Procession of Princes

In total 35 princes, dukes, margraves and kings are shown on horsebacks while foot soldiers and other people accompany them. The name of each ruler is inscribed below his image.

The procession starts with Konrad the Great, who ruled from 1127 to 1156 and ends with Friedrich August III who ruled between 1904 and 1918 as Saxony's last king. All the people depicted are shown in contemporary clothing styles.

The Procession of Princes was originally painted between 1870 and 1876 by Wilhelm Walter. When the stucco started to deteriorate it was replaced between 1906 and 1907 with almost 25,000 ceramic tiles from the porcelain manufacturer Meissen. The tiles miraculously survived the bombardments of February 1945.