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Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon
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Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (January 16, 1675 РMarch 2, 1755), French soldier, diplomatist and writer of memoirs, was born in Paris (H̫tel Selvois, 6 rue Taranne, today at 175 Bd.
Saint-Germain). The dukedom-peerage granted to his father, Claude de Saint-Simon (1608-1693), is a central fact in his history.
Fame as a writer
It could be said that the actual events of Saint-Simon's life, long as it was and high as was his position, are neither numerous nor noteworthy.
Yet he posthumously acquired great literary fame. He was an indefatigable writer, and he began very early to write down all the gossip he collected, all his interminable legal disputes of precedence, and a vast mass of unclassified matter.
Most of his manuscripts came into the possession of the government, and it was