Albert I of Saxony
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Albert of Saxony by Nicola Perscheid, c. 1900
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| King of Saxony | |||||
| Reign | 29 October 1873 – 19 June 1902 | ||||
| Predecessor | John | ||||
| Successor | George | ||||
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23 April 1828 Dresden |
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| Died | 19 June 1902 (aged 74) Sibyllenort |
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| Burial | Katholische Hofkirche | ||||
| Spouse | Carola of Vasa | ||||
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| House | Wettin | ||||
| Father | John of Saxony | ||||
| Mother | Amalie Auguste of Bavaria | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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German: Friedrich August Albrecht Anton Ferdinand Joseph Karl Maria Baptist Nepomuk Wilhelm Xaver Georg Fidelis English: Frederick Augustus Albert Anthony Ferdinand Joseph Charles Maria Baptist Nepomuk William Javier George Fidelis |
Albert (Frederick Augustus Albert Anton Ferdinand Joseph Karl Maria Baptist Nepomuk Wilhelm Xaver Georg Fidelis; 23 April 1828 – 19 June 1902) was a German King of Saxony and a member of the House of Wettin.
He was the eldest son of Prince 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 which participated in the First Schleswig War, the Austro-Prussian War, and the Franco-Prussian War. Otherwise, his reign as king was largely uneventful.
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. No attempt was made to defend Saxony; the Saxons fell back into Bohemia and effected a junction with the Austrians. They took a prominent part in the battles by which the Prussians forced the line of the 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.
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