Antoine Jacques Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville (1811–1890), (also known as Antoine James de Marigny and Mandeville de Marigny), was the son of
Bernard de Marigny de Mandeville and Anna Mathilde Morales, and the son-in-law of
William C. C. Claiborne
William Charles Cole Claiborne ( 1773–1775 – November 23, 1817) was an American politician, best known as the first non-colonial governor of Louisiana. He also has the distinction of possibly being the youngest member of the United State ...
, the first
Governor of Louisiana
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after statehood. He was a
planter,
merchant
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, military officer, and
U.S. Marshal
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for eastern Louisiana.
Youth & personal life
As a young man, he attended the
Academy of St. Cyr and the Royal Cavalry School at
Saumur
Saumur () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
The town is located between the Loire and Thouet rivers, and is surrounded by the vineyards of Saumur itself, Chinon, Bourgueil, Coteaux du Layon, etc.. Saumur statio ...
in the 1830s, before serving two to three years as a lieutenant in the
French
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* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
Cavalry
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.
In New Orleans, he married Sophronie Louise Claiborne, daughter of Governor
William C. C. Claiborne
William Charles Cole Claiborne ( 1773–1775 – November 23, 1817) was an American politician, best known as the first non-colonial governor of Louisiana. He also has the distinction of possibly being the youngest member of the United State ...
and his third wife, Cayetana Susana Bosque y Fangui (who later married
John Randolph Grymes
John Randolph Grymes (December 14, 1786 – December 3, 1854) was a New Orleans attorney, member of the Louisiana state legislature, U.S. attorney for Louisiana district, and '' aide-de-camp'' to General Andrew Jackson during the Battle of N ...
). The couple had two daughters who died in infancy, Marie Felicité and Felicité Medora, and a son, James Mandeville Marigny (1849-1884).
American Civil War
During the
American Civil War
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, he was a colonel in the
10th Louisiana Infantry ('French Brigade', 'French Legion') and served in
Virginia
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.
St. Tammany Parish
He resided for much of his life in
St. Tammany Parish
St. Tammany Parish (french: Paroisse de Saint-Tammany) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana named after Tamanend, the legendary Lenape Chief of Chiefs and the "Patron Saint of America." At the 2020 census, the population was 2 ...
, on the north shore of
Lake Pontchartrain
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. In the 1870
U.S. Census, he is listed there in the community of Lewisburg.
References
External links
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Confederate States Army officers
French Army officers
People from New Orleans
People of Louisiana (New France)
19th century in New Orleans
People of Louisiana in the American Civil War
1811 births
1890 deaths
People in 19th-century Louisiana
De Marigny family
Military personnel from Louisiana