Duchy of Saxony
Also known as Saxony
(804-1260) duchy of Holy Roman Empire
Key facts
- Status
- Stem duchy of the Carolingian Empire (843–911) of East Francia (911–962) State of the Holy Roman Empire (from 962)
- Capital
- None (ducal), Allstedt (seat of the Palatinate )
- Official languages
- Latin
- Common languages
- Old Saxon , Middle Low German
- Religion
- Roman Catholic (official) Germanic paganism
- Historical era
- Middle Ages
- Competences divided
- 1269, 1272 and 1282
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- inception
- 0804-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1296-01-01
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Today part ofGermany
The Duchy of Saxony (Low German: Hartogdom Sassen) was a medieval duchy that encompassed Old Saxony, a historical region settled by the Saxons since the Migration Period. Initially independent, it came under the sphere of influence of the neighboring Frankish rulers as early as the Merovingian era. It was later subdued by Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars (772–804), and incorporated into the Carolingian Empire. From the Treaty of Verdun (843) onwards, it belonged to the East Frankish Kingdom, and thus became one of the five stem duchies of the emerging German realm. Saxon duke Henry the Fowler was elected German king in 919, thus founding the Saxon dynasty that ruled Germany and the Holy Roman Empire up to 1024.
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