Philippe de Courcillon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Philippe de Courcillon

French officer and author

Date of Birth: 21-Sep-1638

Place of Birth: Dangeau, Centre-Val de Loire, France

Date of Death: 09-Sep-1720

Profession: writer, diplomat, soldier, memoirist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Philippe de Courcillon, Marquis de Dangeau (21 September 1638 – 9 September 1720) was a French officer and author. Born in Dangeau, he is 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.



Alternative names	Hyacinthe François Honoré Mathias Pierre André Jean Rigaud Hyacinthe Rigaud y Ros Hyacinthe Rigault
Description	French painter, professor, draughtsman and pastellist
Date of birth/death	18 July 1659 / 1659	29 December 1743
Location of birth/death	Perpignan	Paris
Work location	Perpignan (1669-1670), Lyon (1677-1681), Paris (1681-1743), Rome (1682), Perpignan (1695)
Authority control	: Q49898 VIAF: 71428427 ISNI: 0000 0001 2138 7361 ULAN: 500024827 LCCN: no91019377 WGA: RIGAUD, Hyacinthe WorldCat