Maurice, comte de Saxe
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- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Military History
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Aristocracy, Aristocrats, Nobles
- Curriculum: 18th Century European History, French History
Article abstract: Military significance: Saxe attained the rank of marshal general of France, the highest in the French army, and was a leading military theorist of the eighteenth century.
Born the illegitimate son of Elector Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (later King Augustus II of Poland) and Countess Maria Aurora von Königsmark, Hermann-Maurice de Saxe joined the Saxon army at age twelve and saw action in the War of the Spanish Succession under Prince Eugene of Savoy. His father bought him a German regiment in the French army in 1719. His genius soon gained...
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