Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Maurice, count de Saxe: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Last updated

Facts

Also Known As Maurice, comte de Saxe
Born October 28, 1696 • Goslar • Germany
Died November 30, 1750 (aged 54) • Chambord • France
Subjects Of Study conduct of war
Role In Battle of Fontenoy • War of the Austrian Succession

Photos

Saxe, detail of a portrait by Maurice-Quentin de La Tour; in the Staatliche Museum, Dresden, Ger.
Pigalle, Jean-Baptiste: tomb of Maurice, comte de Saxe
See All Images →
Henri, baron de Jomini
Henri, baron de Jomini
French general and historian
default image
Louis-François de Bourbon, prince de Conti
French prince
default image
Charles Fouquet, duke de Belle-Isle
French marshal
default image
Jean-Baptiste-Antoine-Marcelin, baron de Marbot
French general
default image
Victor-François, 2nd duke de Broglie
marshal of France
default image
François-Marie, 1st duke de Broglie
French general
default image
Adrien-Maurice, 3 duke de Noailles
French duke
default image
Bernard-Louis, marquis de Chauvelin
French general and diplomat
default image
Philippe-Emmanuel Gondi
French military commander
Painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres showing Joan of Arc in armor holding a banner at an altar during the coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral, with figures praying behind her.
St. Joan of Arc
French heroine
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France
Portrait of Napoleon III in a dark military uniform with gold epaulettes, a red sash, and medals, set against a deep red background. Painted by Hippolyte Flandrin.
Napoleon III
emperor of France
Henry IV, undated copperplate engraving.
Henry IV
king of France
Francis I
Francis I
king of France
Turenne, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de
Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne
French military leader
Fredric Westin: portrait of Charles XIV John
Charles XIV John
king of Sweden and Norway
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
French military engineer
Lazare Carnot, lithograph by Ambroise Tardieu, after an engraving by C.A. Forestier
Lazare Carnot
French military engineer
The Great Condé, engraving by Robert Nanteuil, 1662
Louis II de Bourbon, 4 prince de Condé
French general and prince
Ney, Michel
Michel Ney
French duke