WRITER

Xavier de Maistre

1763 - 1852

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Xavier de Maistre (French pronunciation: [ɡzavje də mɛstʁ]; 10 October 1763 – 12 June 1852) of Savoy (then part of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia) was a French military man and author. The younger brother of Joseph de Maistre, a noted philosopher and counter-revolutionary, Xavier was born to an aristocratic family at Chambéry in October 1763. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Xavier de Maistre has received more than 108,985 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Xavier de Maistre is the 1,353rd most popular writer (down from 1,321st in 2019), the 1,562nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,534th in 2019) and the 191st most popular French Writer.

Xavier de Maistre is most famous for his book "Letters on the Russian Empire."

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  • 110k

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  • 59.35

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.57

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Notable Works

Les soirées de Saint-Pétersbourg
Providence and government of God, Good and evil, Sacrifice
1831
A Journey Round My Room
2018
Voyage autour de ma chambre
Staged photography, Miniature rooms, Artists' books
1800
Voyage autour de ma chambre
2018
Du pape
Catholic Church, Catholic Church. Pope (965-1216 : Innocent III), Gallicanism
1821
Considérations sur la France
Politics and government, History, Causes
1797

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Xavier de Maistre ranks 1,353 out of 7,302. Before him are Georgi Markov, Abu Tammam, Ignazio Silone, Quintus Fabius Pictor, Mukhtar Auezov, and Nikolaus Lenau. After him are Jean M. Auel, Robert de Montesquiou, Rudolf Erich Raspe, Daniel Pennac, James Murray, and Wace.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1763, Xavier de Maistre ranks 13. Before him are Claude Chappe, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, Augustin Robespierre, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Kobayashi Issa, and Guillaume Brune. After him are Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden, Joseph Fesch, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Étienne Méhul, Franz Danzi, and Simon Mayr. Among people deceased in 1852, Xavier de Maistre ranks 16. Before him are Karl Bryullov, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Vasily Zhukovsky, Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg, Ján Kollár, and Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden. After him are Thomas Moore, Marie of Hesse-Kassel, Hadji Murad, Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg, Táhirih, and Gideon Mantell.

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In France

Among people born in France, Xavier de Maistre ranks 1,562 out of 6,770. Before him are Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam (1464), Théodule-Armand Ribot (1839), Isabella of Bourbon (1437), Georges Bidault (1899), Louis Marchand (1669), and Louis Claude de Saint-Martin (1743). After him are Édouard Herriot (1872), Robert de Montesquiou (1855), Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé (1736), Jane Avril (1868), Louis I, Count of Flanders (1304), and Joseph Bédier (1864).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Xavier de Maistre ranks 191. Before him are Blaise de Vigenère (1523), Odo of Cluny (878), Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893), Catherine de Bourbon (1559), Henri Murger (1822), and Adalberon (947). After him are Robert de Montesquiou (1855), Joseph Bédier (1864), Émile Gaboriau (1832), François de Malherbe (1555), Fulcher of Chartres (1059), and Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715).

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