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See also:ALBERT, See also:FREDERICK See also:AUGUSTUS , See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Saxony (1828-1902), was See also:born on the 23rd of See also:April 1828, being the eldest son of See also:Prince See also:John, who succeeded to the See also:throne in 1854. His See also:education was, as is usual with See also:German princes, to a See also:great extent military, but he attended lectures at the university of See also:Bonn. His first experience of warfare was in 1849, when he served as a See also:captain in the See also:campaign of See also:Schleswig-See also:Holstein against the Danes. When the See also:war of 1866 See also:broke out, the See also:crown-prince was placed in command of the Saxon forces opposing the Prussian See also:army of Prince Frederick See also:Charles. No See also:attempt was made to defend Saxony; the See also:Saxons See also:fell back into Bohemia and effected a junction with the Austrians. They took a prominent See also:part in the battles by which the Prussians forced the See also:line of the Iser and in the See also:battle of Gitchin. The crown-prince, however, succeeded in effecting the See also:retreat in See also:good See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order, and in the decisive battle of See also:Koniggratz (see SEVEN See also:WEEKS' WAR) he held the extreme See also:left of the See also:Austrian position. The Saxons maintained their See also:post with great tenacity, but were involved in the disastrous defeat of their See also:allies. During these operations the crown-prince won the reputation of a thorough soldier; after See also:peace was made and Saxony had entered the See also:North German See also:confederation, he was placed in command of the Saxon army, which had now become the XII. army See also:corps of the North German army, and in this position carried out the necessary reorganization. He was a See also:firm adherent of the Prussian See also:alliance. On the outbreak of war in 187o he again commanded the Saxons, who were included in the 2nd army under Prince Frederick Charles, his old opponent. At the battle of See also:Gravelotte they formed the extreme left of the German army, and with the Prussian Guard carried out the attack on St Privat, the final and decisive See also:action in the battle. In the reorganization of the army which accompanied the See also:march towards See also:Paris the crown-prince was given a See also:separate command over the 4th army (army of the See also:Meuse) consisting of the Saxons, the Prussian Guard corps and the IV. (Prussian Saxony) corps. He was succeeded in command of the XII. corps by his See also:brother Prince See also:George, who had served under him in Bohemia. He took a leading part in the operations which preceded the battle of See also:Sedan, the 4th army being the See also:pivot on which the whole army wheeled See also:round in pursuit of See also:MacMahon; and the actions of Buzancy and See also:Beaumont on the 29th and 3oth of See also:August were fought under his direction; in the battle of Sedan itself, with the troops under his orders, he carried out the envelopment of the See also:French on the See also:east and north. His conduct in these engagements won for him the See also:complete confidence of the army, and during the See also:siege of Paris his troops formed the north-east section• of the investing force. After the conclusion of the See also:armistice he was left in command of the German army of occupation, a position which he held till the fall of the See also:Commune. On the conclusion of peace he was made an inspector-See also:general of the army and See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field-See also:marshal. On the See also:death of his See also:father on the 29th of See also:October 1873 he succeeded to the throne. His reign was uneventful, and he took little public part in politics, devoting himself to military affairs, in which his See also:advice and experience were of the greatest value, not only to the Saxon corps but to the German army in general. In 1897 he was appointed arbitrator between the claimants for the principality of See also:Lippe'. King Albert married in 1853 Carola, daughter of Prince Gustavus of See also:Vasa, and granddaughter of the last king of See also:Sweden of the See also:house of Holstein. He died on the 19th of See also:June 1902.1863).
End of Article: ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
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