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The Count of St. Germain (French: Comte de Saint Germain; French pronunciation: [kɔ̃t də sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃]; c. 1691 or 1712 – 27 February 1784) [3] whose real name and origins remain unknown, was a European adventurer who had interests and achievements in science, alchemy, philosophy, and the arts.
According to legend, Jacques St. Germain moved to New Orleans from France in 1902. He claimed to be a descendant of the Count of St. Germain.St. Germain earned a reputation for entertaining New Orleans' aristocracy with luxurious dinner parties, [1] although he never partook of the food served. [2]
Belle-Isle was a close friend of Count Saint-Germain and in 1760 allowed him to travel to The Hague in order to secure a peace treaty, obtain funding for France, and set up a whole separate company to manage France's treasury. The French Foreign Minister, Duc de Choiseul, was strongly against this and tried to have Count Saint-Germain arrested ...
His Défense du système de guerre moderne, a reply to his many critics (Neuchâtel, 1779) is a reasoned and scientific defence of the Prussian method of tactics, which formed the basis of his work when in 1775 he began to co-operate with the count de Saint-Germain in a series of much-needed and successful reforms in the French army.
Claude Louis, Comte de Saint-Germain (1707–1778), French general; Count of St. Germain (c. 1691 or 1712 – 1784), European adventurer and scientist St. Germain (Theosophy), a legendary spiritual master, identified with Count of St. Germain; Jacques St. Germain, a legendary vampire of New Orleans folklore, identified with Count of St. Germain
The couple traveled together to London, where Balsamo, now styling himself with one of several pseudonyms and self-conferred titles before settling on "Count Alessandro di Cagliostro", allegedly met the Comte de Saint-Germain. Cagliostro traveled throughout Europe, especially to Courland, Russia, Poland, Germany, and later France.
In addition to the Count Saint-Germain novels, she also has published numerous volumes in a popular series of channeled wisdom from the entity Michael in the Messages from Michael series. Yarbro's contribution to the horror genre has been recognised in a variety of ways: she was named a Grand Master at the World Horror Convention in 2003, and ...
Jacques-Melchior Saint-Laurent, Comte de Barras; Gustave de Beaumont; Jean de Beaumont; François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis; Jacques de Bernonville; Nicolas René Berryer; Jean Pierre François Bonet; Claude Alexandre, Count of Bonneval; Edme Étienne Borne Desfourneaux; Louis Boucherat, Count of Compans; Henri de Boulainvilliers; Jacques de ...