Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais (1773 – 1842) was a French

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and

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Biography

Early life

Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais was born on 6 April 1773 in

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, France.

Career

During the

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, he served as an Assistant to Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, 1st Count Brune (1763–1815). In 1808, he became a genealogist. His genealogical practice was called, "Bureau général de la Noblesse de France" (General Bureau of French Nobility).Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Jullien de Courcelles, ''Dictionnaire universelle de la noblesse de France'', vol. 1, 1820, p. 2 By 1820, his sold his practice to

Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Jullien de Courcelles Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Jullien de Courcelles (14 September 1759 – 24 July 1834) was a French historian and genealogist. He was born in Orléans and died at Saint-Brieuc, now in the Côtes d'Armor département of Brittany. He published several hi ...

(1759-1834).

Death and legacy

He died in 1842 in Paris. His son went on to serve in the

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.''Les Cahiers haut-marnais'', issues 168-175, 1987, p. 134.

Bibliography

* ( 6 volumes

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and 23 volumes

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1818–1820) *

References

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