Nationality French | Occupation Landowner
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Born 1711 Chateau Royal de Saint-Saturnin, Saint-Saturnin-les-Apt, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France Died 1773
Chateau Royal de Saint-Saturnin, Saint-Saturnin-les-Apt, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France Residence Hotel Ripert de Monclar, Rue Roux-Alpheran, Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France Name Jean-Pierre-Francois Ripert-Monclar | ||
Jean-Pierre-Francois de Ripert-Monclar (1711-1773) was a French aristocrat, landowner and lawyer.
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Early life
Jean-Pierre-Francois de Ripert-Monclar was born in 1711 in the Chateau Royal de Saint-Saturnin, a family chateau in Saint-Saturnin-les-Apt where his family spent their holidays. His father was General Prosecutor of the Parliament of Aix-en-Provence. He was educated at the College d'Harcourt in Paris.
Career
A landowner, King Louis XV of France granted him (and all direct male heir) the marquisate of Monclar in 1769.
Like his father, he served as General Prosecutor of the Parliament of Aix-en-Provence, in 1732. In his 1750 Memoire theologique et politique sur les mariages clandestins des protestants en France, he expressed his support for legalizing the marriages of Protestants. He was jansenist and opposed to Jesuits, as made clear in his 1762 Compte rendu des constitutions de la Societe.
Personal life
He married Catherine de Lisle, daughter of Pierre-Jean de Lisle, in 1747. They resided in the Hotel Ripert de Monclar on the Rue Roux-Alpheran in the Quartier Mazarin of Aix-en-Provence. They had a son and a daughter:
He died in 1773 in the Chateau Royal de Saint-Saturnin in Saint-Saturnin-les-Apt. Francois de Ripert-Monclar (1844-1921) was his descendant.
Legacy
The Rue Monclar in Aix-en-Provence is named in his honour.