Dugazon Family

The Dugazon family (after their stage name) or the Gourgaud family was a famous acting dynasty in 18th century France. It was founded by

Pierre-Antoine Gourgaud Pierre-Antoine Gourgaud (29 April 1706, in Paris – 1 March 1774, in Paris), stage name Dugazon père (to distinguish him from his son Dugazon), was a French actor. Patriarch of a large acting dynasty, Dugazon advised Louis XIV on buildings, bridg ...

(1706–1774), whose children included the actors Françoise-Rose Gourgaud (1743–1804) and

Jean-Henri Gourgaud Jean-Henri Gourgaud (15 November 1746 – 19 October 1809) was a French actor under the stage name Dugazon, the son of Pierre-Antoine Gourgaud, the director of military hospitals there and also an actor. He began his career in the provinces, ma ...

(1746–1809). It also includes members of the family by marriage, such as Jean-Henri's wife

Louise-Rosalie Lefebvre Louise-Rosalie Lefebvre (18 June 1755 – 22 September 1821), also known as Madame Dugazon, was a French operatic mezzo-soprano, actress and dancer. Born in Berlin as the daughter of a dancing master at the court of Frederick II of Prussia, s ...

(1755–1821), a mezzo-soprano opera singer who used the stage name Madame Dugazon after her marriage. Via Françoise-Rose's marriage to

Angiolo Vestris Angiolo Maria Gasparo Vestris (19 November 1730, Florence - 10 June 1809, Paris) was a Franco-Italian ballet dancer. The younger brother of Gaétan Vestris and Thérèse Vestris, he studied dance with Louis Dupré (dancer), Louis Dupré and becam ...

, it also became linked to the

Vestris family Vestris may refer to: Performers * Angiolo Vestris (1730–1809), French-Italian ballet dancer and actor * Auguste Vestris (1760–1842), French dancer, illegitimate son of Gaétan Vestris * Armand Vestris, Auguste Armand Vestris (1788–1825), F ...

. Others : *

Gaspard Gourgaud Gaspard, Baron Gourgaud (September 14, 1783 – July 25, 1852), also known simply as Gaspard Gourgaud, was a French soldier, prominent in the Napoleonic wars. Biography He was born at Versailles; his father was a musician of the royal chapel. At s ...

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