Antoine James de Marigny

Antoine Jacques Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville (1811–1890), (also known as Antoine James de Marigny and Mandeville de Marigny), was the son of Bernard de Marigny de Mandeville and Anna Mathilde Morales, and the son-in-law of William C. C. Claiborne, the first Governor of Louisiana after statehood. He was a planter, merchant, military officer, and U.S. Marshal for eastern Louisiana.

Antoine James de Marigny
Antoine Jacques Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville in the French officer’s uniform [1] 1832 or -33, by Jean Joseph Vaudechamp.
Nickname(s)Mandeville
BornNovember 21, 1811
New Orleans, Territory of Orleans
DiedJune 3, 1890 (age 78)
New Orleans, Louisiana
Allegiance France
 Louisiana
 United States
Service/branchFrance French Army
 Confederate States Army
Rank Colonel
UnitLouisiana 10th Louisiana Infantry[2]
Battles/warsPeninsula Campaign, Battle of Fredericksburg

Youth & personal life

As a young man, he attended the Academy of St. Cyr and the Royal Cavalry School at Saumur in the 1830s, before serving two to three years as a lieutenant in the French Cavalry.[3]

Claiborne Cottage in New Orleans' Garden District was built in 1857 by John Vittie for Sophronie Claiborne Marigny, daughter of Louisiana's first Governor, Lady of French Queen Amelie's court.

In New Orleans, he married Sophronie Louise Claiborne, daughter of Governor William C. C. Claiborne and his third wife, Cayetana Susana Bosque y Fangui (who later married John Randolph Grymes).[4] The couple had two daughters who died in infancy, Marie Felicité and Felicité Medora, and a son, James Mandeville Marigny (1849-1884).[5]

American Civil War

During the American Civil War, he was a colonel in the 10th Louisiana Infantry ('French Brigade', 'French Legion') and served in Virginia.[6][7]

St. Tammany Parish

He resided for much of his life in St. Tammany Parish, on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. In the 1870 U.S. Census, he is listed there in the community of Lewisburg.

References
  1. "Paintings panel". The Louisiana State Museum.
  2. "M378 roll 18". National Park Service. Archived from the original on August 14, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2008.
  3. King, Grace (1921). Creole Families of New Orleans. Macmillan. pp. 39.
  4. King p. 40, 58
  5. Cruzat, J. W. Publications of the Louisiana Historical Society, Volume 5 (1911), p. 50, via Books.Google.com; retrieved 05 February 2017.
  6. King p. 40
  7. Brooks, Thomas Walter; Jones, Michael Dan (1995). Lee's Foreign Legion: A History of the 10th Louisiana Infantry. Gravenhurst, Ontario: Watts Printing.

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