Charles you Ry
Charles du Ry (* 1692 in Kassel ; † 1757 there ) was - like his father Paul du Ry and his son Simon Louis du Ry - court architect in Kassel at the time of Landgraves Carl , Friedrich I and Wilhelm VIII.
In Kassel he built numerous houses for the bourgeoisie and the nobility, as well as buildings for authorities, which shaped the character of Kassel's Oberneustadt.
He came from a family of French Huguenot religious refugees who had to flee France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV and was taken in by Landgrave Carl in Hesse .
Charles du Ry was a grandson of the Parisian court architect Mathurin du Ry, whose father Charles du Ry also worked as a court architect in Paris . This Charles du Ry was a student and relative of Salomon de Brosse , the founder of the so-called "Huguenot style" in France.
Buildings
- Catholic Parish Church of St. Katharina, Stadtallendorf , 1732–1733
- Catholic parish church St. Michael, Schröck , before 1726
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ry, Charles you |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German builder and architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1692 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1757 |
| Place of death | kassel |