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<p> [[Marshal]] of France, natural son of [[Augustus]] II., king of [[Poland]] ( <i> q. v </i> .) distinguished himself under various war captains, [[Marlborough]] and Prince Eugene in particular, and eventually entered the service of France; commanding in the War of the Austrian | Maurice Saxe <ref name="term_79538" /> | ||
==References == | <p> [[Marshal]] of France, natural son of [[Augustus]] II., king of [[Poland]] ( <i> q. v </i> .) distinguished himself under various war captains, [[Marlborough]] and Prince Eugene in particular, and eventually entered the service of France; commanding in the War of the Austrian Succession he took [[Prague]] and Egra, and was made a marshal, and appointed to the command of the army of Flanders, in which he gained victories and captured fortresses, and was thereafter loaded with honours by Louis XV.; was one of the strongest and most dissolute men of his age; died of dropsy, the result of his debaucheries (1698-1750). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_79538"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/saxe,+maurice Maurice Saxe from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_79538"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/saxe,+maurice Maurice Saxe from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:59, 15 October 2021
Maurice Saxe [1]
Marshal of France, natural son of Augustus II., king of Poland ( q. v .) distinguished himself under various war captains, Marlborough and Prince Eugene in particular, and eventually entered the service of France; commanding in the War of the Austrian Succession he took Prague and Egra, and was made a marshal, and appointed to the command of the army of Flanders, in which he gained victories and captured fortresses, and was thereafter loaded with honours by Louis XV.; was one of the strongest and most dissolute men of his age; died of dropsy, the result of his debaucheries (1698-1750).
