 After the Empire's dissolution in 1806, the Wettin Electors raised Saxony to a territorially reduced kingdom.After the dissolution of the medieval Duchy of Saxony, the name "Saxony" was first applied to a small territory midway along the river Elbe, around the city of Wittenberg, which had formerly belonged to the March of Lusatia.Around 1157 it was held by Albert the Bear, the first Margrave of Brandenburg.