Charles Gautier de Vinfrais
Charles Gautier de Vinfrais (born November 7, 1704 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye , † November 4, 1797 Versailles ) was a French officer of the royal parforce hunt , officier de la vénerie royale , author and encyclopedist .
Live and act
Charles Gautier Vinfrais came from a family of royal hunting officers . His father Michel Gautier (approx. 1673-1718), called Vinfrais, who was piqueur de la Vénerie de Son Altesse Mgr le Comte de Toulouse and later Michel de Vinfrais, Grand Veneur of Louis XV and Commandant des Gardes du Corps at St. Leger en Yvelines was illiterate. His mother was born Marguerite Sénéchal (1675-1737). He was the fourth oldest son of a total of seven brothers and three sisters.
The passion of the royal families under Louis XIV and Louis XV. for the hunt also explained the importance of training, provision and position in the social structure at court, the officers of the royal hunt and their relatives.
At the age of 20, Charles Gautier Vinfrais was accepted into the Royal Hunting Association at Versailles. He started working there with the care of the kennel and the maintenance of the equipment. In 1730 he was promoted to piqueur de la Vénerie , a position he held for over twenty years, later he was promoted to the rank of premier piqueur . As one of the experienced hunters, he was directly involved in the royal hunts. In 1782 he became a gentilhomme de la Vénerie de SARM le Comte d'Artois and was entitled to bear the title d'Écuyer .
He was married to the née Marie Élisabeth Pelletier (1713-1759) since January 30, 1731, the couple had five sons and eight daughters.
For the Encyclopédie by Denis Diderot and Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert he wrote the article "vénerie".
literature
- Eugène Chapus: Les Chasses princières en France de 1589 à 1841. Hunting, 1853
- Annie Becq: L'Encyclopédisme - Actes Du Colloque de Caen, 12-16 January 1987
- Registres paroissiaux de Saint-Germain-en-Laye et Versailles.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Family genealogy
- ↑ Biography of the family, online
- ^ Saint-Pons-de-Thomières et le Pays Saint-Ponais. Histoire et patrimoine du Nord-Ouest du département de l'Hérault. Mariage de Charles Gautier de Vinfrais et Marie Elisabeth Pelletier le 30 janvier 1731, online
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gautier de Vinfrais, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French lawyer, economist and encyclopaedist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1704 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Germain-en-Laye |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 4, 1797 |
| Place of death | Versailles |