Jean-Baptiste-Joseph de Coriolis de Villeneuve d'Espinouse explained

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph de Coriolis de Villeneuve d'Espinouse
Birth Date:January 30, 1655
Birth Place:Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Death Date:January 12, 1712 (aged 56)
Death Place:Espinouse
Nationality:French
Occupation:Public official

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph de Coriolis de Villeneuve d'Espinouse (1655–1712) was a French aristocrat and public official.

Biography

Early life

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph de Coriolis de Villeneuve d'Espinouse was born in an aristocratic family on January 30, 1655, in Aix-en-Provence.[1] [2] [3] His father, Pierre de Coriolis de Villeneuve d'Espinouse, served as Président à mortier of the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence in 1651, and his paternal grandfather, Honoré de Coriolis, did too in 1625, as did his paternal great-grandfather, Laurent de Coriolis de Corbières, in 1600, and his paternal great-great-grandfather, Louis de Coriolis, in 1568.[3] His mother was named Louise d'Oraison.[1] [3]

Career

Following in his family footsteps, he served as Président à mortier of the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence from 1690 to 1694, after Joseph-Anne de Valbelle de Tourves (1648–1722) and before Silvy Raousset de Boulbon.[1] [4]

Personal life

He married Elisabeth Catherine Grimaldi.[1] [3] They had a son and a daughter:

François Charles Xavier de Coriolis d'Espinouse remarried in 1759 to Antoinette de Montcalm-Gozon (1737–1799).[1] They had a son:

He died on January 12, 1712, in Espinouse.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://gw.geneanet.org/pierfit?lang=en;p=jean+baptiste+joseph;n=de+coriolis;oc=1 GeneaNet
  2. Prosper Cabasse, Essais historiques sur le parlement de Provence: depuis son origine jusqu'à sa suppression, 1501 - 1790, Pihan Delaforest, 1826, Volume 1, p. xliv https://books.google.com/books?id=PfFAAAAAcAAJ&dq=Jean-Baptiste-Joseph+de+Coriolis+de+Villeneuve+d%27Espinouse&pg=PR44
  3. http://jean.gallian.free.fr/comm2/Images/genealog/coriolis/p2a.pdf Family tree
  4. Monique Cubells, La Provence des Lumières: Les parlementaires d'Aix au 18° siècle, Paris: Maloine S.A. éditeur, 1984