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Xavier de Maistre

This article is about the French writer. For the musician, see Xavier de Maistre (harpist).
Xavier de Maistre
Born(1763-10-10)10 October 1763
Chambéry, Savoy, Kingdom of Piemont-Sardinia (now Department of Savoie, France)
Died12 June 1852(1852-06-12) (aged 88)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Occupation(s)Writer, painter, militaryman
Notable workVoyage autour de ma chambre
RelativesJoseph de Maistre

Xavier de Maistre (French pronunciation: [ɡzavje də mɛstʁ]; 10 October 1763[1] – 12 June 1852) of Savoy (then part of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia) was a French military man and author. The younger brother of Joseph de Maistre, a noted philosopher and counter-revolutionary, Xavier was born to an aristocratic family at Chambéry in October 1763. He served when young in the army of Piedmont-Sardinia, and in 1790 wrote his fantasy Voyage autour de ma chambre ("Voyage Around My Room", published 1794), when he was under arrest in Turin as the consequence of a duel.[2]

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  2. ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Maistre, Xavier de". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 446.

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