Philippe de Courcillon de Dangeau

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.