Louis Monmerqué
Louis-Jean-Nicolas Monmerqué was a 19th-century French magistrate and man of letters.Biography
He wrote many biographical notices ; Madame de Maintenon, ; Jean Ier, and mostly editions of ancient documents, including Collection de mémoires relatifs à l’histoire de France, depuis Henri IV jusqu’à la paix de Paris, with Petitot ; Lettres de Mme de Sévigné, edition reworked by Ad. Régnier in the Collection des grands écrivains ; Lettres choisies de Mme de Sévigné et de ses amis à l'usage de la jeunesse ; by Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux ; Théâtre français du moyen âge, du XIe au XIVe, etc.
His works earned him his election at the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres in 1833.
He was twice married to heiresses of the old nobility. He is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery
