Octave-Henri Gabriel, comte de Ségur
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Octave-Henri Gabriel, comte de Ségur (5 June 1779 - 15 August 1818) was a French
soldier
and famous suicide
.
He was born in Paris
, the eldest son of Louis Philippe, comte de Ségur
and Antoinette Élisabeth d'Aguesseau.
He married on 13 March 1797 his cousin Marie Félicité d'Auguesseau, who died in Paris on 16 January 1847, and had three children:
He committed suicide in Paris.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
soldier
Soldier
A soldier is a member of the land component of national armed forces; whereas a soldier hired for service in a foreign army would be termed a mercenary...
and famous suicide
Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
.
He was born in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, the eldest son of Louis Philippe, comte de Ségur
Louis Philippe, comte de Ségur
Louis Philippe, comte de Ségur was a French diplomat and historian.-Life:He was born in Paris, the son of Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur and Louise Anne Madeleine de Vernon....
and Antoinette Élisabeth d'Aguesseau.
He married on 13 March 1797 his cousin Marie Félicité d'Auguesseau, who died in Paris on 16 January 1847, and had three children:
- Eugène Henri Raymond, comte de Ségur (Fresnes-sur-MarneFresnes-sur-MarneFresnes-sur-Marne is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.-External links:* * *...
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, 15 July 1869), married on 13/14 July 1819 CountCountA count or countess is an aristocratic nobleman in European countries. The word count came into English from the French comte, itself from Latin comes—in its accusative comitem—meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor". The adjective form of the word is...
ess Sophie Feodorovna RostopchineSophie Rostopchine, Comtesse de SégurSophie, Countess of Ségur was a French writer of Russian birth....
(Saint PetersburgSaint PetersburgSaint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
, 1 August 1799 - ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 9 February 1874), and had seven children - Adolphe Louis Marie, vicomte de Ségur-Lamoignon (Paris, 31 August 1800 - Château de Méry-sur-Oise, 30 November 1876), married 15 October 1823 Marie Louise Augustine Félicité de Lamoignon (Paris, 18 December 1805 - Paris, 18 February 1860), without issue
- Raymond Jean Paul, comte de Ségur d' Aguesseau (Paris, 18 February 1803 - Château d' Oléac, Hautes-PyrénéesHautes-PyrénéesHautes-Pyrénées is a department in southwestern France. It is part of the Midi-Pyrénées region.-History:...
, 13 February 1889), married firstly RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, 5 February 1825 Nadine Schwetchine-Luz-St-Sauveur (? - 15 July 1836), and had three children, and married secondly 20 April 1845 Valentine, Princess Lubomirska (12 March 1817 - Château d' Oléac, Hautes-Pyrénées, 31 January 1889), and had six children
He committed suicide in Paris.