Disderi - Henry Jean Victor de Rouvroy de Saint-Simon

Henri Jean Victor de Rouvroy,

Marquis A marquess (; ) is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German-language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman with the rank of a marquess or the wife (or wido ...

of Saint-Simon (11 February 1782 – 18 March 1865) was a French diplomat and colonial administrator.

Biography

As a young man, he fought in the

French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (sometimes called the Great French War or the Wars of the Revolution and the Empire) were a series of conflicts between the French and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompas ...

In Germany and in Spain.
On the return of Louis XVIII, Viscount Saint-Simon joined the Bourbons. He served, in his rank of colonel, as second lieutenant of the King's bodyguards, a cavalry unit that had just been reestablished. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Royal and Military

Order of Saint-Louis The Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis () is a dynastic order of chivalry founded 5 April 1693 by King Louis XIV, named after Saint Louis (King Louis IX of France). It was intended as a reward for exceptional officers, notable as the fir ...

on 5 July 1814, and the ribbon of officer of the Legion of Honour on 24 August. He was Ambassador of France in Denmark between 1820 and 1832, and in Sweden between 1832 and 1833. He served as

Governor General Governor-general (plural governors-general), or governor general (plural governors general), is the title of an official, most prominently associated with the British Empire. In the context of the governors-general and former British colonies, ...

for

Inde française French India, formally the (), was a French colony comprising five geographically separated enclaves on the Indian subcontinent that had initially been factories of the French East India Company. They were ''de facto'' incorporated into the ...

in the Second

French Colonial Empire The French colonial empire () comprised the overseas Colony, colonies, protectorates, and League of Nations mandate, mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward. A distinction is generally made between the "Firs ...

during the

July Monarchy The July Monarchy (), officially the ''Kingdom of France'' (), was a liberalism, liberal constitutional monarchy in France under , starting on 9 August 1830, after the revolutionary victory of the July Revolution of 1830, and ending 26 Februar ...

between 1835 and 1840. From 1842, he called himself ''"Duke of Saint-Simon"''. Indeed, he was the nephew of Claude-Anne de Rouvroy, Marquis of Saint-Simon, created Grandee of Spain of the first class by King Charles IV in 1803 and raised to the dignity of

Duke of Saint-Simon Duke of Saint-Simon (; ) was a title in the Peerage of France and later in the Peerage of Spain. It was granted in 1635 to Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, Claude de Rouvroy, comte de Rasse.. The title's name refers to the seigneury that wa ...

by King Ferdinand VII in 1814. Claude-Anne died in Madrid on 3 January 1819, leaving only an unmarried daughter. Claude-Anne bequeathed his

Grandee of Spain Grandee (; , ) is an official royal and noble ranks, aristocratic title conferred on some Spanish nobility. Holders of this dignity enjoyed similar privileges to those of the peerage of France during the , though in neither country did they ha ...

to his nephew, and probably also his Spanish Ducal title, which was however not recognised in France.

Publication of the Memoirs of the Duke de Saint Simon (1675-1755)

In 1828, Henri Jean de Rouvroy brought together the 11 portfolios containing the 2,854 pages of the Memoirs of his distant relative the

(1675–1755). He published the work in 1829 and 1830 through publisher Auguste Sautelet, in 27 volumes, under the title ''Mémoires complets et authentiques du duc de Saint-Simon sur le siècle de Louis XIV et la Régence : publies pour la première fois sur le manuscrit originale écrit toute la main de l'auteur par le M rqus de Saint-Simon''.Notice bibliographique des ''Mémoires complets et authentiques du duc de Saint-Simon sur le siècle de Louis XIV et la Régence : publiés pour la première fois sur le manuscrit original entièrement écrit de la main de l'auteur par le Mis de Saint-Simon'', éd. 1829 et 1830, sur catalogue.bnf.fr
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References

1782 births 1865 deaths Governors of French India People of the July Monarchy Rouvroy family Ambassadors of France to Denmark Ambassadors of France to Sweden Ambassadors of France to Portugal Dukes of Saint-Simon French marquesses {{France-mil-bio-stub