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About Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon
Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, GE, was a French courtier and memoirist, who also spent time as a soldier and diplomat. He was born in Paris at the Hôtel Selvois, 6 rue Taranne. The family's ducal peerage (duché-pairie), granted in 1635 to his father Claude de Rouvroy (1608–1693), served as both perspective and theme in Saint-Simon's life and writings. He was the second and last Duke of Saint-Simon.
Everything about Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon →- Occupation
- courtier, memoirist, diplomat, writer
- Position held
- ambassador
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- January 16, 1675
- Died
- March 2, 1755