Jean-Baptiste-Boniface de Fortis

Jean-Baptiste-Boniface de Fortis (1763–1848) was a French politician. After serving in the Parliament of Aix-en-Provence during the Ancien Régime, he was exiled during the French Revolution and later returned to France, where he served as the Mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1806 to 1808 and from 1809 to 1811.

Biography

Early life

Jean-Baptiste-Boniface de Fortis was born on June 19, 1763 in Aix-en-Provence.^[1][2] He was baptised in the Église de la Madeleine a day later.^[1] His father was François-Boniface de Fortis and his mother, Marie-Marguerite Désirée de Moricaud Soleilhas.

Career

From 1782 to 1798, during the Ancien Régime, he served as an Advisor in the Parliament of Aix-en-Provence, a position he had inherited from his father.^[1][2][3] In 1790, during the French Revolution, he left France to avoid being guillotined.^[1] When he returned in 1801, he was appointed as Head of hospices in Aix.^[1] He was also in charge of taking care of children who had been orphaned as a result of the French Revolution.^[1] He then served as the Mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1806 to 1808 and from 1809 to 1811.^[1][2]

In 1814, he was appointed as Secretary General of the Prefecture of the Seine in Paris.^[1] He became a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1814, and finally an Officer in 1821, for his public service.^[1]

Personal life

On August 19, 1788, he married Gabrielle Françoise d'André de Bellevue, daughter of Jacques Joseph Gabriel Benoît and Anne Jeanne Françoise Payan de Saint-Martin, in the Église de la Madeleine.^[1][2] They resided at number 7 on the rue des Trois-Ormeaux in Aix.^[1] They had four children:

• Gabrielle de Fortis (1790-1868).^[1][2]
• Antoine Boniface Victor de Fortis (1791-1792).^[2]
• Marie Julie Joséphine de Fortis (1791-1880).^[1][2]
• Boniface François de Fortis (1799-1879).^[1][2]
• Désirée Joséphine Maxime de Fortis (1803-1803).^[1][2]

He died on September 12, 1848 in Aix-en-Provence.^[1][2]

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