Honoré Boyer de Fonscolombe
Honoré Boyer de Fonscolombe | |
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| Born | 1683 |
| Died | 1743 |
| Monuments | Château de Fonscolombe, Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade, France Hôtel Boyer de Fonscolombe, Aix-en-Provence, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Seller of goods Lawyer |
Honoré Boyer de Fonscolombe (1683–1743) was a French aristocrat, lawyer and public official.
Biography[edit]
Early life[edit]
Honoré Boyer de Fonscolombe was born in 1683.[1] His father, Denis Boyer, was a Consul in the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence.[2]
Career[edit]
He made his fortune by selling furniture and silk in Aix-en-Provence.[1]
He became a prosecutor in the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence in 1726.[3] He was appointed Secretary to King Louis XV of France (1710–1774) on 11 November 1741.[1][2][3][4][5] As a result of this appointment, he earned the marquisate of Fonscolombe (inherited by all his direct male heirs).[3]
Personal life[edit]
He was married to Jeanne Carnaud.[2][6] They had five sons and five daughters:
- Jean-Baptiste-Laurent Boyer de Fonscolombe.[2]
- Luc Boyer de Fonscolombe.[2]
- Jean-Baptiste Boyer de Fonscolombe.[2][6]
- Joseph Boyer de Fonscolombe.[2]
- Antoine Boyer de Fonscolombe.[2]
In 1720, he commissioned the Château de Fonscolombe[7] in Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade, listed as a monument historique since 1989.[8][9] In 1743 (shortly before his death), he also inherited the Hôtel Boyer de Fonscolombe on the Rue de Gaston de Saporta in Aix from his late sister, listed as a monument historique since 1989.[10][11]
He died in 1743. Étienne Laurent Joseph Hippolyte Boyer de Fonscolombe (1772–1853) and Emmanuel de Fonscolombe (1810–1875) were two of his descendants.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Gloton, Marie-Christine; Martin-Vignes, Nicole (2005). De Saint-Pierre de Rome à Aix-en-Provence: un trésor de l'art italien retrouvé dans le patrimoine aixois (in French). Musée du Vieil Aix. p. 42. ISBN 978-2-9525155-0-4.
- ^ a b c d e f g h François-Alexandre Aubert de La Chesnaye Des Bois (1863). Dictionnaire de la noblesse, contenant les généalogies, l'histoire et la chronologie des familles nobles de France (in French). Schlesinger Frères. p. 29.
- ^ a b c Nicolas-Jules-Henri Gourdon de Genouillac; Albert-Dieudonné-Louis-Fidèle-Emmanuel Piolenc (1863). Nobiliaire du Département des Bouches-du-Rhône: histoire, généalogies (in French). p. 56.
- ^ Taupin d'Auge (1850). Armorial de l'épiscopat français (in French). Librairie nouvelle. p. 224.
- ^ Pierre-Augustin Guys (1786). Marseille ancienne et moderne (in French). Vve Duchesne. p. 43.
- ^ a b Recueil de mémoires et autres pièces de prose et de vers (in French). Vol. 5. Aix: Société des amis des sciences, des lettres, de l'agriculture et des arts. 1844. p. 182.
- ^ "Château Fonscolombe (rosé et blanc)". L'Ovale (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
- ^ "Commerces, services : Château de Fonscolombe, LE PUY SAINTE REPARADE". aixenprovencetourism.com (in French). 2013-12-14. Archived from the original on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
- ^ "Château de Fonscolombe". Ministère de la Culture Plateforme (in French). 2019-11-05. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
- ^ "L'Hôtel Boyer de Fonscolombe". Institut de Management Public et de Gouvernance Territoriale (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
- ^ René Borricand (1971). Les Hôtels particuliers d'Aix-en-Provence (in French). 39 rue Espariat. p. 58.