Victor-Thérèse Charpentier d'Ennery (March 24, 1732 – December 13, 1776) was the marquis, and later count, of Ennery and was also a governor general of

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in the mid-to-late 18th century.

Family

Charpentier was born in Paris, France to Thomas-Jacques Charpentier d'Ennery and Madeleine Angélique Rioult de Curzay. Charpentier d'Ennery is the grandson of Jacques Charpentier d'Ennery, the Lord of D'Ennery and Espier. He had a sister, Cécile Pauline Charpentier d'Ennery, who married Gilbert de Chauvigny de Blot, a governor of Chantelle. On January 11, 1768, in Paris, he married Benedicte d'Alesso, a descendant of Philip I of France, and had one child: ~

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(died 1819) married Pierre-Marc-Gaston de Lévis, son of Francois de Gaston, Chevalier de Levis. Charpentier also had another child with Olive Puybaudet: ~

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(1776–1850), who married Louis de Tibi (died 1802) and then married Joseph Castel.

Accomplishments

Charpentier was Count and later the

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of d'Ennery and also the governor-general of

. He was also the Governor of Martinique from 1765 to 1768 and also the governor general of the Windward Islands from 1768 to 1771, four years before his death.

Descendants

1) Pauline d'Ennery Adele-Charlotte, Duchess of Levis Raymond de Nicolay Aymar de Nicolay Gaston Francois, Duke of Levis 2) ??? 3) Aimée CASTEL née D'ENNERY (many descendants, including): Elisabeth Henriette DÉJOIE FRANGEUL née CASTEL Charles FRANGEUL Julia PRÉZEAU née FRANGEUL Yvonne LIAUTAUD née PRÉZEAU Gerard LIAUTAUD Olivier Liautaud Colette SANSARICQ née LIAUTAUD Reginald SANSARICQ Noëlle PEREZ née SANSARICQ George PEREZ Thomas PEREZ Renée SANSARICQ Julian SANSARICQ Evelyne ORESKOVICH née SANSARICQ Jean Paul SANSARICQ Jacqueline MANGONES née LIAUTAUD Jean Gilbert ROOZEN Josette TKACIK née ROOZEN Tomas Tkacik

Noble Titles

Because of his inability to produce a male heir, the title Count d'Ennery was not succeeded and died out after his death.

Death

Victor-Therese Charpentier died on December 31, 1776, in

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, during the Uprisings. His final resting place is in a large, beautiful memorial commissioned by his widow and his sister, the Madame de Blot. The memorial portrays his widow and sister grieving by his grave with child. The memorial can be found in the Louvre Museum.

References

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Colonial and Departmental Heads of Martinique (Dates in italics indicate ''de facto'' continuation of office) Ancien regime and First Republic (1635-1794) British occupation (1794–1814) Restoration, Second Republic, Second Empire (1814–70) Third Republic (1870–1940) Fourth a ...

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