Count of St. Germain
18th-century European adventurer and intellectual · Musicians · Lived 1712 to 1784 · aged 72
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, The time is fast approaching when imprudent France, Surrounded by misfortune she might have spared herself, Will call to mind such hell as Dante painted. This day, O Queen!
All is lost, Countess! This sun is the last which will set on the monarchy; tomorrow it will exist no more, chaos will prevail, anarchy unequalled.
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Whoever he was before the 1740s, the man calling himself the Count of St. Germain surfaced in European high society with a portfolio spanning science, philosophy, and the arts - and a habit of reinvention that produced at least nine alternate names, from Marquess of Montferrat to Prince Ragoczy. He cultivated friendships with Casanova, Voltaire, and Mozart, and impressed Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel enough to be named "one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived." His claims grew wilder as his fame did: he let it be known he'd lived 500 years, a boast that drew equal parts fascination and mockery. He died in February 1784, leaving no verified origin and a legend that outlasted the facts.
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