Honoré Boyer de Fonscolombe

Honoré Boyer de Fonscolombe (1683–1743) was a French aristocrat, lawyer and public official.

Honoré Boyer de Fonscolombe
Born1683
Died1743
MonumentsChâteau de Fonscolombe, Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade, France
Hôtel Boyer de Fonscolombe, Aix-en-Provence, France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Seller of goods
Lawyer

Biography

Early life

Honoré Boyer de Fonscolombe was born in 1683.[1] His father, Denis Boyer, was a Consul in the Parliament of Aix-en-Provence.[2]

Career

He made his fortune by selling furniture and silk in Aix-en-Provence.[1]

He became a prosecutor in the Parliament of Aix-en-Provence in 1726.[3] He was appointed Secretary to King Louis XV of France (1710–1774) on 11 November 1741.[1][2][3][4][5] As a result of this appointment, he earned the marquisate of Fonscolombe (inherited by all his direct male heirs).[3]

Hôtel Boyer de Fonscolombe in Aix-en-Provence

Personal life

He was married to Jeanne Carnaud.[2][6] They had five sons and five daughters:

  • Jean-Baptiste-Laurent Boyer de Fonscolombe.[2]
  • Luc Boyer de Fonscolombe.[2]
  • Jean-Baptiste Boyer de Fonscolombe.[2][6]
  • Joseph Boyer de Fonscolombe.[2]
  • Antoine Boyer de Fonscolombe.[2]

In 1720, he commissioned the Château de Fonscolombe[7] in Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade, listed as a monument historique since 1989.[8][9] In 1743 (shortly before his death), he also inherited the Hôtel Boyer de Fonscolombe on the Rue de Gaston de Saporta in Aix from his late sister, listed as a monument historique since 1989.[10][11]

He died in 1743. Étienne Laurent Joseph Hippolyte Boyer de Fonscolombe (1772–1853) and Emmanuel de Fonscolombe (1810–1875) were two of his descendants.

References
  1. Gloton, Marie-Christine; Martin-Vignes, Nicole (2005). De Saint-Pierre de Rome à Aix-en-Provence: un trésor de l'art italien retrouvé dans le patrimoine aixois (in French). Musée du Vieil Aix. p. 42. ISBN 978-2-9525155-0-4.
  2. François-Alexandre Aubert de La Chesnaye Des Bois (1863). Dictionnaire de la noblesse, contenant les généalogies, l'histoire et la chronologie des familles nobles de France (in French). Schlesinger Frères. p. 29.
  3. Nicolas-Jules-Henri Gourdon de Genouillac; Albert-Dieudonné-Louis-Fidèle-Emmanuel Piolenc (1863). Nobiliaire du Département des Bouches-du-Rhône: histoire, généalogies (in French). p. 56.
  4. Taupin d'Auge (1850). Armorial de l'épiscopat français (in French). Librairie nouvelle. p. 224.
  5. Pierre-Augustin Guys (1786). Marseille ancienne et moderne (in French). Vve Duchesne. p. 43.
  6. Recueil de mémoires et autres pièces de prose et de vers (in French). Vol. 5. Aix: Société des amis des sciences, des lettres, de l'agriculture et des arts. 1844. p. 182.
  7. "Château Fonscolombe (rosé et blanc)". L'Ovale (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  8. "Commerces, services : Château de Fonscolombe, LE PUY SAINTE REPARADE". aixenprovencetourism.com (in French). 2013-12-14. Archived from the original on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  9. "Château de Fonscolombe". Ministère de la Culture Plateforme (in French). 2019-11-05. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  10. "L'Hôtel Boyer de Fonscolombe". Institut de Management Public et de Gouvernance Territoriale (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  11. René Borricand (1971). Les Hôtels particuliers d'Aix-en-Provence (in French). 39 rue Espariat. p. 58.
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