Oscar de Poli
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Oscar Philippe François Joseph, comte de Poli (12 May 1838 – 6 January 1908) was a French man of letters and civil servant.
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Biography
Oscar de Poli was born in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, the son of Jean Philippe de Poli, — an officer killed during the 1848 Revolution and Knight of the Legion of Honour from Cervione in Corsica — and Clémentine Félicie Hémery.
In 1860, he joined the pontificial army to defend the Papal States. Wounded by a bayonet at Castelfidardo, he received several decorations and was created a Roman count in 1864[lower-alpha 1] He wrote The Pope's Soldiers (1860–1867) about this period. He then travelled throughout Italy.
He was an officer in a marching regiment during the 1870 war. After the defeat by Prussia, he began a career in the prefecture, although he was hostile to the Republic.
Subprefect of Romorantin (Loir-et-Cher) on 15 May 1871, Pontivy (Morbihan) on 15 February 1873, Roanne (Loire) on 16 October 1873, Abbeville (Somme) on 24 May 1876. During the crisis of 16 May 1877, he was appointed by Interior Minister Oscar Bardi de Fourtou as Prefect of Cantal from 21 May to 18 December 1877.
In his youth, he was a prolific journalist, using a number of pseudonyms (including Albert Nogaret).[2] A keen scholar and genealogist, Oscar de Poli also wrote travel accounts, historical and military works, political writings, poetry and songs. In 1885, he founded the French Heraldic Council (a private and unofficial body), of which he was president and published the Annuaire du Conseil Héraldique until his death.
Oscar de Poli died in the 16th arrondissement of Paris at 69 years of age.
Private life
He married Idalie de Choiseul Gouffier (1834–1918), daughter of Count Arthur Octavien François de Choiseul Gouffier and Countess Wanda Niesolowska, in Paris on 18 May 1865.[lower-alpha 2]
- Alix de Poli (1866–1949), married in Paris 17th on 21 December 1887 to Count Jean Courtin de Neufbourg (1835–1902), including posterity
- Isabeau de Poli (1867–1896), married Gabriel de Caix de Saint Aymour (1842–1900) in Paris on 28 May 1888, including posterity
Honors
- 60px Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George, Knight of Grace 2st class
- 60px Order of St. Gregory the Great, Knight Commander
- 60px Order of St. Sylvester, Knight Commander
- 60px Order of the Oak Crown, Commander
Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Donats of Devotion
Works
- Voyage au royaume de Naples en 1862 (1863)
- De Nantes à Palerme (1863-1864) (1865)
- De Paris à Castelfidardo (1867)
- Les Soldats du Pape (1868)
- Des origines du royaume d'Yvetot (1872)
- Un martyr de la patrie: Recherches sur Ringois d'Abbeville (1879)
- Louis XVIII (1880)
- Royal-Vaisseaux (1638-1792) (1885)
- Récits d'un soldat (1885)
- Les défenseurs du Mont Saint-Michel (1417-1450) (1895)
- Aux bords du Tibre (1897)
Genealogy and heraldry
- Les seigneurs et le Château de Béthon (1885)
- Précis généalogique de la Maison de la Noüe (1886)
- Annuaires du Conseil Héraldique de France sur Gallica (1888–1909; 21 volumes)
- Maison de Rarécourt de La Vallée de Pimodan (1895)
Notes
Footnotes
- ↑ Although he continued to be called Viscount de Poli until the death of his elder brother in 1905, when he became known as Count de Poli, and even Count de Poli Saint-Tronquet.[1]
- ↑ She was the granddaughter of Antoine-Louis-Octave de Choiseul-Gouffier.
Citations
- ↑ Pinoteau, Hervé (1998). "Quelques décisions héraldiques des rois Bourbons pour les membres de leur maison sous l'Ancien Régime," Études bourboniennes, No. 6, p. 45.
- ↑ Weller, Emil (1977). Lexicon pseudonymorum: Wörterbuch der Pseudonymen aller Zeiten und Völker; oder, Verzeichnis jener Autoren, die sich falscher Namen bedienten. Hildesheim/New York: Georg Olms Verlag, p. 389.
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