglicher Haus-Orden Albrecht des Bären" p. 16</ref>
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===Foreign honours===
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* {{flag|Austrian Empire}}:
** [[Order of St. Stephen of Hungary|Grand Cross of St. Stephen]], ''1849''<ref>[http://tornai.com/rendtagok.htm "A Szent István Rend tagjai"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222022855/http://tornai.com/rendtagok.htm|date=22 December 2010}}</ref>
** [[Order of the Golden Fleece|Knight of the Golden Fleece]], ''1850''<ref>{{citation|chapter-url=http://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/alex?aid=shb&datum=1868&size=45|chapter=Ritter-Orden: Orden des goldenen Vleisses|title=Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie|date=1868|access-date=2 November 2019|page=40}}</ref>
** Knight of the [[Military Order of Maria Theresa]], ''1866''<ref>{{citation|chapter-url=http://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/alex?aid=shb&datum=1868&size=45|chapter=Ritter-Orden: Militärischer Maria-Theresien-Orden|title=Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie|date=1868|access-date=2 November 2019|page=42}}</ref>
* {{flagdeco|Kingdom of Sardinia|1848}} [[Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)|Kingdom of Sardinia]]:
** [[Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation|Knight of the Annunciation]], ''11 April 1850''<ref>{{Cite book|title=Notizia storica del nobilissimo ordine supremo della santissima Annunziata. Sunto degli statuti, catalogo dei cavalieri|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2aP6enNFoYC&q=Ordine%20supremo%20della%20Santissima%20Annunziata&pg=PA112|publisher=Eredi Botta|date=1869|access-date=2019-03-04|language=it|first=Luigi|surname=Cibrario|page=113}}</ref>
** [[Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus|Grand Cross of Saints Maurice and Lazarus]], ''1850''
* {{flag|Russian Empire}}:
** [[Order of St. Andrew|Knight of St. Andrew]], ''20 July 1851''
** [[Order of St. Alexander Nevsky|Knight of St. Alexander Nevsky]], ''20 July 1851''
** [[Imperial Order of St. George|Knight of St. George]], 2nd Class, ''September 1870'' – for his defeat of [[Patrice de MacMahon|McMahon]] at the [[Battle of Beaumont]] on 30 August<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DYwWAQAAIAAJ |author=V. M. Shabanov|title=Military Order of the Holy Great Martyr and Victorious George: A Nominal List, 1769-1920|year=2004|location=Moscow|isbn=5-89577-059-2}}</ref>
* {{flag|Belgium}}: [[Order of Leopold (Belgium)|Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold]], ''25 May 1853''<ref>{{cite book|title=Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi|volume=1|author=H. Tarlier|year=1854|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=p35NAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA37 37]|language=fr}}</ref>
* {{flagcountry|Restoration (Spain)}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of Charles III]], ''4 March 1856''; with Collar, ''8 October 1883''<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000941464&search=&lang=es|chapter=Real y distinguida orden de Carlos III|title=Guía Oficial de España|date=1887|access-date=21 March 2019|pages=149, 158}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg}} [[Second French Empire|French Empire]]: Grand Cross of the [[Legion of Honour]], ''August 1867''<ref>{{cite book| author = M. & B. Wattel. | title = Les Grand'Croix de la Légion d'honneur de 1805 à nos jours. Titulaires français et étrangers |location= Paris |date = 2009 |publisher= Archives & Culture | page = 523 | isbn = 978-2-35077-135-9| ref = M. et B. Wattel}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Sweden|1844}} {{flagicon|Norway|1844}} [[Sweden-Norway]]:
** [[Order of the Seraphim|Knight of the Seraphim]], ''2 June 1875''<ref>{{citation|title=Sveriges statskalender|year=1881|page=378|url=https://runeberg.org/statskal/1881/0404.html|via=runeberg.org|access-date=2018-01-06|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611181811/http://runeberg.org/statskal/1881/0404.html|archive-date=11 June 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Order of St. Olav|Grand Cross of St. Olav]], ''19 July 1888''<ref>{{citation|title=Norges statskalender|year=1890|pages=595–596|url=https://runeberg.org/norkal/1890/0356.html|via=runeberg.org|access-date=2018-01-06|language=no}}</ref>
* {{flag|Denmark}}: [[Order of the Elephant|Knight of the Elephant]], ''14 June 1878''<ref>{{cite book|author=Jørgen Pedersen|title=Riddere af Elefantordenen, 1559–2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=glw-AQAAIAAJ|year=2009|publisher=Syddansk Universitetsforlag|language=da|isbn=978-87-7674-434-2|page=469}}</ref>
* {{flag|Netherlands}}: Grand Cross of the [[Military William Order]], ''9 July 1878''<ref name="Databank dapperheidsonderscheidingen">''[https://www.defensie.nl/onderwerpen/onderscheidingen/dapperheidsonderscheidingen/databank-dapperheidsonderscheidingen/1878/07/09/sachsen-friedrich-august-albert-anton-ferdinand-joseph-karl-maria-baptist-nepomuk-wilhelm-xaver-georg-fidelis-van Militaire Willems-Orde: Sachsen, Friedrich August Albert Anton Ferdinand Joseph Karl Maria Baptist Nepomuk Wilhelm Xaver Georg Fidelis van]'' (in Dutch)</ref>
* {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}: [[Order of the Garter|Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter]], ''20 February 1882''<ref name=p62>Shaw, Wm. A. (1906) ''The Knights of England'', '''I''', London, [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092537418#page/n155/mode/2up p. 62]</ref>
* {{flag|Empire of Japan}}: Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Chrysanthemum]], ''27 November 1882''<ref>{{cite book|author=刑部芳則|title=明治時代の勲章外交儀礼|url=http://meijiseitoku.org/pdf/f54-5.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926095849/http://meijiseitoku.org/pdf/f54-5.pdf |archive-date=2020-09-26 |url-status=live|year=2017|publisher=明治聖徳記念学会紀要|language=ja|page=143}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Siam (1855).svg}} [[Siam]]: Knight of the [[Order of the Royal House of Chakri]], ''24 August 1897''<ref name="Saxony">{{cite journal |journal=[[Royal Thai Government Gazette]] |date= 23 March 1899|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2442/004/54_2.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508073212/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2442/004/54_2.PDF |archive-date=2019-05-08 |url-status=dead |title=พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์ ที่ประเทศยุโรป |language=th |access-date=2019-05-08 }}</ref>
}}

