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 for his deeds in the War of the Austrian Succession and especially for his decisive victory at the Battle of Fontenoy.
Maurice de Saxe as a Marshal of France by Jean-Étienne Liotard
Battle of Lawfeld, 2 July 1747: Louis XV pointing out the village of Lawfeld to Maurice
Funerary monument of Maurice de Saxe in Saint Thomas Church, Strasbourg
Engraving of Maurice de Saxe
Augustus II the Strong, was Elector of Saxony from 1694 as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1697 to 1706 and from 1709 until his death in 1733. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin.
Portrait of Augustus with the star of the Polish Order of the White Eagle, by Louis de Silvestre
Augustus II by Marcello Bacciarelli
Election of Augustus II for King of Poland in Wola near Warsaw in 1697
Capsule with the heart of Augustus II the Strong in the Dresden Cathedral
