KÖNIGSMARK, COUNTESS MARIA AURORA

märēˈä ourooˈrä köˈnĭksmärk, 1666–1728, Swedish noblewoman; sister of Count Philipp Christoph Königsmark. She went to Dresden in search of her missing brother and there became the mistress of Augustus II of Poland and Saxony. Their son, Maurice, was the famous Marshal de Saxe. In her last years she was abbess coadjutor at Quedlinburg.

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Frederick the Great
Book by Margaret Goldsmith; C. Boni, 1929
Subjects: Frederich--Ii, Der Grosse, King Of Prussia--1712-1786
...two brothers. Children of Countess Konigsmark: 2 Moritz, Count of Saxony...1686 and given the name of Maria Aurora. She was later married to...General Spiegel. 2 Countess Maria Aurora Konigsmark came to the Saxon Court in...
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Ploetz' Manual of Universal History
Book by William H. Tillinghast, Karl Julius Ploetz; Houghton Mifflin, 1925
Subjects: History--Outlines, Syllabi, Etc
...Francis Stephen , the husband of Maria Theresa, his vote at the imperial...son of Augustus II. and the countess Aurora of Konigsmark, defeated the pragmatic army...the election of the husband of Maria Theresa as emperor, the 1745...


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KÖnigsmark, Countess Maria Aurora
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KONIGSMARK, COUNTESS MARIA AURORA mare a ouroo ra ko niksmark, 1666 1728, Swedish noblewoman; sister of Count Philipp Christoph Konigsmark. She went to Dresden in search of her missing brother and there...
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Saxe, Maurice, Comte De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the greatest generals of his age. He was the illegitimate son of Augustus II of Poland and Saxony and Countess Maria Aurora von Konigsmark . When very young he entered the Saxon army, and in 1720 he went into French service. In 1726 he obtained...


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