Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Jullien de Courcelles (14 September 1759 – 24 July 1834) was a French historian and
genealogist. He was born in
Orléans
Orléans (;["Orleans"](_blank)
(US) and [Saint-Brieuc
Saint-Brieuc (, Breton: ''Sant-Brieg'' , Gallo: ''Saent-Berioec'') is a city in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France.
History
Saint-Brieuc is named after a Welsh monk Brioc, who Christianised the region in the 6th c ...]
, now in the
Côtes d'Armor département
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the regions of France, admin ...
of
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...
. He published several historical and genealogical works, and was a correspondent of the . He was chief administrator of the charitable Asile Royal de la Providence in Paris, president of the
hospices of Orléans, and a knight of the Papal
Order of the Golden Spur
The Order of the Golden Spur ( it, Ordine dello Speron d'Oro, french: Ordre de l'Éperon d'or), officially known also as the Order of the Golden Militia ( la, Ordo Militia Aurata, it, Milizia Aurata), is a papal order of knighthood conferre ...
.
Publications
The principal works of Courcelles are:
* ''Dictionnaire historique et biographique des généraux français depuis le XIe siècle'', Paris: l'auteur, 1820–1823. In nine volumes:
:
Volume 1Volume 2Volume 3Volume 4Volume 5Volume 6Volume 7Volume 8Volume 9
* ''Dictionnaire universel de la noblesse de France'', Paris: au bureau général de la noblesse de France, 1820–1822. In five volumes:
:
Volume 1
A–L
Volume 2
M–Z
Volume 3
A–M (supplement)
Volume 4
N-Z (supplement)
Volume 5
A-Z (supplement)
* ''Histoire généalogique et héraldique des pairs de France, des grands dignitaires de la couronne, des principales familles nobles du royaume, et des maisons princières de l'Europe'', Paris: l'auteur, 1822–1833. In twelve volumes:
:
Volume 1Volume 2Volume 3Volume 4Volume 5Volume 6Volume 7Volume 8Volume 9Volume 10Volume 11Volume 12
References
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1759 births
1834 deaths
French genealogists
19th-century French historians
French male non-fiction writers