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Maurice de Saxe
Marshal General of France (1696-1750)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 28 October 1696, 1696
- Died
- 20 November 1750, 30 November 1750
- Conflict
- War of the Polish Succession, War of the Spanish Succession, Great Northern War, Austro-Turkish War of 1716–1718, Battle of Fontenoy, Battle of Rocoux, Battle of Lauffeld, Siege of Maastricht
- Place of birth
- Goslar
- Place of death
- Château de Chambord
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Maurice
- Family name
- Saxe
- Father
- Augustus II the Strong
- Sibling
- Anna Karolina Orzelska, Maria Anna Katharina Rutowska, Friederike Alexandrine Moszyńska, Augustus III of Poland, Friedrich August Cosel, Frederick Augustus Rutowsky, Johann Georg, Chevalier de Saxe
- Field of work
- military affairs, military art
- Occupation
- military leader, military officer, politician, writer, marshal
- Citizenship
- Germany, France, Russian Empire
- allegiance
- Electorate of Saxony
- archives at
- Defence Historical Service
- described by source
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Sytin Military Encyclopedia, New Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Dresdner Hefte
- member of family
- House of Wettin
- military, police or special rank
- Marshal of France, Marshal General of France
- name in native language
- Maurice de Saxe
- noble title
- count
- owner of
- Moritzburg Castle
- place of burial
- Saint Thomas Church, Strasbourg
- start of work period
- 1708
- topic's main category
- Category:Maurice de Saxe
- unmarried partner
- Marie Geneviève Rinteau, Adrienne Lecouvreur
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