Henri Jean Victor de Rouvroy,Marquis of Saint-Simon (11 February 1782 – 18 March 1865) was a French diplomat and colonial administrator.
As a young man, he fought in theFrench Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars In Germany and in Spain.
On the return of Louis XVIII, Viscount Saint-Simon joined the Bourbons. He served, in his rank of colonel, as second lieutenant of theKing's bodyguards, a cavalry unit that had just been reestablished. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Royal and MilitaryOrder of Saint-Louis on 5 July 1814, and the ribbon of officer of the Legion of Honour on 24 August.
He was Ambassador of France in Denmark between 1820 and 1832, and in Sweden between 1832 and 1833.He served asGovernor General forInde française in the SecondFrench Colonial Empire during theJuly Monarchy between 1835 and 1840.[1][2]
From 1842, he called himself"Duke of Saint-Simon". Indeed, he was the nephew ofClaude-Anne de Rouvroy, Marquis of Saint-Simon, created Grandee of Spain of the first class by King Charles IV in 1803 and raised to the dignity ofDuke of Saint-Simon by King Ferdinand VII in 1814. Claude-Anne died in Madrid on 3 January 1819, leaving only an unmarried daughter. Claude-Anne bequeathed hisGrandee of Spain to his nephew, and probably also his Spanish Ducal title, which was however not recognised in France.
In 1828, Henri Jean de Rouvroy brought together the 11 portfolios containing the 2,854 pages of the Memoirs of his distant relative theDuke of Saint-Simon (1675–1755). He published the work in 1829 and 1830 through publisher Auguste Sautelet, in 27 volumes, under the titleMémoires complets et authentiques du duc de Saint-Simon sur le siècle de Louis XIV et la Régence : publies pour la première fois sur le manuscrit originale écrit toute la main de l'auteur par le M[arqu]is de Saint-Simon.[3]
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