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But on 20 November 1750 he died at the Château de Chambord "of a putrid fever ". [1] During the last years of his life, Maurice had an affair with a French lady, Marie Rinteau, who at that time was only eighteen years old. In 1748 she gave birth to a daughter, the last of Maurice's several illegitimate children.
Apr 5, 2024 · Oct. 28, 1696, Goslar, Saxony [Germany] Died: Nov. 30, 1750, Chambord, Fr. (aged 54) Subjects Of Study: conduct of war. Role In: Battle of Fontenoy. War of the Austrian Succession.
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Stately Minuet of Death: Maurice de Saxe at Fontenoy. With near-mathematical precision, French marshal Maurice de Saxe arranged a trap for his less experienced British opponent at Fontenoy. This article appears in: December 2004.
At the start of the Battle of Fontenoy on May 11, 1745, a French army led by Marshal Maurice de Saxe, the Comte de Saxe, suffered an initial repulse at the hands of Prince William Augustus, the Duke of Cumberland’s British-Dutch-Austrian army. After that, Saxe decided to remain on the defensive, and Cumberland took the initiative.
Maurice, Count of Saxony was a notable soldier, officer and a famed military commander of the 18th century. The illegitimate son of Augustus II the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, he initially served in the Army of the Holy Roman Empire, then the Imperial Army, before finally entering French service. De Saxe became a Marshal and even Marshal General of France. He is best known ...
The Austrians lost track of a French corps, led by Maurice de Saxe, advancing on the Bohemian capital, Prague.
Maurice de Saxe was the illegitimate son of Augustus II of Saxony; he embarked on a career in the Imperial army when he was twelve years’ old. In 1720 he obtained a commission in the French army, in which he served for the rest of his life. He became famous for his exploits at the Battles of Fontenoy (1745), Rocourt (1746) and Lawfeld (1747).
