Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais explained

Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais
Birth Date:	6 April 1773
Birth Place:	Langres, France
Death Place:	Paris, France
Resting Place:	Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Occupation:	Genealogist
Children:	1 son

Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais (6 April 1773  - 1842) was a French genealogist and littérateur.

Biography

Early life

Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais was born on 6 April 1773 in Langres, France.

Career

During the French Revolution, he served as an Assistant to Guillaume Brune.^[1] In 1808, he became a genealogist.^[2] His genealogical practice was called, "Bureau général de la Noblesse de France" (General Bureau of French Nobility).^[3] By 1820, his sold his practice to Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Courcelles.^[3]

Death and legacy

He died in 1842 in Paris. His son went on to serve in the French Foreign Legion.^[4]

Bibliography

• (6 volumes 4to and 23 volumes 8vo 1818–1820)

Notes and References

1. Annales de Bretagne, vol. 62-63, Universités de Rennes et Nantes, 1955, p. 94.
2. Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes, vol. 161, numéro 1, Librairie Droz, 2003, p. 525
3. Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Jullien de Courcelles, Dictionnaire universelle de la noblesse de France, vol. 1, 1820, p. 2
4. Les Cahiers haut-marnais, issues 168-175, 1987, p. 134.