Territorial change of Electorate of Saxony

“Electorate of Saxony” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1363 to 1805. Its territory was largest in AD 1648 – 1682, at ≈ 35 thousand km².

Territory by period

Period	Area
AD 1363 – 1374	≈ 5,458 km²
AD 1375 – 1384	≈ 5,675 km²
AD 1385 – 1428	≈ 5,458 km²
AD 1487 – 1491	≈ 34 thousand km²
AD 1492 – 1501	≈ 34 thousand km²
AD 1502 – 1528	≈ 34 thousand km²
AD 1529 – 1546	≈ 34 thousand km²
AD 1547 – 1551	≈ 35 thousand km²
AD 1552 – 1555	≈ 35 thousand km²
AD 1556 – 1563	≈ 25 thousand km²
AD 1564 – 1578	≈ 26 thousand km²
AD 1579 – 1587	≈ 26 thousand km²
AD 1588 – 1618	≈ 26 thousand km²
AD 1619 – 1621	≈ 26 thousand km²
AD 1622 – 1625	≈ 26 thousand km²
AD 1626 – 1628	≈ 26 thousand km²
AD 1629 – 1631	≈ 26 thousand km²
AD 1636 – 1639	≈ 35 thousand km²
AD 1640 – 1641	≈ 27 thousand km²
AD 1642 – 1644	≈ 18 thousand km²
AD 1645 – 1647	≈ 18 thousand km²
AD 1648 – 1682	≈ 35 thousand km²
AD 1683 – 1699	≈ 33 thousand km²
AD 1763 – 1790	≈ 33 thousand km²
AD 1791 – 1802	≈ 33 thousand km²
AD 1803 – 1804	≈ 34 thousand km²
AD 1805 – 1805	≈ 34 thousand km²

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1648 – 1682 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Frame	Area	Rank
AD 1363	≈ 5,458 km²	126 of 147
AD 1375	≈ 5,675 km²	133 of 154
AD 1385	≈ 5,458 km²	132 of 154
AD 1392	≈ 5,458 km²	132 of 154
AD 1395	≈ 5,458 km²	128 of 149
AD 1402	≈ 5,458 km²	123 of 141
AD 1407	≈ 5,458 km²	124 of 141
AD 1415	≈ 5,458 km²	121 of 136
AD 1422	≈ 5,458 km²	117 of 132
AD 1487	≈ 34 thousand km²	84 of 129
AD 1492	≈ 34 thousand km²	90 of 129
AD 1497	≈ 34 thousand km²	90 of 130
AD 1502	≈ 34 thousand km²	92 of 129
AD 1507	≈ 34 thousand km²	90 of 125
AD 1512	≈ 34 thousand km²	89 of 124
AD 1516	≈ 34 thousand km²	89 of 123
AD 1519	≈ 34 thousand km²	87 of 123
AD 1521	≈ 34 thousand km²	86 of 119
AD 1526	≈ 34 thousand km²	87 of 121
AD 1529	≈ 34 thousand km²	86 of 124
AD 1534	≈ 34 thousand km²	85 of 125
AD 1540	≈ 34 thousand km²	82 of 122
AD 1547	≈ 35 thousand km²	82 of 121
AD 1552	≈ 35 thousand km²	82 of 119
AD 1556	≈ 25 thousand km²	86 of 117
AD 1564	≈ 26 thousand km²	85 of 116
AD 1572	≈ 26 thousand km²	83 of 110
AD 1579	≈ 26 thousand km²	81 of 101
AD 1582	≈ 26 thousand km²	78 of 99
AD 1588	≈ 26 thousand km²	78 of 100
AD 1595	≈ 26 thousand km²	77 of 99
AD 1600	≈ 26 thousand km²	76 of 97
AD 1602	≈ 26 thousand km²	77 of 98
AD 1609	≈ 26 thousand km²	77 of 100
AD 1612	≈ 26 thousand km²	76 of 105
AD 1619	≈ 26 thousand km²	74 of 107
AD 1622	≈ 26 thousand km²	73 of 107
AD 1626	≈ 26 thousand km²	74 of 109
AD 1629	≈ 26 thousand km²	75 of 109
AD 1636	≈ 35 thousand km²	75 of 110
AD 1640	≈ 27 thousand km²	83 of 114
AD 1642	≈ 18 thousand km²	89 of 115
AD 1645	≈ 18 thousand km²	89 of 115
AD 1648	≈ 35 thousand km²	79 of 117
AD 1653	≈ 35 thousand km²	77 of 115
AD 1659	≈ 35 thousand km²	77 of 114
AD 1662	≈ 35 thousand km²	78 of 116
AD 1670	≈ 35 thousand km²	79 of 117
AD 1673	≈ 35 thousand km²	81 of 117
AD 1677	≈ 35 thousand km²	80 of 116
AD 1683	≈ 33 thousand km²	83 of 117
AD 1687	≈ 33 thousand km²	79 of 113
AD 1691	≈ 33 thousand km²	77 of 111
AD 1696	≈ 33 thousand km²	75 of 108
AD 1763	≈ 33 thousand km²	90 of 132
AD 1769	≈ 33 thousand km²	86 of 128
AD 1772	≈ 33 thousand km²	84 of 127
AD 1775	≈ 33 thousand km²	87 of 132
AD 1776	≈ 33 thousand km²	88 of 132
AD 1778	≈ 33 thousand km²	87 of 131
AD 1780	≈ 33 thousand km²	88 of 131
AD 1781	≈ 33 thousand km²	87 of 131
AD 1783	≈ 33 thousand km²	86 of 130
AD 1788	≈ 33 thousand km²	85 of 129
AD 1791	≈ 33 thousand km²	82 of 128
AD 1792	≈ 33 thousand km²	85 of 130
AD 1794	≈ 33 thousand km²	82 of 125
AD 1796	≈ 33 thousand km²	82 of 124
AD 1797	≈ 33 thousand km²	80 of 125
AD 1799	≈ 33 thousand km²	79 of 124
AD 1800	≈ 33 thousand km²	81 of 123
AD 1803	≈ 34 thousand km²	76 of 123
AD 1805	≈ 34 thousand km²	77 of 125

Its highest rank was in AD 1622: number 107 of 73.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Holy Roman Empire — 73 frames
Habsburg monarchy — 48 frames
Margraviate of Brandenburg — 27 frames
Kingdom of Prussia — 19 frames
Kingdom of Bohemia — 19 frames
Brandenburg–Prussia — 17 frames
House of Ascania — 9 frames
Crown of Castile — 5 frames
Margraviate of Brandenburg — 5 frames
Swedish Empire — 3 frames
Kingdom of Hungary — 2 frames
Duchy of Bavaria — 2 frames
Denmark–Norway — 1 frames
Holy Roman Empire — 1 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 2 by area.

Frame		Other country	Area
AD 1700	lost	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	≈ 33 thousand km²
AD 1632	lost	Swedish Empire	≈ 25 thousand km²

Preceded and succeeded by

Succeeded by: Kingdom of Saxony

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The Electorate of Saxony, 1356 to 1806, was an Electorate of the Holy Roman Empire. Centred on the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg with its capital at Dresden, Saxony was one of the most significant states within the empire.

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