Léon Audé, born in Réaumur September 23, 1815, died October 26, 1870, in the castle Granges Cathus in Talmont-Saint-Hilaire, was a French politician, writer and local Vendéen historian.

Léon Audé
BornSeptember 23rd, 1815
Réamur, France
DiedOctober 26th, 1870
Talmont Saint-Hilaire
NationalityFrench
OccupationSecretary General of the Vendée Prefecture
EmployerMinister of National Education (France)

Life

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He was the son of Pierre-Joseph Audé (1780-1855) et Marie-Jeanne-Émilie Landais (1787-1854).[1][2]

He was mayor of the city Napoléon-Vendée (La Roche-sur-Yon under the Second Empire) from the 11th of August 1848 to the 24th of January 1852 and secretary general of the Prefecture of the Vendée.[3]

He was a correspondent of the Ministry of National Education (France) for historical and archeological works[4]'[5] and a member of the scientific and historical society of Deux-Sèvres. From 1855 to 1861 he wrote a series of historical and administrative studies on the department, in the directories of the Société d'émulation de la Vendée.[6]

He married Astélie Félicienne Paulet Bonnard on the 16th of September, 1845, in La Roche-sur-Yon.[7]

Bibliography

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  • French Republic. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. News of the National Volunteers of the Vendée. Letter by Léon Audé, dated the 27 juin 1848 in Saumur et published as a poster by the prefect of the Vendée, François Grille. Napoléon-Vendée : printed by C. Leconte , (s. d.,), 1848.
  • The Castle of the Granges-Cathus, near Talmond (Vendée), by Léon Audé, Napoléon-Vendée, printed by Ivonnet, 1854.
  • Library catalogue of the city Napoléon-Vendée, by Léon Audé, Napoléon-Vendée, printed by C.-L. Ivonnet , 1857.
  • Of the popular language of the Vendée, by Léon Audé, taken from the Yearbook of the Emulation Society, 1857. Napoléon-Vendée, printed by J. Sory, 1858.
  • Family of Saligné, by Léon Audé Napoléon-Vendée, printed by Sory , 1858.
  • M. le comte de Bagneux, by Léon Audé, taken from "Publisher" the 13 of February 1859, Napoléon-Vendée : printed by Vve Ivonnet, 1859.
  • Account book of René Grignon, lord of La Pellissonnière, at the end of the 16th century, by Léon Audé, extracted from the Directory of the Emulation Society. 1860 Napoleon-Vendée. Printed by J. Sory, 1861.
  • Durcot de La Roussière, baron de La Grève, by Léon Audé, Napoléon-Vendée, printed by J. Sory, 1862.
  • The brochure Toulgoët and M. de Falloux in May 1869, by Léon Audé, Nantes, printed by V. Forest and E. Grimaud, 1869.
  • La question des foires en Vendée, by Léon Audé, Nantes, printed by Forest, 1869.

Sources

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  • Bibliothèque nationale de France, Léon Audé (1815-1870).[8]
  • Archives départementales de la Vendée, état civil de Réaumur, Léon-Firmin-Joseph Audé.[9]

See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ "Le Prieuré Saint Pierre - Historique". prieuresaintpierre.com.
  2. ^ "Audé". famillesdevendee.fr.
  3. ^ Ministère de l'instruction publique. (July 1858). Revue des sociétés savantes de la France et de l'étranger / publiée sous les auspices du Ministère de l'instruction publique et des cultes. [s.n.] (Paris). p. 178.
  4. ^ Emile Ruben (1858–1863). Catalogue méthodique de la Bibliothèque communale de la ville de Limoges. Polygraphie, belles-lettres. impr. Chapoulaud frères (Limoges). p. 81.
  5. ^ Victor Duruy (1868). Liste des correspondants du Ministère pour les travaux historiques et archéologiques. Paris: Imprimerie impériale. p. 424.
  6. ^ "Annuaire de la Société d'émulation de la Vendée - Léon Audé". recherche-archives.vendee.fr.
  7. ^ Christian Frappier. "Audé". famillesdevendee.fr.
  8. ^ "Léon Audé (1820-1870)". data.bnf.fr (in French).
  9. ^ "Archives départementales de la Vendée - État civil du 25 septembre 1815 - Réaumur - Naissance - page 267". archinoe.fr (in French).