Louis-Jean-Nicolas Monmerqué (6 December 1780 – 27 February 1860) was a 19th-century French magistrate and man of letters.

Biography

He wrote many biographical notices ( Brantôme, (1823); Madame de Maintenon, (1828); Jean Ier, (1844), in-8°) and mostly editions of ancient documents (memoires and correspondences), including ''Collection de mémoires relatifs à l’histoire de France, depuis Henri IV jusqu’à la paix de Paris'', with Petitot (1819–29, 130 vol. in-8°); ''Lettres de Mme de Sévigné'' (1818–19, 10 vol. in-8°), edition reworked by Ad. Régnier in the ''Collection des grands écrivains'' (1861–67, 11 vol. in-8°); ''Lettres choisies de Mme de Sévigné et de ses amis à l'usage de la jeunesse'' (1828, Paris, J. J. Blaise, 2 t. in-18°); '' by

Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux Gédéon Tallemant, Sieur des Réaux (7 November 1619 – 6 November 1692) was a French writer known for his ''Historiettes'', a collection of short biographies. Biography Born at La Rochelle, he belonged to a wealthy middle-class Huguenot f ...

'' (1831, 6 vol. in-8°); ''Théâtre français du moyen âge, du XIe au XIVe'' (1839, in-8°), etc. His works earned him his election at the

Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres The () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the . The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions (epigraphy) and historical literature (see Belles-lettres). History ...

in 1833. He was twice married to heiresses of the old nobility. He is buried at

Père Lachaise Cemetery Père Lachaise Cemetery (, , formerly , ) is the largest cemetery in Paris, France, at . With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is the most visited necropolis in the world. Buried at Père Lachaise are many famous figures in the ...

(54th division)

Sources

* Gustave Vapereau, ''Dictionnaire universel des littératures'', Paris, Hachette, 1876, (p. 1424)

External links

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of the CTHS mentioning some learned societies to which he belonged. According to Dibdin, he was also a member of the " Société des bibliophiles français". {{DEFAULTSORT:Monmerque, Louis French magistrates French bibliographers Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Writers from Paris 1780 births 1860 deaths Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Officers of the Legion of Honour