André de Maricourt


Baron André de Maricourt was a French historian.

Early life

André de Maricourt was born on 4 December 1874 in Senlis, Oise near Paris. He graduated from the École Nationale des Chartes in 1900.

Career

Maricourt wrote articles about the Armée des Émigrés, King Louis XVI, the jails in Paris during the Reign of Terror, the Duchess of Berry, and Cardinal Richelieu. They were published in the Revue de Paris, the Revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine, the Revue des questions historiques, Le Correspondant, etc.
Maricourt authored several biographies, including one of Marshal Ferdinand Foch. He also wrote several books about World War I. He won several prizes for his books from the Académie française: the Prix Auguste Furtado for Madame de Souza et sa famille in 1908; the Prix Marcelin Guérin for Louise-Marie-Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre, duchesse d’Orléans in 1917; the Prix Montyon for Idylle et drame. Georgine de Chastellaux et Charles de la Bédoyère in 1925; and the Prix d’Académie for La véritable madame Tallien in 1934.
Maricourt was the president of the History and Archeology Society of Senlis in 1927.

Death

Maricourt died on 16 November 1945.

Works