Denis-Pierre-Jean Papillon de la Ferté [SEP] place of birth
Denis-Pierre-Jean Papillon de la Ferté
Denis-Pierre-Jean Papillon de la Ferté (Châlons-en-Champagne 17 February 1727 — Paris 7 July 1794) was a connoisseur of art and an administrator (an "Intendant" and from 1763 the sole "Intendant") of the Menus-Plaisirs du Roi, the organization in the royal household (the "Maison du Roi") that was responsible for the design and presentation of fêtes and ceremonies, weddings and funerals, at the court of France
Personal life.
On 13 November 1822, he married Charlotte Elizabeth Mount, by whom he had two daughters:
- Elizabeth Leveson-Gower (13 April 1824 – 4 April 1875), married Charles Patton Keele
- Frances Charlotte Leveson-Gower (13 December 1825 – 18 March 1915), married Georges-Xavier Papillon de la Ferté, Vicomte Papillon de la Ferté (grandson of Denis-Pierre-Jean Papillon de la Ferté)