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The Saxon contingent was formed as the 21st and 22nd Division of the VII Army Corps of Grande Armée under the command of the French General of Division Jean Reynier. The Saxons fielded 18 infantry battalions , 28 Cavalry squadrons , 56 (six and four-pounder) guns, together 200 men and 7,000 horses.
The old Saxon coats of arms today lives on in the coats of arms of Lower Saxony and Westphalia.. The original Duchy of Saxony comprised the lands of the Saxons in the north-western part of present-day Germany, namely, the contemporary German state of Lower Saxony as well as Westphalia and Western Saxony-Anhalt, not corresponding to the modern German state of Saxony.
The Kingdom of Saxony (German: Königreich Sachsen) was a German monarchy that existed in Central Europe between 1806 to 1918.The territory of the Kingdom comprised from the former Electorate of Saxony.
The actual rank of a title-holder in Germany depended not only on the nominal rank of the title, but also the degree of sovereignty exercised, the rank of the title-holder's suzerain, and the length of time the family possessed its status within the nobility (Uradel, Briefadel, altfürstliche, neufürstliche, see: German nobility).
Johann Adolf, Freiherr von Thielmann (27 April 1765 – 10 October 1824) was a Saxon general who served with Saxony, Prussia and France during the Napoleonic Wars. [ a ] [ b ] Biography
Christian Friedrich Erndel (born 1683 in Dresden; died 23 January 1767 in Dresden-Neustadt) was a Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Major-General of the Artillery Corps. Life [ edit ]
In 1711, Augustus formally recognized him and Maurice was granted the rank of Count (Graf). He then accompanied his father to Pomerania , and in 1712 he took part in the Battle of Gadebusch . At the age of 17 in 1713 he commanded his own regiment of the Royal Saxon Army .