Pierre de Ségur

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Pierre de Ségur (1914)

Pierre-Marie-Maurice-Henri, marquis de Ségur (born February 13, 1853 in Paris , † August 13, 1916 in Poissy ) was a French writer .

Life

The son of the French statesman and writer Anatole de Ségur (1823-1902) initially entered the civil service, but gave up his career as a government official to devote himself only to literature and history.

Pierre de Ségur published a work in 1895 about his ancestor Maréchal de Ségur (1724-1801), Minister of War under Louis XVI. , which was awarded by the Académie française . His book Le royaume de la rue Saint-Honoré, Madame Geoffrin et sa fille , published two years later , also received an award.

His main work, however, were the three volumes dedicated to the famous Marshal of Luxembourg , La jeunesse du maréchal de Luxembourg (1902), Le maréchal de Luxembourg et le prince d'Orange (1903) and Le tapissier de Notre-Dame: les dernières années du maréchal de Luxembourg (1903).

Pierre de Ségur was a Knight of the Legion of Honor and was admitted to the Académie française in 1907.

Works

  • Le maréchal de Ségur (1724–1801), ministre de la Guerre sous Louis XVI , 1895
  • Le royaume de la rue Saint-Honoré, Madame Geoffrin et sa fille , 1897
  • La dernière des Condé , 1899
  • La jeunesse du maréchal de Luxembourg, 1628–1668 , 1900
  • Le maréchal de Luxembourg et le prince d'Orange, 1668–1678 , 1902
  • Gens d'autrefois , 1903
  • Le tapissier de Notre-Dame: les dernières années du maréchal de Luxembourg, 1678-1695 , 1903
  • Julie de Lespinasse , 1905
  • Au couchant de la monarchie , 2 volumes, 1910
  • Silhouettes historiques , 1911
  • Parmi les cyprès et les lauriers , 1912
  • Vieux dossiers, petits papiers , 1913

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personal data
SURNAME Ségur, Pierre de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ségur, Pierre-Marie-Maurice-Henri marquis de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French author
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1916
Place of death Poissy