La Rivière, marquis Henri-François de, sieur de Coucy
(1642–1738)> LIBRETTIST
La Rivière, marquis Henri-François de, sieur de Coucy (1642 or 1648, ?; 24 April 1738, Paris), librettist, was the son-in-law of Bussy Rabutin, and his father was a member of the royal household under Louis XIV. As a youth he saw active service in the army and retired as a captain to his sister’s estate in Burgundy. It was here that he came to know his future father-in-law and evinced an interest in the theatre. After his marriage to the marchioness of Coligny on 19 June 1681, the bride’s…