Emmanuel Boyer de Fonscolombe

Emmanuel Boyer de Fonscolombe (1810–1875) was a French aristocrat and composer.

Biography

Early life Emmanuel Boyer de Fonscolombe was born on 27 October 1810 in Aix-en-Provence. The Boyer de Fonscolombe family became an aristocratic family with his paternal great-great-grandfather Honoré Boyer de Fonscolombe (1683–1743), who served as Secretary to King Louis XV (1710–1774). His father was Charles Boyer de Fonscolombe (1778–1838) and his mother, Emilie de Cotto (1790-unknown). He wrote an opera, Un Prisonnier en Crimée. They also lived in a family hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence: the Hôtel Boyer de Fonscolombe, now listed as a monument historique, located at 21 rue Gaston de Saporta.

He died on 21 March 1875 in Aix-en-Provence.