Philippe de Courcillon

Portrait of Philippe de Courcillon by Hyacinthe Rigaud
Signature Philippe de Courcillon de Dangeau (1638–1720)
Signature Philippe de Courcillon de Dangeau (1638–1720)

Philippe de Courcillon, Marquis de Dangeau (21 September 1638 in Dangeau, Chartres[1] – 9 September 1720 in Paris[2]) was a French officer and author.

Born in Dangeau, he is probably 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.

  1. ^ Mémoires de la Sociéte archéologique de l'Orléanais (in French). Gatineau Libraire. 1883. p. 106. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  2. ^ Lachèvre, Frédéric (1904). Bibliographie des recueils collectifs de poésies publiés de 1597 à 1700 ... (in French). H. Leclerc. p. 284. Retrieved 8 May 2024.