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Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon

1675 - 1755

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Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, GE (French pronunciation: [lwi də ʁuvʁwa]; 16 January 1675 – 2 March 1755), was a French soldier, diplomat, and memoirist. He was born in Paris at the Hôtel Selvois, 6 rue Taranne (demolished in 1876 to make way for the Boulevard Saint-Germain). 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon has received more than 239,389 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon is the 1,471st most popular writer (down from 1,174th in 2019), the 1,706th most popular biography from France (down from 1,354th in 2019) and the 211th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon ranks 1,471 out of 7,302. Before him are Vicki Baum, James Oliver Curwood, Christian Friedrich Hebbel, Colin Dexter, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, and Elizabeth Siddal. After him are Don Juan Manuel, Francis Jammes, Achilles Tatius, Vita Sackville-West, René Char, and Samuel ibn Naghrillah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1675, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon ranks 3. Before him are Pope Benedict XIV, and Emperor Higashiyama. After him are Tarabai, Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Vakhtang VI of Kartli, Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, William Jones, Princess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, Guillaume Delisle, Samuel Clarke, and Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Among people deceased in 1755, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon ranks 5. Before him are Montesquieu, Francesco Durante, Gerard Majella, and Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach. After him are Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Johann Georg Pisendel, Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Johann Georg Gmelin, Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz, and Philipp Stamma.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon ranks 1,706 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Cornet (1884), Paul Veyne (1930), Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon (1491), Patrick Tambay (1949), Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien (1641), and Cabu (1938). After him are Alice Prin (1901), Tarrare (1772), Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers (1609), Abbo of Fleury (945), Pierre-Jules Hetzel (1814), and Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon ranks 211. Before him are Georges Feydeau (1862), Régis Debray (1940), Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (1758), Marie Anne Lenormand (1772), Tristan Corbière (1845), and Jacques Cazotte (1719). After him are Francis Jammes (1868), René Char (1907), Tomi Ungerer (1931), Adam de la Halle (1245), Thoinot Arbeau (1520), and Georges Duhamel (1884).

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