Paulin Niboyet Niboyet
Fortunio
Chevalier de Bellegarde
- Born 22 June 1825 - Macon, France
- Deceased 11 June 1906 - Meudon, France,aged 80 years old
- Buried
- Writer, diplomat, journalist, historian
Parents
- Paul Niboyet, Chevalier de Bellegarde 1792-1855
- Eugenie Mouchon 1795-1883
Spouses and children
- Married 25 October 1856, Gibraltar - Church of Holy Trinity, to Caroline Sears 1823-1893 (Parents :Matthew Sears ca 1799-1870 & Susanna Smartt), divorced possibly 14 May 1878 with
Henriette Susanne Elise Niboyet de Belgarde 1858-1940 Married to William Domville Rowland 1873-1944
Henriette Susanne Elise Niboyet de Belgarde 1858-1940 Married to Julius Rudolph Erckens †- Eugenie Caroline Prudence Niboyet, Baronne de Bellegarde 1859-1920
- Married 1 February 1881, Paris, 18th district, to Stephanie Leser 1855-1933 (Parents :Heinrich Leser 1830-1886 & Amalie Ettlinger 1831-1902)(see note)with
- Pauline Niboyet 1881-1937 Married 12 November 1903, Montrouge, France, to Daniel Otto Lutten 1881-1918 Pauline Niboyet 1881-1937 Married to Raoul Dubois 1876-1915
- Jean-Hyppolithe Niboyet 1886-1952 Married 30 September 1916, Paris, to Jacqueline Menguy 1891-1926 Jean-Hyppolithe Niboyet 1886-1952 Married to Juliette de BLOCIZEWKY
Notes
Individual Note
Paulin Niboyet studied in the city of Privas in the French region of Vivarais (current day Ardeche department) where his paternal ancestors where from.
In 1948 (he's 23) he starts his diplomatic career. Thanks to his mother's friend's, the famous poet Lamartine, and his government connections, he gets his first position as a Chancellor in Honolulu (Sandwich island). He also starts writing. He will climb the ranks from Chancellor, Vice Consul, Consul, and then General Consul (highest rank) until his early retirement in 1879 (54 years old).
His assignments have included: Leipzig Germany, Sevilla Spain, Stockholm Sweden, Algésiras Spain, Sunderland England, Santiago Cuba, Chicago (he's there during the great fire of 1871, Newcastle England, Manheim Germany,Lisboa Portugal.
Paulin was named Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur, one of the highest French honors.
Paulin was a musicien (beautiful voice) with a deep appreciation for the music of Meyerbeer, Gounod, and Franz Lizst who he was friend with. He knew the young Wagner and saw the first public of his Tannhauser opera.
He was mostly known as a writer. He wrote over 20 novels, 2 history books, 2 theater plays. He also wrote articles for several papers and spoke. His speeches have been reproduced in The Times.
He was a member of the Société des Gens de Lettres (a Writers' Society) that still exists today http://www.sgdl.org/
He's been described as:- old fashioned French gentlemen, chivalrous, affable- « Gaulois » spirit- « BON BOURGEOIS »- A son of the French revolution- A man of his time, loving his country, sometimes too proud of his country- Suffering from his career exile and tortured by homesickness
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Did he have a girl from another previous wedding or out of wedlock while he was posted in Leipzig in 1850? He would have been 25.There's a Pauline Marie Margarete Ottilie Niboyet who married a Johann Friedrich August Florstedt 16 april 1878 in Lindenau. She died 8 décember 1884 in Leipzig. Source is Jenny Florstedt, descendant, on geneanet and Marriage: Traubuch Nathanael-Kirche Jahrgang 1874 (?) Nr. 41.
Family Note
Marriage with Stephanie Leser:
marr_contract: 26 january 1881 Paris
Sources
- Spouse 1: The Law Journal Reports, Volume 47, Part 2 - Niboyet vs Niboyet - pages 49 to 53
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