Jules de Clérambault
French abbot
About Jules de Clérambault
Lived 1660 – 1714 (aged 53–54). Jules de Clérambault was a French religious person.
Jules de Clérambault (ca. 1660 – 17 August 1714) was a French ecclesiastic and Abbot of Saint-Taurin d’Évreux.
He was the son of Marshal of France Philippe 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 the Battle of Blenheim and was killed (drowned) during the battle.
In 1695, he is elected member of the Académie française, succeeding the famous poet and fabulist Jean de La Fontaine.
As Clérambault was a hunchback, he was nicknamed Aesop, after a figure in one of De La Fontaine's stories.
He was a historian and theologian.
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Who was Jules de Clérambault?
French abbot (1660-1714)
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Jules de Clérambault was born in 1660.
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Jules de Clérambault died on 17 August 1714.
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Jules de Clérambault was a religious person.
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Jules de Clérambault was French.
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