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Roger de Rabutin, Comte de BussyAprilApril, commonly known as Bussy Rabutin, was a French memoirist, He was the cousin and frequent correspondent of Madame de Sévigné, Born at Epiry, near Autun, he represented a family of distinction in Burgundy, and his father, Léonor de Rabutin, was lieutenant general of the province of Nivernais.
Roger was the third son, but by the death of his elder brothers became the representative of the family, He studied first at the Jesuit school in Autun, and then at the College de Clermont, He left to enter the army when he was only sixteen and fought in several campaigns, succeeding his father in the office of mestre de camp.
He participated in thesiege of La Mothe en Bassigny in Lorrai Roger de Rabutin, Comte de BussyAprilApril, commonly known as Bussy Rabutin, was a French memoirist.
He was the cousin and frequent correspondent of Madame de Sévigné, Born at Epiry, near Autun, he represented a family of distinction in Burgundy, and his father, Léonor de Rabutin, was lieutenant general of the province of Nivernais.
Roger was the third son, but by the death of his elder brothers became the representative of the family, He studied first at the Jesuit school in Autun, and then at the College de Clermont, He left to enter the army when he was only sixteen and fought in several campaigns, succeeding his father in the office of mestre de camp.
He participated in thesiege of La Mothe en Bassigny in Lorraine under the direction of maréchal de La Force.
He himself tells us that his two ambitions were to become "honnête homme" and to distinguish himself in arms, but luck was against him.
Inhe was sent to the Bastille by Richelieu for some months as a punishment for neglect of his duties in his pursuit of gallantry.
Inhe married a cousin, Gabrielle de Toulongeon, and for a short time he left the army, But inhe succeeded to his father's position in the Nivernais, and served under Condé in Catalonia, His wife died in, and he became notorious than ever through an attempt to abduct Madame de Miramion, a rich widow.
This affair was settled with some difficulty by a considerable payment on Bussy's part, and he afterwards married Louise de Rouville.
When Condé joined the party of the Fronde Bussy joined him, but a fancied slight on the part of the prince finally decided him for the royal side.
He fought with some distinction both in the civil war and on foreign service and, buying the commission of mestre de camp in, he went on to serve under Turenne in Flanders.
He served there in several campaigns and distinguished himself at the Battle of the Dunesand elsewhere but he did not get on well with his general, and his quarrelsome disposition, his overweening vanity and his habit of composing libellous chansons made him eventually the enemy of most persons of position both in the army and at court.
In the yearhe fell into disgrace for having taken part in an orgy at Roissy near Paris during Holy Week, which caused great scandal.
Bussy was ordered to retire to his estates at Château de Bussy Rabutin, and beguiled his enforced leisure by composing his famous Histoire amoureuse des Gaules written infor the amusement of his sick mistress, Madame de Montglas.
This book, a series of portraits and accounts of the intrigues of the chief ladies of the court, witty enough, but still ill natured, circulated freely in manuscript and had numerous spurious sequels.
Although Bussy denied the charges blaming Madame de la Baume, it was said that he had not spared the reputations of members of the royal family, including Madame and the Queen Mother.
In a letter of apology and explanation to the king Bussy claimed that a false friend who had asked to borrow it briefly Madame de la Baume had copied it and altered it without his knowledge.
The king, angry at the report, was momentarily appeased when Bussy showed him the original manuscript to disprove the scandal, but a closed door meeting most likely with Madame de la Baume sealed Bussy's fate.
He was sent to the Bastille onApril, where he remained for than a year, and he was only liberated on condition of retiring to his estates, where he lived in exile for seventeen years.
Bussy felt the disgrace keenly, but the

enforced close of his military career was still bitter, Inhe was allowed to revisit the court, but the coldness of his reception there made his provincial exile seem preferable and he returned to Burgundy, where he died.
He had been elected to the Académie française in, and held his chair there until his death in.
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