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2 unusual facts about Pierre Grimod du Fort


Pierre Grimod du Fort

On 8 July 1741 he bought the seigneurie d'Orsay (fiefdom of Orsay), in the valley of Chevreuse, which his son had made into a countship on his majority, becoming Comte d'Orsay.

Pierre Grimod du Fort (1692 – October 1748) was a fermier général and art collector under Louis XV, and a member of the famous Grimaud family.



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