Bache-Elzéar-Alexandre d'Arbaud de Jouques (1720-1793) was a French aristocrat and public official. He served as the Governor of Guadeloupe from 1775 to 1782.

Biography

Early life

Bache-Elzéar-Alexandre d'Arbaud de Jouques was born in 1720 in Aix-en-Provence. Ambroise Roux-Alphéran,
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', 1848 His father was André-Elzéard d'Arbaud de Jouques (1676-1744) and his mother, Anne de Citrany. He had three brothers: Jean-Joseph-Augustin d'Arbaud de Jouques, Gaspard d'Arbaud de Jouques, and François-Casimir d'Arbaud de Jouques. They grew up in the

Hôtel d'Arbaud-Jouques The Hôtel d'Arbaud-Jouques is a listed hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence. Location It is located at 19, Cours Mirabeau in Aix-en-Provence.Jean Boyer, ''Architecture et urbanisme à Aix-en-Provence aux XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles: du cours à car ...

, a

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on the

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in Aix-en-Provence. His nephew, the son of Jean-Joseph-Augustin d'Arbaud de Jouques, was André-Elzéard d'Arbaud de Jouques II (1737-1793). As a result, Joseph Charles André d'Arbaud de Jouques (1769–1849) was his great-nephew.

Career

He joined the

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in 1735, at the age of fifteen. He became an

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in 1745,

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in 1754, Captain in 1762,

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in 1778, and

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in 1782. He served as

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of Guadeloupe from 1775 to 1782. He became Commander in the Order of Saint Louis in 1785 and received 3,000

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s as a result. He was jailed in Aix-en-Provence for sedition in 1793, one month before his death.

Personal life

In 1778, he married his niece Françoise-Gabrielle de Bonnet-Costefrède, widow of Mr de Laugier-Saint-André.François-Alexandre Aubert de La Chesnaye Des Bois, ''Dictionnaire De La Noblesse: Contenant les Généalogies, l'Histoire & la Chronologie des Familles Nobles de France'', 1771, p. 62

/ref> They had no children and he had no heirs. He died on November 26, 1793 in Aix-en-Provence.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arbaud, Bache-Elzear-Alexandre d 1720 births 1793 deaths People from Aix-en-Provence Guadeloupean people Commanders of the Order of Saint Louis People who died in prison custody during the French Revolution