Joseph Charles André, baron d'Arbaud de Jouques, dit marquis d'Arbaud-Jouques (1769–1849) was a French aristocrat, military officer and public official.

Early life

Joseph Charles André d'Arbaud de Jouques was born on 11 May 1769 in

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. His father,

André-Elzéard d'Arbaud de Jouques II André-Elzéard d'Arbaud II de Jouques (1737-1793) was a French aristocrat, lawyer and public official. Biography Early life André-Elzéard d'Arbaud II was born in 1737. His father was Jean-Joseph-Augustin d'Arbaud de Jouques (unknown-1768) an ...

(1737-1793), inherited the marquisates of

Jouques Jouques (; ) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department The following is a list of the 119 communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department of Fran ...

and Mison and served as the

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in the

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. His mother was Gabrielle Thérèse de Milan-Forbin. He grew up in the Hôtel d'Arbaud-Jouques located at 19 on the

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, listed as

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since 1990.

Career

D'Arbaud de Jouques joined the

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in February

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.Antoine-Vincent Arnault (ed.), ''Biographie nouvelle des contemporains'', vol. I, Paris, 1820, p. 226 Opposed to the French Revolution of 1789, he served in the

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to overthrow the

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and, after the

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of 1799, he received the Cross of the

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and the Knighthood of the

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from

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. He also became a

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of the

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. D'Arbaud de Jouques was close to

Joseph Fouché Joseph Fouché, 1st Duc d'Otrante, 1st Comte Fouché (; 21 May 1759 – 26 December 1820) was a French statesman, revolutionary, and Minister of Police under First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte, who later became a subordinate of Emperor Napoleon. H ...

(1759–1820), who encouraged him to accept public offices. D'Arbaud de Jouques served as under- Prefet of Aix-en-Provence from 1806 to 1813, following by Prefect of

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from 1813 to 1814, Prefect of

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from 1814 to 1815, Prefect of the

Gard Gard () is a department in Southern France, located in the region of Occitanie. It had a population of 748,437 as of 2019;Côte-d'Or Côte-d'Or () is a département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of Northeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 534,124.

from 1823 to 1829, and Prefect of the

Bouches-du-Rhône Bouches-du-Rhône ( ; , ; ; "the Mouths of the Rhône") is a Departments of France, department in southern France. It borders Vaucluse to the north, Gard to the west and Var (department), Var to the east. The Mediterranean Sea lies to the sout ...

from 1829 to 1830.Étienne Léon Lamothe-Langon, ''Biographie des préfets, depuis l'organisation des préfectures, 3 mars 1800, jusqu'à ce jour'', Paris: Les Marchands de Nouveautés, 1826, p. 15William Shipton Browning, ''History of the Huguenots: from 1598 to 1838'', 1840, p. 28

/ref> He also served as a Conseiller d'Etat (France), Conseiller d'Etat. D'Arbaud de Jouques became a member of the Académie des belles-lettres, sciences et arts de La Rochelle in 1814.

Personal life and death

D'Arbaud de Jouques married Joséphine Marie Charlotte de Rafélis, daughter of Joseph-Marie de Rafélis (1714–1774). They had one son and two daughters: * Jean Philippe Joseph André d'Arbaud de Jouques (1804-unknown). * Augustine Marie Alexandrine Elisabeth d'Arbaud de Jouques. She married Oswald d'Arnaud, son of Eugène François d'Arnauld (1774–1854). * Caroline Elzéarine Alexandrine d'Arbaud de Jouques (1808–1869). She married Armand Sabatier (1804–1873). He died on 5 June 1849 in Aix-en-Provence.

Bibliography

* Joseph Charles André d'Arbaud de Jouques, ''Troubles et agitations du département du Gard en 1815. Contenant le rapport du révérend Perrot, au Comité des ministres non-conformistes d'Angleterre, sur la prétendue persécution des protestans en France, et sa réfutation'', 167 pages.

References

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