person
The Count of Saint-Germain
Saint-Germain
also: Marquis de Belmare, der Marquis von Belmare, Belmare, Saint-Germain
The celebrated 18th-century adventurer, alchemist and courtier of uncertain origin who claimed vast age and arcane knowledge; Count Brahe, who met him as a child, insists he be set down not as Saint-Germain but under his alias the Marquis de Belmare.
Reading notes
- The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge §283 the Marquis de Belmare
The Count of Saint-Germain, the famous 18th-century adventurer and alchemist of unknown origin who claimed vast age; Brahe, who met him as a child, insists he be set down under his alias the Marquis de Belmare.