Anselm Of Saint Mary
Anselm of Saint Mary, engraving by François Huret
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b. 1625, Paris
d. Jan. 17, 1694, Paris |
also called FATHER ANSELM, French ANSELME
DE SAINTE-MARIE, OR PÈRE ANSELME, original name PIERRE
DE GUIBOURS genealogist and friar whose history of the French royal
family and nobility is a valuable source of detailed and unusual information.
Anselm entered the order of the Discalced Hermits of St. Augustine in
1644 and, remaining in their monastery (Couvent des Petits Pères),
devoted his entire life to genealogical studies. Among his early works
are Le Palais de l'honneur (1663-1668; "The Palace of Honour"),
concerning the genealogy of the houses of Lorraine and Savoy; Le Palais
de la gloire (1664; "The Palace of Glory"), dealing with the genealogy
of various illustrious French and European families; and La Science
héraldique (1675; "The Science of Heraldry").
His most important work is the Histoire généalogique
et chronologique de la maison royale de France, des pairs, des grands officiers
de la couronne, et de la maison du roy et des anciens barons du royaume
(2 vol., 1674; "Genealogical and Chronological History of the Royal House
of France, the Peers, the Grand Officers of the Crown, and of the Royal
House and the Ancient Barons of the Realm"). After his death this history
of French nobility was continued by Honoré Caille, seigneur du Fourny,
who had encouraged its publication, and by two other friars at the monastery.
The third and most complete edition is that of 1726-33. A valuable source,
it contains in its notes exact references to many original documents.
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