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.
In 1897, he was appointed arbitrator between the claimants for the Principality of Lippe. ==Marriage and succession== In Dresden on 18 June 1853, Albert married Princess Carola, daughter of Gustav, Prince of Vasa and granddaughter of Gustav IV Adolf, the second to last king of Sweden of the House of Holstein-Gottorp.
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.
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.
On the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, he again commanded the Saxons, who were included in the 2nd army under Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, his old opponent.
During his reign, the Saxon monarchy became constitutional. In the 1870s, Albert initiated the construction of a Dresden suburb, the Albertstadt.
On the conclusion of peace, he was made an inspector-general of the army and a field marshal. ==King== On the death of his father, King John on 29 October 1873, the Crown Prince succeeded to the throne as King Albert.
Near the former suburb other buildings and places still bear his name: the Albertbrücke, the Alberthafen, the Albertplatz and the Albertinum. In 1879, he initiated the reconstruction of the Saint Afra School in Meissen.
Baensch, Dresden 1893.
In 1897, he was appointed arbitrator between the claimants for the Principality of Lippe. ==Marriage and succession== In Dresden on 18 June 1853, Albert married Princess Carola, daughter of Gustav, Prince of Vasa and granddaughter of Gustav IV Adolf, the second to last king of Sweden of the House of Holstein-Gottorp.
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Schwarz, Berlin 1898.
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Oestergaard, Berlin-Schöneberg 1936.
Bernd Rüdiger: Wahre Geschichten um König Albert, Taucha: Tauchaer Verl., 1994 Albert Herzog zu Sachsen: Die Wettiner in Lebensbildern.
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Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr, Dresden 2002.
Arbeitskreis Sächsische Militärgeschichte, Dresden 2003.
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