Military officer; born in the
Castle of La Faye,
Spain, in 1743; learned the art of gunnery and fortifications at
Strasburg; distinguished himself in
Flanders: and was chief of the body-guard of the
King of
Poland in 1758.
After various services in
Europe, he came to
America with
De Grasse, at the head of French troops, and assisted in the siege of
Yorktown in 1781.
In 1789 he was a deputy in the States-General.
Being a native of
Spain,
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he returned to the service of that country, and assisted in the defence of
Madrid in 1808.
He was made prisoner and condemned to death, but the sentence
was commuted to exile.
After Ferdinand VII.
was re-established on the throne (1814), St.-
Simon returned to
Spain, and was made captain-general and grandee.
He died Jan. 3, 1819.
