Henri Gautier

Henri Gautier
Born 1676
Aix-en-Provence
Died 1757
Residence Hôtel du Poët, Cours Mirabeau, Aix-en-Provence, France
Nationality French
Occupation Landowner
Treasurer of the Estates of Provence
Spouse(s) Anne le Gros
Children Joseph-Antoine de Gautier
(Three daughters)

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

Hôtel du Poët

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:

He died in 1757.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 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. 1 2 3 M. de Courcelles, Dictionnaire Universel de la Noblesse de France, 1821, p. 238
  4. 1 2 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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