Claude Godard d'Aucour de Saint-Just

Claude Godard d'Aucourt called de Saint-Just (14 July 1768 – 17 March 1826) was a French librettist.

Born in Paris, he was the son of Claude Godard d'Aucour, marquis of , a fermier général. Being a younger son, he bore the name st-Just which was a dependent lordship of Plancy. He wrote the librettos of several opéras comiques by François Adrien Boieldieu such as:

1797: L'Heureuse Nouvelle 1797: La Famille suisse 1798: Zoraïme et Zulnar 1799: Emma, ou la Prisonnière 1799: Les Méprises espagnoles 1800: Le calife de Bagdad 1803: L'heureux malgré lui by Étienne Méhul 1806: Gabrielle d'Estrées by E. Méhul 1812: Jean de Paris.

He gave himself the collection of his Œuvres (Paris, 1826, 2 volumes in-8°). Godard d'Aucourt de Saint-Just's grave at Père Lachaise Cemetery.

His father had himself given some books of libertine inspiration, including Les Mémoires turcs, avec l'Histoire galante de deux jeunes Turcs durant leur séjour en France (1745), which were very successful, or Thémidore ou Mon histoire et celle de ma maîtresse (1745).

Claude Godard d'Aucourt died in Paris 17 March 1826 and is buried at cimetière du Père-Lachaise (19th division).