Gaspard de Gueidan explained
| Gaspard de Gueidan |
| Birth Date: | 10 April 1688 |
| Birth Place: | Aix-en-Provence |
| Death Place: | Aix-en-Provence |
| Nationality: | French |
| Occupation: | Public official |
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| Spouse: | Angélique de Simiane |
| Children: | Joseph Gaspard de Gueidan
Anne Adélaïde de Gueidan
Catherine de Gueidan
Pierre Claude Secret de Gueidan
Étienne Alexandre de Gueidan
Timoléon de Gueidan |
| Parents: | Pierre de Gueidan
Madeleine de Trets |
Gaspard de Gueidan (de Valabre) (1688–1767) was a French aristocrat and lawyer. He served as the Président à mortier of the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence.
Biography
Early life
Gaspard de Gueidan was born on 10 April 1688 in Aix-en-Provence.[1] [2] He grew up at the Hôtel de Gueydan, located at 22 on the Cours Mirabeau.[3] He was baptised as a Roman Catholic in the Église de la Madeleine in Aix.[4]
His family were bourgeois from Reillanne.[1] [2] His grandfather Gaspard Gueidan (1616-1697), married to Catherine Brémond, purchased a position at the Court of Finances, thus becoming a member of the French aristocracy.[2] [5] His father was Pierre de Gueidan, a wealthy lawyer, and his mother, Madeleine de Trets.[6]
Career
He entered the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence, where he served as Advocate General, protecting the concerns of the elite.[2] [6] [7] By the 1730s, his speeches were printed.[2] In 1740, he became Président à mortier of the Parliament of Aix.[2] [6] [7]
He was a member of the Académie de Marseille and dreamt of being elected to the Académie française.[2]
His portrait was painted by Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659–1743) in 1738.[7] [8] [9] The painting is based on the character of "Celadon" in L'Astrée by Honoré d'Urfé (1568-1635).[8] [9] It is now displayed in the Musée Granet in Aix.[7] [8] [9]
Personal life
He married Angélique de Simiane, daughter of Joseph marquis de Simiane and Marguerite de Valbelle, on 24 March 1724.[6] They had six children:
- Joseph Gaspard de Gueidan (1725-1784). His second wife was Henriette de Félix d'Ollières. They had a son:
- Alphonse de Gueidan (1783-1853). He married Joséphine Sibillot.
After Joseph's death, Henriette married Jules Lemercier de Maisoncelle de Richemond (1803-1882). After his death, she donated the Château de Valabre to the city of Gardanne.
- Anne Adélaïde de Gueidan (1725-1786). She married Pierre Louis de Demandolx La Palud on 24 January 1745. She was also the mistress of Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) by some accounts.[10]
- Catherine de Gueidan (1728-1759). She married Claude de Prats on 4 August 1749.
- Pierre Claude Secret de Gueidan (1733-unknown). He became a Knight of Malta.
- Étienne Alexandre de Gueidan (1735-unknown). He also became a Knight of Malta.
- Timoléon de Gueidan (1744-unknown). He also became a Knight of Malta.
He died on 23 February 1767 in Aix-en-Provence.
Bibliography
- Gaspard de Gueidan, Discours prononcés au Parlement de Provence par un de messieurs les avocats généraux (Volumes 1 and 2, chez Quillau, 1739).[11]
- Gaspard de Gueidan, Discours prononcés au Parlement de Provence par un de messieurs les avocats généraux (Volume 2, 1741).[12]
- Gaspard de Gueidan, Discours prononcés au parlement de Provence (Volume 3, de Nully, 1753).[13]
- Gaspard de Gueidan, Discours prononcés au parlement de Provence (Volume 5, 1762).[14]
Notes and References
- Monique Cubells, La Provence des lumières : Les parlementaires d'Aix au XVIIIe siècle, Paris: Maloine, 1984, p. 42
- Christian Wieland (ed.), Jörn Leonhard (ed.), What Makes the Nobility Noble?: Comparative Perspectives from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011 p. 283 https://books.google.com/books?id=1wpCTcAOhwMC&pg=PA283
- [Ambroise Roux-Alphéran]
- [Bertrand Jestaz]
- Michel Vovelle, Les folies d'Aix ou la fin d'un monde, Le temps des cerises, 2003, p. 182-183
- Myra Nan Rosenfeld, Largillierre and the eighteenth-century portrait, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1982, p. 299 https://books.google.com/books?id=SozqAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Gaspard+de+Gueidan%22
- Katharine Baetjer, Pastel Portraits: Images of 18th-Century Europe, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011, p. 19 https://books.google.com/books?id=sDa8MKAce2sC&dq=%22Gaspard+de+Gueidan%22&pg=PA19
- Joanna Woodall, Portraiture: Facing the Subject, Manchester University Press, 1997, p. 69 https://books.google.com/books?id=FR1L5wkeuYMC&dq=%22Gaspard+de+Gueidan%22&pg=PA69
- Michael Levey, Painting and Sculpture in France, 1700-1789, Yale University Press, 1993, p. 7 https://books.google.com/books?id=05qiZ2W9KFMC&dq=%22Gaspard+de+Gueidan%22&pg=PA7
- Judith Summers, Casanova's Women: The Great Seducer and the Women He Loved, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012, pp. 144-167 https://books.google.com/books?id=okEIj3Y98B4C&dq=%22Gaspard+de+Gueidan%22&pg=PA165
- https://books.google.com/books?id=AXXoZwEACAAJ Google Books
- https://books.google.com/books?id=XoaCajGSUgEC Google Books
- https://books.google.com/books?id=igARMwEACAAJ&q=%22Gaspard+de+Gueidan%22 Google Books
- https://books.google.com/books?id=k1uHmwEACAAJ Google Books
