Anne-François-Raymond de Choson de Lacombe called Armand-François ChateauvieuxHis pseudonym is taken from his mother's last name née Marie-Angélique d'Armand de Chateauvieux. or A.-F.-R.-C.-L. Chateauvieuxor else Armand-François-R.-C.-L. Chateauvieux. (25 September 1770 in Villefranche-de-RouergueBaptism Act of 26 September 1770 (View 15/30). Departmental Archives of Aveyron online, civil status of Villefranche-de-Rouergue, parish register of 1770. – Belgium between 1819 and 1833) was a 19th-century French dramatist and playwright.
Biography His plays have been performed among others at the Théâtre des Variétés, the Théâtre du Palais-Royal and the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique. The absence of works represented or published between 1803 and 1815 can be explained by a sentence of 8 years of jail imposed on 29 prairial year XI (19 June 1803) by the Special Court of Paris for "forgery in authentic and public writing".
He arrived at the Brest Prison in July 1803, where he remained under no. 3052 until his release on 25 July 1811. A convinced bonapartist, he hailed the return of the Emperor from the Island of Elba by publishing l'Ambition de Napoléon dévoilée probably in March. After the fall of the Empire, he attacked Louis XVIII as soon as he returned to the throne, and had to take the road of exile to avoid a new stay in prison. The place and date of his death, which can be located between 1819, the date of publication of his last play, and 1833, the year in which his wife Marie-Anne Cayla was designated as "Lacombe widow" in the settlement of his estate at Figeac, remain unknown.
Chateauvieux is a trisaïeulby his son Armand (1794-1855) and his granddaughter Clementine (1817-1879) and wife of Jean-Baptiste de Cessac (1808-1882). of naturalist and ethnographer (1841-1891).
Works Theatre 1797: L'Assemblée électorale à Cythère,L'Assemblée électorale à Cythère on Archive.org interlude in one act, at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal (22 April) 1799: Maria, ou la Folie de Limberg,Maria, ou la Folie de Limberg on WorldCat 3-act drama, with Hector Chaussier, at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique (27 June) 1799: La Nouvelle Pupille, allegorical bluette in 1 act, with Hector Chaussier and Armand Croizette, at Théâtre de la Gaîté (19 November) 1800: Un trait d'Helvétius,Un trait d'Helvétius on World Cat comedy in one act, mingled with vaudevilles, with P.G.A. Bonel and Hector Chaussier, at Théâtre Molière (4 October) 1801: Le Masque tombé, ou le Bal de l'Opéra,Le Masque tombé, ou le Bal de l'Opéra on upcindex.com comedy in one act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Armand Croizette and P.G.A. Bonel, at Théâtre Molière (10 January) 1802: Les Aveugles de Franconville,Les Aveugles de Franconville 1-act opera, with Armand Croizette, music by Louis-Sébastien Lebrun, at Théâtre Montansier (29 April) 1817: La Pièce en perce, one-act comedy, mingled with vaudevilles, with Edmond Crosnier and Armand Croizette, at Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique (19 June). Printed in 1819 at Fages in Paris. Varia 1814: Le Retour au bonheur, 1 volume in-12, Paris, De Bray 1815: L'Ambition de Napoléon Ier dévoilée,L'Ambition de Napoléon Ier dévoilée on Amazon 1 volume in-8, Paris, at the author 1815: Lettre à Louis XVIII, sur son séjour à Paris,Lettre à Louis XVIII, sur son séjour à Paris on Amazon 1 volume in-4, Strasbourg, Levrault printing house 1815: Honneur et Patrie : Vive Louis XVIII !, 1 volume in-8, Rouen, Ferrand son printing house
Bibliography Joseph-Marie Quérard, Les supercheries littéraires dévoilées, in 5 volumes, Paris, published by the author, 1845–1856.Article A.F.R.C.L. Chateau-Vieux. Les supercheries littéraires, volume 1, (), . Joseph-Marie Quérard, La France littéraire, ou Dictionnaire bibliographique des savants, historiens et gens de lettres de la France, en 14 volumes, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1826–1842.Article Chateauvieux (A.F.R.C.L.). La France littéraire, 1828, volume 2, (), . Defence Historical Service (S. H. D.) of Brest. Registers of the Brest Prison (sous-série 2 O, côte 2 O 20 à 2 O 32).
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