The personal union of Poland and Saxony, or Saxony-Poland, was the personal union that existed from 1697 to 1706 and from 1709 to 1763 between the Electorate...

the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig. Saxony is the tenth largest of Germany's sixteen...

A personal union is a combination of two or more monarchical states that have the same monarch while their boundaries, laws, and interests remain distinct...

The Electorate of Saxony, also known as Electoral Saxony (‹See Tfd›German: Kurfürstentum Sachsen or Kursachsen), was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire...

King of Poland, as Imperial vicar Kingdom of Saxony (1806–1918) Coat of Arms of the Napoleonic Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1815), ruled in personal union by King...

Anglicized and Latinized as Stanislaus I, was twice King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and at various times Prince of Deux-Ponts, Duke of Bar and Duke...

Saxony. The treaties also established the Polish Duchy of Warsaw, which was placed in a personal union with Saxony under Frederick Augustus I. Saxony...

Poland. The duchy was held in personal union by Napoleon's ally, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, who became the duke of Warsaw and remained a legitimate candidate...

dynasty and a personal union between Poland and Lithuania. During the reign of Casimir IV Jagiellon and Sigismund I the Old, culture flourished and cities...

had been annexed by Poland and the Soviet Union. Lower Saxony was at the western end of the direct escape route from East Prussia and had the longest border...

Diet in 1708). The Elector of Saxony (Augustus II) converted to Catholicism in 1697 so that he could become King of Poland, but no additional Protestant...

Also Elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus II), Augustus III inherited Saxony after his father's death, and was elected King of Poland by a minority...

terms of the Treaties of Tilsit. The duchy was held in personal union by one of Napoleon's allies, King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony. Following Napoleon's...

electors of Saxony from John the Steadfast onwards were Lutheran until Augustus II of Saxony converted to Catholicism in order to be elected King of Poland and...

ecosystems, and temperate transitional climate. Poland is composed of sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU)...

of Saxony (1532–1547) and head of the Schmalkaldic League. John Frederick was the eldest son of John, Elector of Saxony by his first wife, Sophie of...

real union of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania between 1569 and 1795. It was one of the largest and most populous countries of 16th-...

Archduchy of Austria Bavaria – Electorate of Bavaria Brandenburg – Margraviate of Brandenburg (in personal union with Prussia) Cologne – Electorate of Cologne...

Lusatia and Guben in the Peace of Prague. From 1697 in the Polish-Saxon personal union, it was visited by King Augustus II the Strong of Poland and Tsar...

the Duchy of Warsaw (a French client state in a personal union under Saxony), most of which was then reconstituted as the Kingdom of Poland within the...

including Saxony and Westphalia, also allied with France and joined the Confederation. Saxony changed sides again in 1813 during the Battle of Leipzig,...

many dynasties from Lithuania, Sweden, France, Saxony and Poland were taking turns. Nevertheless, most of them were buried in Kraków. Kingdom from 1139...

Frederick Augustus II and King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony - having ruled over Poland before. Austria-Hungary allowed formation of a Polish quasi-government...

February 1713), of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was (as Frederick III) Elector of Brandenburg (1688–1713) and Duke of Prussia in personal union (Brandenburg-Prussia)...

(1808–1809) and the Ottoman Empire (1806–1812), and nominally against Britain (1807–1812). Hanover was in a personal union with Great Britain The Kingdom of Hungary...

 1697–1733), King of Poland and Elector of Saxony. During that time, the cockade worn by the Polish military had, like in Saxony, the form of a white silk ribbon...

of the Duchesses, Electresses and Queens of Saxony; the consorts of the Duke of Saxony and its successor states; including the Electorate of Saxony,...

France, and Spain. For his service to Charles XII, he received the position of the governor of Palatine Zweibrücken, then in personal union with Sweden...

that lasted from 1569 to 1795 Free Saxony – a monarchist and regionalist party operating in the German state of Saxony "Ukraine features prominently as...

This would have created a personal union between Lithuania and Prussia. An alternative proposal called for the election of Wilhelm's youngest son, Prince...