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Jules de Clérambault (ca. 1660 – 17 August 1714) was a French ecclesiastic and Abbot of Saint-Taurin d’Évreux.
He was the son ofMarshal of FrancePhilippe de Clérambault de La Palluau, and brother of Philippe, who in 1704 as lieutenant general, was responsible for the defense of the village of Blindheim in theBattle of Blenheim and was killed (drowned) during the battle.
In 1695, he is elected member of theAcadémie française, succeeding the famous poet and fabulistJean de La Fontaine.
As Clérambault was a hunchback, he was nicknamedAesop, after a figure in one of De La Fontaine's stories.
He was a historian and theologian.
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