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RENNEVILLE, RENE AUGUSTE CONSTANTIN DE (1650-1723) , French writer, was born at Caen
Protestant
France
Bastille , where he remained until 1713. During his imprisonment he wrote on the margins of a copy of Auteurs deguises (Paris, 169o) poems which he called Otia bastiliaca. These were rediscovered by Mr James
Renneville was set at liberty through the intercession of Queen Anne
his Histoire de la Bastille (7 vols., 171324), dedicated to George I. At the time of his death in 1723 he was a major of artillery in the service of the elector of Hesse. His other important work
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