Simon Louis Pierre, marquis de Cubières, brother of
Michel de Cubières (1747,
Roquemaure, Gard
Roquemaure (; ; Provençal dialect, Provençal: ''Recamaulo'') is a small town and Communes of France, commune in the Gard Departments of France, department of southern France. The town lies north of Avignon on the right bank of the Rhône. In 2 ...
– 1821) was a French writer.
He was écuyer of
Louis XVI
Louis XVI (Louis-Auguste; ; 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. The son of Louis, Dauphin of France (1729–1765), Louis, Dauphin of France (son and heir- ...
and continued to support him throughout the
French Revolution, refusing to emigrate and escape the massacres of the nobility. He devoted his spare time to sciences and literature, writing a ''Histoire des coquillages de mer'', 1799, in-4, and several poems and comedies, including the ''Charlatan''.
Amédée Despans-Cubières was his illegitimate son.
1747 births
1821 deaths
French male writers
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