, a French politician, was born at Rochefoucauld in 1625, and was
, a French politician,
was born at Rochefoucauld in 1625, and was taken by the
celebrated duke of that name into his service as valet de
chambre, from which situation he rose to be his confidential
friend. He was also equally honoured by the great Conde,
and was employed by the superintendant Fouquet, in public business, and was involved in his disgrace. But such
was the value put upon his political talents and integrity,
that he was at one time proposed to the king as successor
to. Colbert in the ministry. He died in 1705, leaving
“Memoirs of his Life from 1642 to 1698,
” 2 vols. 12mo,
written with frankness and simplicity and containing very
lively characters of the ministers and principal persons of
his time, of which, it is said, Voltaire made much use in
his “Siecle de Louis XIV.
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