Wednesday, 12 October 2011

On the Perils of being a Small Principality

Saw this on the Not by Appointment blog, and thought it was relevant:

The County of Henneberg was a detached part of Saxony well to the west in Franconia. As it was so isolated the inhabitants were expected to raise militia companies for their own defence; they were probably first raised in 1730 and disbanded in 1756.

Saxe-Märchen is another of those detached Saxon lands, so has exactly the same issues as Hessenberg, abd that has of course impacted the development of its military.....

3 comments:

  1. You must be close to Sachsen-Wachsenstein for that small statelet also had to raise its own forces.

    Jim
    http://colcampbellbarracks.blogspot.com/

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  2. Given both of us are basing our Dragoons on Van Bruhl, there is clearly some form of cultural affinity :)

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