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Abbé Aubert
Jean-Louis Aubert (15 February 1731 in Paris – 10 November 1814 in Paris), called the Abbé Aubert, was a French dramatist, poet and journalist, son of the violinist and composer Jacques Aubert (1686-1753) and brother of Louis Aubert (painter). Aubert was educated at the Collège de Navarre and entered the order. In 1741, Aubert entered the editorial staff of the ', where he was literary critic. In 1752, he created the '.
He opposed the
Condé by birth.
Jean Aubert frequented the unofficial Académie du Petit-Luxembourg that was founded in 1729 by the comte-abbé de Clermont, another member of the house of Condé, the younger brother of the builder of the stables of Chantilly. For the abbé, who was abbé commendataire of Chaalis, Aubert rebuilt the cloister and the abbatial lodgings.
In 1738 Aubert built the lodgings at the Abbey of Fontevraud where Mesdames, the daughters of Louis XV, passed some years of their youth under the supervision of the