Maurice, Count of Saxony (German: Hermann Moritz von Sachsen, French: Maurice de Saxe; 28 October 1696 – 20 November 1750) was a notable soldier, officer...
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Madame Dupin de Francueil, was an illegitimate daughter of Marshal Maurice de Saxe and a grandmother of George Sand. A notable free-thinker, she was interested...
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French commander, Maurice de Saxe, had died two years after the War of the Austrian Succession, and his successors, the Prince de Soubise, the Duke D'Estrees...
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Volontaires de Saxe (also known as Volontaires du Maréchal de Saxe) were a military unit of cavalry troops recruited by French field marshal Maurice de Saxe. It...
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Place de Fontenoy (French pronunciation: [plas də fɔ̃tənwa]) is a square in Paris, France, named after the victory of Maréchal Maurice de Saxe in the...
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Le Romain Maurice de Saxe Portrait of Gabriel Bernard de Rieux Louis de France, dauphin (1745) Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville Isabelle de Charrière...
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Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz (1619–1681) Moritz Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz (1664–1718) Maurice Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg (1688–1731) Maurice de...
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the king gave the château to Maurice de Saxe, Marshal of France, who installed his military regiment there. Maurice de Saxe died in 1750, and once again...
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France," which is either utterly fantastic or a confused reference to Maurice de Saxe. "colichemarde". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved 2019-08-07...
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Maurice's base. When Catherine was Empress Peter Lacy was given responsibility for removing Maurice de Saxe from Courland. As the result Maurice de Saxe...
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victory at Hastenbeck during the Seven Years' War. Maurice de Saxe 1696–1750 French Maurice de Saxe was one of the foremost commanders of the 18th century...
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the Austrian Succession. A French army under the overall command of Maurice de Saxe, in a bold and innovative winter campaign besieged and captured the...
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Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
days of Marlborough and opposed to the experienced French Marshal Maurice de Saxe, Cumberland's campaigning could not prevent the fall of the Dutch Barrier...
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Battle of Fontenoy (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
divert resources to meet threats elsewhere. For the 1745 campaign, Maurice de Saxe persuaded Louis XV it was the best place to inflict a decisive defeat...
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Adrienne Lecouvreur (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
in her acting style, she was widely remembered for her romance with Maurice de Saxe and for her mysterious death. Although there are different theories...
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the Austrian Succession. A French force under the overall command of Maurice de Saxe besieged and captured the Dutch barrier fortress of Maastricht in the...
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Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1747) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
the command of Count Löwendal and the overall direction of Marshal Maurice de Saxe, laid siege and captured the strategic Dutch border fortress of Bergen...
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Frederick completed his conquest of Silesia, a French force under Maurice de Saxe took Prague on 26 November 1741, allowing the Bavarian elector, Charles...
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pro-Hanoverian forces to victory at the Battle of Culloden, the French under Maurice de Saxe were able to take advantage of his absence to besiege Brussels and...
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List of Saxon royal consorts (redirect from Duchess consorts of Saxe-Weissenfels)
II definitely split their commonly ruled Duchy of Saxony into Saxe-Lauenburg and Saxe-Wittenberg, either in 1269, 1272 or 1282, one can argue, that Agnes...
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Retrieved 7 July 2019. White, Jon (1962). Marshal of France: The Life and Times of Maurice de Saxe (2011 ed.). Literary Licensing. ISBN 978-1258033590....
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Offenstein Pilâtre de Rozier Rabbenu Gershom Louis Ratisbonne Pierre-Louis Roederer Richard Rohmer (Alsatian extraction) Maurice de Saxe Johannes Schefferus...
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Siege of Belgrade (1717) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
suffered fewer than 6,000 losses, Pálffy, Württemberg, and the young Maurice de Saxe were wounded, and Prince Eugene was wounded for the 13th time. The...
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Augustus II the Strong (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
heir). The most famous of the king's children born out of wedlock was Maurice de Saxe, a brilliant strategist who attained the highest military ranks in...
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politician Maurice de Saxe (1696–1750), military figure, Marshal General of France Melinda Saxe (born 1965), American magician Rebecca Saxe, MIT neuroscientist...
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Battle of Lauffeld (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
White, Jon Manchip (1962). Marshal of France: The Life and Times of Maurice, Comte de Saxe, 1696-1750 (2012 ed.). Literary Licensing. ISBN 978-1258033590....
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Maréchal de Saxe (or Avenue de Saxe) is a broad avenue located in the 3rd and the 6th arrondissements of Lyon. It was named after Maurice de Saxe, Marshal...
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École militaire (redirect from Ecole de Guerre)
by Louis XV on the basis of a proposal of Marshal Maurice de Saxe and with the support of Madame de Pompadour and financier Joseph Paris Duverney. Previously...
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Jean Erdman, Baron Dieskau (redirect from Jean-Armand Dieskau, Baron de Dieskau)
for a part of the French and Indian War. He was the aide-de-camp of Marshal Maurice de Saxe and visited St. Petersburg in that officer's interest in 1741...
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Goslar (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
pioneers Werner von Siemens, Sir William Siemens and Carl von Siemens Maurice de Saxe (1696–1750), Marshal General of France. Adversary of the Hanoverians...
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