Henri Gautier (1676–1757) was a French aristocrat, landowner and public official. Hotel du Poet by JMC

Biography

Early life

Henri Gautier was born in 1676 in

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

Ambroise Roux-Alphéran Ambroise Roux-Alphéran (1776–1858) was a French public official and historian. Biography Early life Ambroise(-Thomas) Roux-Alphéran was born on 29 December 1776 in Aix-en-Provence. Career He served as clerk of the court of Aix-en-Provence u ...

, ''Les rues d'Aix: ou, Recherches historiques sur l'ancienne capitale de la Provence'', Aubin, 1848, Volume 2, pp. 170-17

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Career

He was a clerk to Jean-Claude Guyon, a notary. Later, he served as Treasurer of the Estates of Provence.Franc̜ois Alexandre Aubert de La Chesnaye-Desbois, ''Dictionnaire de la noblesse, contenant les généalogies, l'histoire & la chronologie des familles nobles de France, l'explication de leur armes, & l'état des grandes terres du royaume'', La veuve Duchesne, 1774, p. 14

/ref>M. de Courcelles, ''Dictionnaire Universel de la Noblesse de France'', 1821, p. 23

/ref>Jean Boyer, ''Architecture et urbanisme à Aix-en-Provence aux XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles: du cours à carrosses au cours Mirabeau'', Ville d'Aix-en-Provence, 2004, p. 87-8

/ref> He purchased the lands of

Le Poët Le Poët is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hautes-Alpes department The following is a list of the 162 communes of the Hautes-Alpes department of France. The communes c ...

Vernègues Vernègues (; oc, Lo Vernegue) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône ''département'' in southern France. The commune is made up of two villages: Vernègues and Cazan. On 11 June 1909 an earthquake killed two villagers and destroyed the cas ...

and Valavoire. On 24 April 1724 King

Louis XV of France Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (french: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reached ...

granted him a hereditary title of nobility. In 1730, he purchased the land at the top of the

Cours Mirabeau The Cours Mirabeau is a wide thoroughfare in Aix-en-Provence, France. Overview 440 meters long and 42 meters wide, the Cours Mirabeau is one of the most popular and lively places in the town. It is lined with many cafés, one of the most famous ...

where there was an old

watermill A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. Such processes are needed in the production of ...

and commissioned architect

Georges Vallon Georges Vallon (1688-1767) was a French architect. Many of his buildings are listed as "monuments historiques". Biography Early life Georges Vallon was born in 1688. His father, Laurent Vallon (1652-1724), was a renowned architect.Albert Aynaud, ...

to design a

hôtel particulier An ''hôtel particulier'' () is a grand townhouse, comparable to the Townhouse (Great Britain), British townhouse or mansion. Whereas an ordinary ''maison'' (house) was built as part of a row, sharing party walls with the houses on either side an ...

that came to be known the Hôtel du Poët.

Personal life

He was married to Anne le Gros. They had a son and four daughters: *Joseph-Antoine de Gautier. He inherited his father's aristocratic titles and served as an Advisor to the

Parliament of Aix-en-Provence The Parliament of Aix-en-Provence was the provincial ''parlement'' of Provence from 1501 to 1790. It was headquartered in Aix-en-Provence, which served as the ''de facto'' capital of Provence. History The region of Provence became a member of the ...

. He married Anne de Boisson, daughter of Joseph-Gaspard de Boisson and Anne de Pisany de Saint-Laurent. They had children. *(first daughter). She married into the ''de Dedons de Lis'' family. *(second daughter). She married into the ''de Saporta'' family. *(third daughter). She married into the ''de Rians'' family. *(fourth daughter). She married into the ''de Regina'' family. He died in 1757.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gautier, Henri 1676 births 1757 deaths People from Aix-en-Provence Provencal nobility