==Ancestry==
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|boxstyle_5=background-color: #9fe;|1= 1. '''Albert of Saxony'''
|2= 2. [[John, King of Saxony|John of Saxony]]
|3= 3. [[Amalie Auguste of Bavaria|Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria]]
|4= 4. [[Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony]]
|5= 5. [[Princess Carolina of Parma]]
|6= 6. [[Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria]]
|7= 7. [[Caroline of Baden|Princess Caroline of Baden]]
|8= 8. [[Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony]]
|9= 9. [[Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria]]
|10= 10. [[Ferdinand, Duke of Parma]]
|11= 11. [[Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma|Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria]]
|12= 12. [[Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken]]
|13= 13. [[Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach]]
|14= 14. [[Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden]]
|15= 15. [[Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt]]
}}

==References==
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* [[Konrad Sturmhoefel]]: ''König Albert von Sachsen. Ein Lebensbild.'' Voigtländer, Leipzig 1898. {{in lang|de}}
* Georg von Schimpff: ''König Albert: Fünfzig Jahre Soldat''. Baensch, Dresden 1893. {{in lang|de}}
* [[Joseph Kürschner]] (Hrsg.): ''König Albert und Sachsenland: Eine Festschrift zum 70. Geburtstage und 25jährigen Regierungsjubiläum des Monarchen''. Schwarz, Berlin 1898. {{in lang|de}}
* ''Dem Gedächtnis König Alberts von Sachsen'', Dresden: v. Zahn & Jaensch, 1902 {{in lang|de}}
* Ernst von Körner: ''König Albert von Sachsen: Der Soldat und Feldherr''. Oestergaard, Berlin-Schöneberg 1936. {{in lang|de}}
* Bernd Rüdiger: ''Wahre Geschichten um König Albert'', Taucha: Tauchaer Verl., 1994 {{in lang|de}}
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* Albert Herzog zu Sachsen: ''Die Wettiner in Lebensbildern''. Styria-Verlag, Graz/Wien/Köln 1995, {{ISBN|3-222-12301-2}}. {{in lang|de}}
* Thomas Eugen Scheerer (Hrsg.): ''Albert von Sachsen – Kronprinz, Soldat, König''. Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr, Dresden 2002. {{in lang|de}}
* Arbeitskreis sächsische Militärgeschichte (Hrsg.): ''Sibyllenort und König Albert von Sachsen: Sonderheft zum 100. Todestag von König Albert''. Arbeitskreis Sächsische Militärgeschichte, Dresden 2003. {{in lang|de}}

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