Pierre Grimod du Fort
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Pierre Grimaud du Fort was a fermier général and art collector under Louis XV, and a member of the famous Grimaud
family. One of the richest fermiers, he was also superintendent of the Post Office.
He married Marie Antoinette de Caulincourt and they had one child, Pierre Gaspard Marie Grimaud d'Orsay (1748–1809).
On 8 July 1741 he bought the seigneurie d'Orsay (fiefdom
of Orsay
), in the valley of Chevreuse, which his son had made into a countship on his majority, becoming Comte
d'Orsay. He built a chateau in what is now the parc d'Orsay and began the extensive picturesque gardens around it which were continued after his death by the Dufort family counsellor.
In Paris, Pierre bought the hôtel Chamillart on the rue du Coq-Héron, in 1734, and had it decorated by Charles-Joseph Natoire
.
Grimaud
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family. One of the richest fermiers, he was also superintendent of the Post Office.
He married Marie Antoinette de Caulincourt and they had one child, Pierre Gaspard Marie Grimaud d'Orsay (1748–1809).
On 8 July 1741 he bought the seigneurie d'Orsay (fiefdom
Fiefdom
A fee was the central element of feudalism and consisted of heritable lands granted under one of several varieties of feudal tenure by an overlord to a vassal who held it in fealty in return for a form of feudal allegiance and service, usually given by the...
of Orsay
Orsay
Orsay is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France, from the center of Paris.Inhabitants of Orsay are known as Orcéens.-History:...
), in the valley of Chevreuse, which his son had made into a countship on his majority, becoming Comte
Count
A count or countess is an aristocratic nobleman in European countries. The word count came into English from the French comte, itself from Latin comes—in its accusative comitem—meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor". The adjective form of the word is...
d'Orsay. He built a chateau in what is now the parc d'Orsay and began the extensive picturesque gardens around it which were continued after his death by the Dufort family counsellor.
In Paris, Pierre bought the hôtel Chamillart on the rue du Coq-Héron, in 1734, and had it decorated by Charles-Joseph Natoire
Charles-Joseph Natoire
Charles-Joseph Natoire was a French painter in the Rococo manner, a pupil of François Lemoyne and director of the French Academy in Rome, 1751-1775...
.