Jean-Baptiste-Boniface de Fortis (1763–1848) was a French politician. After serving in the

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during the

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, he was exiled during the

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and later returned to France, where he served as the

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from 1806 to 1808 and from 1809 to 1811.

Biography

Early life

Jean-Baptiste-Boniface de Fortis was born on June 19, 1763 in Aix-en-Provence.de Fortis family
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'' a day later. His father was François-Boniface de Fortis and his mother, Marie-Marguerite Désirée de Moricaud Soleilhas.

Career

From 1782 to 1798, during the

, he served as an Advisor in the

, a position he had inherited from his father. Balthasar de Clapiers-Collongues, ''Chronologie des officiers des Cours souveraines de Provence'', Aix-en-Provence: Édition de la Société d'études provençales, 1909 In 1790, during the

, he left France to avoid being

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d. When he returned in 1801, he was appointed as Head of

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s in Aix. He was also in charge of taking care of children who had been orphaned as a result of the French Revolution. He then served as the

of Aix-en-Provence from 1806 to 1808 and from 1809 to 1811. In 1814, he was appointed as Secretary General of the Prefecture of the

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. He became a Knight of the

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in 1814, and finally an Officer in 1821, for his public service.

Personal life

On August 19, 1788, he married Gabrielle Françoise d'André de Bellevue, daughter of Jacques Joseph Gabriel Benoît and Anne Jeanne Françoise Payan de Saint-Martin, in the ''Église de la Madeleine''. They resided at number 7 on the ''rue des Trois-Ormeaux'' in Aix. They had four children: *Gabrielle de Fortis (1790-1868). *Antoine Boniface Victor de Fortis (1791-1792). *Marie Julie Joséphine de Fortis (1791-1880). *Boniface François de Fortis (1799-1879). *Désirée Joséphine Maxime de Fortis (1803-1803). He died on September 12, 1848 in Aix-en-Provence.

References

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