Charles-René d'Hozier
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historical commentator. The younger son of Pierre d'Hozier
Pierre d'Hozier
Pierre d'Hozier, seigneur de la Garde , was a French genealogist.He was born in Marseille. He belonged to the household of the Marshal de Créqui and gave him aid in his genealogical investigations....
, he was the true continuator of his father.
In addition to his commentary appended to Antoine Varillas
Antoine Varillas
Antoine Varillas was a French historian, best known for his history of heresy.-Life:He was born in Guéret and made a troubled way as a man of letters in Paris. He worked as a historian for Gaston, Duke of Orléans. Then through an introductions from Pierre Dupuy he was able to have library access,...
's history of King Charles IX
Charles IX of France
Charles IX was King of France, ruling from 1560 until his death. His reign was dominated by the Wars of Religion. He is best known as king at the time of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.-Childhood:...
(1686 ed.), he published Recherches sur la noblesse de Champagne (1673). On the promulgation in 1696 of an edict directing all who had armorial bearings to register them on payment of 20 livres, he was employed to collect the declarations returned in the various généralités, and established the Armorial général de France. This work, which contained not only the armorial bearings of noble families, but also of those commoners who were entitled to bear arms, is not complete, inasmuch as many refused to register their arms, either from vanity or from a desire to evade the fee.
The collection (now in the Bibliothèque nationale de France
Bibliothèque nationale de France
The is the National Library of France, located in Paris. It is intended to be the repository of all that is published in France. The current president of the library is Bruno Racine.-History:...
) consists of 34 volumes of text and 35 of coloured armorial bearings, and, in spite of its deficiencies, is a useful store of information for the history of the old French families. It contains 60,000 names, grouped according to provinces and provincial subdivisions. The sections relating to Burgundy and Franche-Comté
Franche-Comté
Franche-Comté the former "Free County" of Burgundy, as distinct from the neighbouring Duchy, is an administrative region and a traditional province of eastern France...
were published by Henri Bouchot (1875-1876): those relating to the généralité of Limoges
Limoges
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, by Moreau de Pravieux (1895) ; and those for the election of Reims
Reims
Reims , a city in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France, lies east-northeast of Paris. Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....
, by P. Cosset (1903).
In 1717, in consequence of a quarrel with his nephew Louis Pierre, son of Louis Roger, Charles sold his collection to the king. It then comprised 160 portfolios of genealogical papers arranged alphabetically, 175 volumes of documents, and numerous printed books profusely annotated. In 1720, it was inventoried by Pierre de Clairambault, royal genealogist, who added a certain number of genealogies taken from the papers of Gaignières
François Roger de Gaignières
François Roger de Gaignières , French genealogist, antiquary and collector, was the grandson of a merchant at Lyon and the son of Aimé de Gaignières, secretary to the Count of Harcourt, a member of the Elbeuf branch of the House of Guise. In the late 1660s, he was named écuyer to Louis Joseph,...
, increasing the total to 217 boxes and portfolios. Thus originated the Cabinet des titres of the Bibliothèque Nationale. Charles subsequently became reconciled to Ambroise-Louis-Marie d'Hozier
Ambroise-Louis-Marie d'Hozier
Ambroise-Louis-Marie d'Hozier , nephew of Louis-Pierre d'Hozier, was the last of the juges d'armes of France.He held the position of president of the cour des comptes, aides et finances of Normandy, and was therefore generally known as President d'Hozier, to distinguish him from the other members...
, his nephew, to whom he left all the papers he had accumulated from the date of the quarrel until his death, which occurred in Paris
Paris
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He was succeeded by his son, Louis Pierre
Louis-Pierre d'Hozier
Louis-Pierre d'Hozier , son of Louis Roger d'Hozier, succeeded his uncle Charles as juge d'armes.He published the Armorial général, ou registre de la noblesse de France , which must not be confounded with the publication written by his uncle, inasmuch as it related solely to noble families and was...
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