Joseph-Alphonse-Omer de Valbelle

Joseph-Alphonse-Omer de Valbelle (1729–1818) was a French aristocrat and military officer.

Joseph-Alphonse-Omer de Valbelle
Born18 June 1729
Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Died18 November 1818
Paris, Île-de-France, France
Resting placeChartreuse de Montrieux, Méounes-lès-Montrieux, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationMilitary officer

Biography

Early life

Joseph-Alphonse-Omer de Valbelle was born on 18 June 1729 in Aix-en-Provence.[1] His father was André Geoffroy de Valbelle and his mother, Marguerite-Delphine de Valbelle.[2] He had a brother, Joseph-Ignage-Cosme de Valbelle, and a sister, Anne Alphonsine de Valbelle.[2]

Career

He served as a mestre de camp in 1749, maréchal de camp in 1762, followed by Lieutenant general of Provence.[2]

After his brother's death in 1766, he inherited the marquisates of Tourves, Rians, Montfuron, Bressuire, the Baronetcies of Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise and Meyrargues, the Countom of Oraison, Valbelle, Sainte-Tulles, Cadarache, Rougiers, Venelles, Peyrolles-en-Provence, Mousteyret, Levens, Reveste, Cucuron, etc.[1][2]

Personal life

He resided in a hôtel particulier on the Rue du Bac in Paris.[1] He also resided at the family Hôtel de Valbelle in Aix-en-Provence.[3] Additionally, he resided at the family castle, Château des Valbelles in Tourves.[1] He had an affair with La Clairon (1723–1803) and bequeathed her 4,000 French livres after his death.[4]

He died of apoplexy on 18 November 1818 in Paris.[1] He was buried in the Chartreuse de Montrieux, a monastery in Méounes-lès-Montrieux.[1]

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References
  1. Octave Teissier, Un grand seigneur au XVIIIe siècle: Le comte de Valbelle, Paris: Hachette & Cie., 1890
  2. Tourves: Le château des Valbelles
  3. André Bouyla d'Arnaud, Évocation du vieil Aix-en-Provence, Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, Paris 1964
  4. Revue de Paris, Bureau de la Revue de Paris, 1834, Volume 6, p. 223
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