Viscount Antoine Henri Philippe Léon Cartier d'Aure (2 June 1799 – 6 April 1863) was a French riding-master, and author of important

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s on dressage. He was ''écuyer en chef'' of the

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of Saumur, and later to the

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, Napoléon III. He was made an officer of the

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in 1849.

Life

Cartier d'Aure was born on 2 June 1799 (15 Prairial VII according to the Republican calendar then in use) in

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, in the

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in south-west France, the posthumous son of Antoine Cartier d'Aure of Pointis-de-Rivière and Rose-Claire Barthélémie de Foucaud, who was from the

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. In 1815 he left the academy of Saint-Cyr with the rank of ''

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''. He was sent to the to learn to ride, and trained under Pierre-Marie d'Abzac; he was made an ''écuyer'' in 1821. Under

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and

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he was an ''écuyer cavalcadour''. In 1823, after service in Spain, he was made a knight of the

. From 26 February 1847 he was ''écuyer en chef'' of the École de cavalerie in Saumur. In 1849 he was promoted to officer of the Légion d'Honneur. He retired on 17 July 1854, and went to live at

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. In 1858 he was appointed ''écuyer en chef'' and inspector of the imperial stables to the

, Napoléon III. From 1861 he was inspector-general of the imperial stud. He died on 6 April 1863 at the

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, Hauts-de-Seine. He had married three times, to Clémence-Etienette Le Noir de Pas de Loup, to Louise Ursule Chapelles de Courteilles, and lastly to Adrienne-Olympe de Bentzon, who survived him.

Published works

The published works of Cartier d'Aure include but probably are not limited to the following: * ''Aperçu sur la situation des chevaux en France, par M. le Vte d'Aure,...'' 1826 * ''Projet relatif aux chevaux et aux écoles d'équitation, par le Vte d'Aure'' 1828 * ''Traité d'équitation, par M. le Vte d'Aure...'' Paris: Mme Leclère, 1834 * ''Situation chevaline de la France, par le Vte d'Aure'' 1835 * ''De l'Amélioration du cheval en France'' 1836 * ''De l'industrie chevaline en France et des moyens pratiques d'en assurer la prospérité'' Paris: Chez Léautey et Lecointe 1840 * ''Observations sur la nouvelle méthode d'équitation, par M. le Vte d'Aure'' 1842 * ''Quelques Observations sur la brochure du Mis Oudinot (″Des Remontes, de leurs rapports avec l'administration des haras″), par M. le Vte d'Aure'' 1842 * ''Réponse de M. le vicomte d'Aure a un article du Spectateur militaire du 15 janvier 1843 (signé Guillaume-Auguste D.) en faveur de la nouvelle méthode d'équitation.'' aris, Imprimerie de Ve Dondey-Dupré, 1843* ''Utilité d'une école normale d'équitation, de son influence sur l'éducation du cheval léger, sur les besoins de l'agriculture et sur les ressources qu'elle peut offrir à la classe pauvre, par M. le Vte d'Aure'' 1845 * ''Traité d'équitation illustré: précédé d'un aperçu des diverses modifications et changements apportés dans l'équitation depuis le XVIe siècle jusqu'à nos jours ...'' Paris: A. Leneveu, 1847. "Illustrated treatise of equitation ..." (the 3rd edition, according to Brunet) * ''Des haras et de la situation chevaline en 1852'' Saumur: .n.1852, "Of stud-farms and the situation of the horse in 1852" * ''Cours d'équitation'' Paris: J. Dumaine 1853 * ''De la Question équestre et de Madame Isabelle à l'École de cavalerie, par le Cte d'Aure'' 1855 * ''Encore la question chevaline'' Paris: Dumaine 1860

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