Jacques Auguste de Thou [SEP] father
Jacques Auguste de Thou
Jacques Auguste de Thou (Thuanus) (8 October 1553, Paris – 7 May 1617, Paris) was a French historian, book collector and president of the Parlement de Paris.
Life.
Jacques Auguste de Thou was the grandson of Augustin de Thou, president of the "parlement" of Paris (d. 1544), and the third son of Christophe de Thou (d. 1582), "premier président" of the same "parlement", who had had ambitions to produce a
was son of Augustin de Thou (d. 1544) and Claude de Thou (d 1523), also Président of the Parlement de Paris, and brother to Nicolas de Thou, the Bishop of Chartres. His son, Jacques Auguste de Thou (1553–1617), became a noted French historian. He was also the husband of Jacqueline de Tuleu and father of Anne de Thou and Jacques Auguste de Thou.
References.
- R. (Roland) Delachenal, "Histoire des avocats au Parlement de Paris, 1300-1600