Pierre de Ségur
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Pierre, marquis de Ségur (Paris
, 13 February 1853 — Poissy
, 13 August 1916) was a French writer and historian, elected a member of the Académie française
in 1907. The eldest son of Anatole, marquis de Ségur, and of Cécile Cuvelier, he was thus the grandson of Sophie Rostopchine, Comtesse de Ségur
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Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 13 February 1853 — Poissy
Poissy
Poissy is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris from the center.In 1561 it was the site of a fruitless Catholic-Huguenot conference, the Colloquy at Poissy...
, 13 August 1916) was a French writer and historian, elected a member of the Académie française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
in 1907. The eldest son of Anatole, marquis de Ségur, and of Cécile Cuvelier, he was thus the grandson of Sophie Rostopchine, Comtesse de Ségur
Sophie Rostopchine, Comtesse de Ségur
Sophie, Countess of Ségur was a French writer of Russian birth....
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Works
- Le maréchal de SégurPhilippe Henri, marquis de SégurPhilippe Henri, marquis de Ségur was a marshal of France.Born in Paris, son of Henri François, comte de Ségur, and his wife Philippe Angélique de Froissy, he was appointed to the command of an infantry regiment at eighteen, and served under his father in Italy and Bohemia...
, 1895 - La dernière des Condé, 1899
- Jeunesse du maréchal de Luxembourg, 1900
- Gens d'autrefois, 1903
- Parmi les cyprès et les lauriers, 1912