Jacques-Louis de Valon

Jacques-Louis de Valon , Marquis de Mimeure, (born November 19, 1659 in Dijon , † March 3, 1719 in Paris ) was a French lieutenant-général and poet.

As Menin of Louis de Bourbon, dauphin de Viennois , de Valon made a career in the army. King Louis XIV granted him the area around Mimeure (in today's Département Côte-d'Or ), which was raised to the status of margraviate .

Supported by François Louis de Bourbon, prince de Conti , Marquise de Montespan and last but not least Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux , de Valon was admitted to the Académie française on December 2, 1707 ( Fauteuil 3 ). He became the successor of the late Louis cousin and he was followed in 1719 by the cleric and translator Nicolas Gédoyn in this place. According to an on- diet, de Valon's inaugural address is said to have been written by the writer Antoine Houdar de la Motte .

De Valon created his odes mostly in the style of Horace ; but much of his work remained unprinted.

A street was named in his honor in his native Dijon.

literature

Paul Mesnard: Histoire de l'académie française depuis sa fondation jusqu'en 1830 . Charpentier, Paris 1857.

personal data
SURNAME	Valon, Jacques-Louis de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mimeure, Jacques-Louis Valon, marquis de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French military and poet
DATE OF BIRTH	November 19, 1659
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dijon
DATE OF DEATH	March 3, 1719
Place of death	Paris