Philippe de Courcillon

Philippe de Courcillon, Marquis de Dangeau (21 September 1638 in Dangeau, Chartres – 9 September 1720 in Paris) was a French officer and author.

Born in Dangeau, he is probably most remembered for keeping a diary from 1684 until the year of his death. These Memoirs, which, as Saint-Simon said "of an insipidity to make you sick", contain many facts about the reign of Louis XIV.

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