Philippe de Courcillon
French officer and author (1638–1720) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Philippe de Courcillon, Marquis de Dangeau (21 September 1638 in Dangeau, Chartres[1] – 9 September 1720 in Paris[2]) was a French officer and author.
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Born in Dangeau, he is probably most remembered for keeping a diary from 1684 until the year of his death. These Memoirs, which, as Saint-Simon said "of an insipidity to make you sick", contain many facts about the reign of Louis XIV.