Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy

Roger, comte de Bussy- Rabutin ( born April 18, 1618 Epiry, Nièvre, † April 9, 1693 in Autun ) was a French general and writer.

Life

Bussy- Rabutin was a cousin of the Marquise de Sévigné. He served since he was 12 years in the regiment of his father. He quickly rose to lieutenant general on, then antagonized but with Marshal Turenne and had to leave the army.

He went to the royal court, where he was, however, a satirical poem on the love affair of King Louis XIV with Madame La Vallere pulled the royal favor. He was imprisoned for a year because of his book Histoire amoureuse the Gauls (Liège, 1665) in the Bastille and then banished to his estates ( Castle Bussy- Rabutin ). Only after 16 years, he was allowed to appear at Versailles.

Bussy- Rabutin later returned to Burgundy and wrote his memoirs ( 2 vols, 1696 ) and Lettres (7 vols, Paris, 1697 and 1709).

His 1677 letter addressed to the Count of Limoges became famous word God is usually with the strong battalions by the Nachzitierung Frederick the Great.

Roger de Bussy- Rabutin died on April 9, 1693 in Autun.

His son, Johann Ludwig Count of Bussy- Rabutin (French: Jean Louis de Bussy Rabutin, 1642-1717 ) was an imperial Field Marshal (1704), fought against the Turks in Transylvania and against the insurgents of Francis II Rákóczi.

Correspondence

• Roger de Bussy- Rabutin: Correspondance avec le père René Rapin. Reprint 1983. ISBN 978-2707810274