Claude Vellefaux was a 16th/17th-century French architect, who had the

Hôpital Saint-Louis Hôpital Saint-Louis is a hospital in Paris, France. It was built in 1611 by architect Claude Vellefaux at the request of Henry IV of France. It is part of the Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris hospital system, and it is located at 1 avenue ...

built in 1611 at the request of

Henry IV of France Henry IV (french: Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarc ...

Biography

Vellefaux was qualified as a master mason in 1585, sworn by the king as responsible of masonry works and topographer for Mr. Prince de Conti, in 1611, great topographer of

Saint-Germain-des-Prés Saint-Germain-des-Prés () is one of the four administrative quarters of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France, located around the church of the former Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Its official borders are the River Seine on the north ...

, sworn mason controller of the buildings of the Hôtel-Dieu, in 1625. Before 1610, he married Laurence Hébert, daughter of a merchant living in Saint-Germain-des-Prés and had three daughters: one, Laurence married a king's doctor, Valentin Hieraulme and the other, Anne, joined Gilles Sanglier, squire, lord of Noblaye in Touraine. The third, Étiennette Vellefaux, married architect

Christophe Gamard Christophe Gamard, Gamar or Gamart, was a 17th-century French architect, who worked in Paris and died there in 1649. Biography He was a master mason in 1613, an architect of the old Saint-Sulpice in 1623 (and began its reconstruction after 1643 ...

who succeeded his father-in-law as seer of the abbey Saint-Germain-des-Prés., ''Demeures parisiennes sous Henri IV et Louis XIII'', , Éditions Hazan, Paris, 1991 ; He also contributed to many works in the City Hall of Paris. He worked mainly in the environment of the

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, but also on buildings of the

Hôtel-Dieu de Paris In French-speaking countries, a hôtel-Dieu ( en, hostel of God) was originally a hospital for the poor and needy, run by the Catholic Church. Nowadays these buildings or institutions have either kept their function as a hospital, the one in Paris b ...

, between 1605 and 1625. With

François Quesnel François Quesnel (c. 1543–1619) was a French painter of Scottish extraction. Biography The son of the French painter Pierre Quesnel and his Scottish wife Madeleine Digby, born in Edinburgh while his father worked for Mary of Guise, Quesnel f ...

, he drew up the plan of the new district of Luxembourg in 1615. He was the first builder of the Hôpital Saint-Louis, on the plans of

Claude Chastillon Claude Chastillon or Chatillon (1559 or 1560 – 27 April 1616) was a French architect, military engineer, military and civil engineer, and topographer, topographical Drawing, draughtsman, who served under Henry IV of France. His most notable work ...

and François Quesnel, in 1607. He probably built the house he lived at #15 . He had a building erected and then lived in the

Rue de Seine Rue de Seine is a street in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. Rue de Seine is one of the most sought after streets in Paris due to its history and very close proximity to the Louvre and other famous Parisian landmarks. The rue de Seine and surrou ...

in Paris. He made his will in 1625 and probably died in January 1629 since the notary Saint Vaast made his inventory on 7 February 1629. He gave his name to a street of the

10th arrondissement of Paris The 10th arrondissement of Paris (''Xe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''dixième'' ("10th arrondissement of Paris" = "dixième arrondisseme ...

adjoining this hospital, rue Claude-Vellefaux, later renamed .

References

Archives Nationales: F^o489 (Naturalisation)
, Y 144 F^o317(Reciprocal donation L.Hébert and C.Vellefaux),
L799 18 March 1620 (Alignment at Saint-Germain-des-Prés),
and the central timer:
LXXVIII/194 F^o 535 2 septembre 1625, (Vente d'office de maçonnerie par C. Vellefaux),
LXXXIII/192, 11 February 1624 (Mariage of Laurence Vellefaux qand Valentin Hiérolme),
LXXIII/196, 27 April 1627 (will of Claude Vellefaux), etc.

External links

''Informations sur Claude Chastillon''''Site sur les immeubles de la rue de Seine''
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