Armand de Camboust, duc de Coislin
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Armand de Camboust, duc de Coislin (1 September 1635, Paris - 16 September 1702) was a French lieutenant général des armées du roi, and a duke and peer of France. The son of a colonel in the Swiss Guards, he was elected a member of the Académie française
in 1652 aged 16 and a half. He died young and his seat was then held by his two sons, Pierre
and Henri-Charles.
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
in 1652 aged 16 and a half. He died young and his seat was then held by his two sons, Pierre
Pierre de Camboust, duc de Coislin
Pierre de Camboust, duc de Coislin was a duke and peer of France, succeeding his father. He was admitted to the Académie française in his father's seat on 11 December 1702 by the abbé de Dangeau.-External links:*...
and Henri-Charles.