Four squadrons (a full regiment) of Cuirassier from the Kingdom of Saxony. Depending on which part of the Napoleonic Wars I am fighting, they would either be allied with the Prussians against the French, or the French (as part of the Confederation of the Rhine).
While Saxon sympathies seemed to be more with the French (at least until Leipzig, when the writing was pretty much on the wall for Napoleon), their kingdom was located in eastern Germany immediately south of Prussia, with Russia not too far further east. So until Napoleon actually crushed Prussia in the 1806 campaign, they weren't really in a position to assert themselves.
I might also be able to use them for the Seven Years War if I overlook the fact that their uniforms are a little more modern than that. At that time Saxony was in a difficult position - its ruling family was Catholic and supported the Hapsburgs of Austria, but the bulk of the population was Protestant, and more in tune with Prussia. Frederick "The Great" of Prussia solved the dilemma for the Saxons by invading their kingdom early in the war and absorbing the Saxon army into his own!
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