Henri Gautier

Henri Gautier (1676–1757) was a French aristocrat, landowner and public official.

Hôtel du Poët
Henri Gautier
Born1676
Died1757
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Landowner
Treasurer of the Estates of Provence
SpouseAnne le Gros
ChildrenJoseph-Antoine de Gautier
(Three daughters)

Biography

Early life

Henri Gautier was born in 1676 in Aix-en-Provence.[1]

Career

He was a clerk to Jean-Claude Guyon, a notary.[1] Later, he served as Treasurer of the Estates of Provence.[2][3][4]

He purchased the lands of Le Poët, Vernègues and Valavoire.[1][2] On 24 April 1724 King Louis XV of France granted him a hereditary title of nobility.[2][3] In 1730, he purchased the land at the top of the Cours Mirabeau where there was an old watermill and commissioned architect Georges Vallon to design a hôtel particulier that came to be known the Hôtel du Poët.[1][4]

Personal life

He was married to Anne le Gros.[2] They had a son and four daughters:

  • Joseph-Antoine de Gautier.[2] He inherited his father's aristocratic titles and served as an Advisor to the Parliament of Aix-en-Provence.[2][3] He married Anne de Boisson, daughter of Joseph-Gaspard de Boisson and Anne de Pisany de Saint-Laurent.[2] They had children.[2]
  • (first daughter). She married into the de Dedons de Lis family.[2]
  • (second daughter). She married into the de Saporta family.[2]
  • (third daughter). She married into the de Rians family.[2]
  • (fourth daughter). She married into the de Regina family.[2]

He died in 1757.[1]

References

  1. Ambroise Roux-Alphéran, Les rues d'Aix: ou, Recherches historiques sur l'ancienne capitale de la Provence, Aubin, 1848, Volume 2, pp. 170-171
  2. Franc̜ois Alexandre Aubert de La Chesnaye-Desbois, Dictionnaire de la noblesse, contenant les généalogies, l'histoire & la chronologie des familles nobles de France, l'explication de leur armes, & l'état des grandes terres du royaume, La veuve Duchesne, 1774, p. 142
  3. M. de Courcelles, Dictionnaire Universel de la Noblesse de France, 1821, p. 238
  4. Jean Boyer, Architecture et urbanisme à Aix-en-Provence aux XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles: du cours à carrosses au cours Mirabeau, Ville d'Aix-en-Provence, 2004, p. 87-88
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