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Xavier de Maistre

1763 - 1852

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Xavier de Maistre (French pronunciation: [ɡzavje də mɛstʁ]; 10 October 1763 – 12 June 1852) of Savoy (then part of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia) was a French military man and author. The younger brother of Joseph de Maistre, a noted philosopher and counter-revolutionary, Xavier was born to an aristocratic family at Chambéry in October 1763. He served when young in the army of Piedmont-Sardinia, and in 1790 wrote his fantasy Voyage autour de ma chambre ("Voyage Around My Room", published 1794), when he was under arrest in Turin as the consequence of a duel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Xavier de Maistre is the 1,520th most popular writer (down from 1,352nd in 2019), the 1,752nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,563rd in 2019) and the 219th most popular French Writer.

Xavier de Maistre is most famous for his book "Letters on the Russian Empire."

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Among writers, Xavier de Maistre ranks 1,520 out of 7,302. Before him are Henry Steel Olcott, Ken Kesey, Daniel Pennac, Rafael Alberti, Jules de Goncourt, and Ichiyō Higuchi. After him are Jules Laforgue, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Georgi Markov, Károly Kerényi, Kristijonas Donelaitis, and Erich Segal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1763, Xavier de Maistre ranks 14. Before him are Claude Chappe, Kobayashi Issa, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Guillaume Brune, Augustin Robespierre, and Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen. After him are Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Franz Danzi, Joseph Fesch, Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden, Simon Mayr, and Étienne Méhul. Among people deceased in 1852, Xavier de Maistre ranks 22. Before him are Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg, Louisa Adams, Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg, Gideon Mantell, Hadji Murad, and Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden. After him are Thomas Moore, Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland, Gotthold Eisenstein, Matthias Castrén, Mirza Shafi Vazeh, and Étienne Maurice Gérard.

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In France

Among people born in France, Xavier de Maistre ranks 1,752 out of 6,770. Before him are Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848), François-Henri Pinault (1962), Jean-Marie Lustiger (1926), Louis Claude de Saint-Martin (1743), William of Gellone (750), and Anselme Payen (1795). After him are Hugh of Châteauneuf (1053), Lambert Wilson (1958), Jacques Dutronc (1943), Henri, Count of Paris (1908), Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges (1830), and Alphonse Allais (1854).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Xavier de Maistre ranks 219. Before him are Anna de Noailles (1876), François de Malherbe (1555), Régis Debray (1940), Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (1758), Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière (1734), and Jules de Goncourt (1830). After him are Alphonse Allais (1854), Henri de Régnier (1864), Edmond François Valentin About (1828), Auguste Maquet (1813), Jean de Meun (1240), and Remy de Gourmont (1858).

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