Jean-Augustin de Foresta (1520-1588) was a French aristocrat, landowner and lawyer. He served as the Président à mortier of the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence in 1554, and as its First President from 1557 to 1564.
Biography
Early life Jean-Augustin de Foresta was born in 1520.GeneaNet His father, Christophe de Foresta, was an Advisor in the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence.Louis-Pierre d'Hozier, Antoine-Marie d'Hozier de Sérigny, Armorial Général De La France, Collombat, 1869, Volume 7, Issue 1 pp. 703-704 Robert de Briançon, L'Etat de la Provence, contenant ce qu'il y a de plus remarquable dans la police, dans la justice, dans l'église et dans la noblesse de cette province, avec les armes de chaque famille, p. 97
Career He inherited the Baronetcy of Trets.Revue historique de la noblesse, 1841, Volume 2, p. 371
He served as the President a mortier of the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence in 1554, and then as its First President from 1557 to 1564.
Personal life In 1553, he married Anne d'Albertas, daughter of Amiel (or Amédée) d'Albertas, Lord of Villecroze and First Consul of Marseille, and Françoise Sabateriis. They had five children: Christophe II de Foresta (1555-unknown). He married the Marquess de Covet de Marignane. François de Foresta (1557-1612). He married Marguerite de Glandeves. Jean-Paul I de Foresta (1564-unknown). He married Marguerite de Lenche. Gaspard de Foresta. He married Sibylle Bernard. Amiel de Foresta.
Death and legacy He died on 24 October 1588 and was buried in the Couvent des Observantins in Aix.Balthasar de Clapiers-Collongues, Chronologie des officiers des Cours souveraines de Provence, Aix-en-Provence: Édition de la Société d'études provençales, 1909 His grandson, Jean-Augustin Foresta de la Roquette, served as the President a mortier of the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence in 1630.
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