The Duc de Saint-Simon, who married his niece, speaks highly of him in his memoirs and notes that he was in such favour with Louis XIV that he " could more or less say what he pleased".
ðə dˈʌk də sˈeɪntsˈaɪmən, hˌuː mˈæɹid hɪz nˈiːs, spˈiːks hˈaɪli ʌv hˌɪm ɪn hɪz mˈɛmwɑːɹz ænd nˈoʊts ðæt hiː wʌz ɪn sˈʌtʃ fˈeɪvɚ wɪð lˈuːi ɹˌoʊmən fˈoːɹtiːn ðˈæt hiː " kʊd mˈoːɹ ɔːɹ lˈɛs sˈeɪ wʌt hiː plˈiːzd".