Frédéric de Courcy

Frédéric de Courcy, born Frédéric Charlot de Courcy [Thus he is not part of the Norman Courcy family, contrary to his entry in "Dictionnaire de biographie française"] (16 August 1796, Paris - 6 May 1862, Paris) was a French man of letters.

Life

The son of Augustin Charlot de Courcy and Adélaïde Vallet, in 1826 he became sous-chef of La Poste's personnel department (under Jean-Baptiste Tenant de Latour).

He was the author of several vaudevilles, often in collaboration, including :
* "L’Heureuse Moisson" (1817)
* "Les Deux Aveugles" (1823)
* "Le Courrier de la malle" (1832), one of the first appearances of the famous character Joseph Prudhomme, played by the character's creator Henry Monnier
* "Le Vol à la roulade" (1851)
* "Le voyage à Vienne", etc.

Until his death, he lived with his partner Adélaïde Alexandrine Verteuil. They never married, and had two sons - Alexandre Frédéric, known as an illustrator, and Charles Henry.

Sources

* "Dictionnaire de biographie française".
* Notice on [http://gw1.geneanet.org/index.php3?b=saorsel&lang=fr;p=frederic;n=charlot+de+courcy Généanet]

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