Saxe

HERMANN MAURICE, COUNT DE, (saks,) an eminent marshal of France, was son of August us " the Strong," Elector of Saxony and king of Poland, by Aurora, Counte von Königsmark. After distinguishing himself in arms against the Swedes and French, he joined the military service of the latter in 1720, became Duke of Courland in 1726, and was the sometime lover of the Empre Anna of Ru ia, 1730. He took Prague in 1741, received the marshal's staff in 1745, and, while in command of the army in Flanders, gained the battles of Fontenoy (1745), and Laufeld (1747). D. 1750. Saxe, JOHN GODFREY, an American humorous poet, B. in Franklin co., Vermont, 1816. His poems are very popular, and rank among the most succe ful productions of their kind. [s. 800] Zell's Condensed Cyclopedia