Guillaume II de Lamoignon, seigneur de Blancmesnil et de Malesherbes was a French magistrate.
Comte Louis-Joseph-Alexandre de Laborde was a French antiquary, liberal politician and writer, a member of the Académie des Sciences morales et politiques (1832), under the rubric political economy.
As Emperor of the French, Napoleon I created titles in a newly established noblesse impériale to institute a stable elite in the First French Empire, after the instability resulting from the French Revolution.
Étienne-Laurent-Joseph-Hippolyte Boyer de Fonscolombe was a French entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera and Hymenoptera and pest insects.
The quartier Mazarin is a district in the centre of Aix-en-Provence, directly to the south of the cours Mirabeau, the principal boulevard in Aix. On the initiative of Archbishop Michel Mazarin, brother of the Cardinal Jules Mazarin and Archbishop of Aix from 1645-8 and later himself a cardinal, city plans were devised in 1646 by Jean Lombard, director of public works, to extend the city ramparts to the south, incorporating land owned by the Archbishopric of Aix and by the Order of Saint-Jean-de-Malte. Following a grid plan of streets, the quartier contains a large number of hôtels particuliers originally built for the nobility and wealthy merchant class.
Gaspard de Gueidan (de Valabre) (1688–1767) was a French aristocrat and lawyer. He served as the Président à mortier of the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence.
Charles de Grimaldi-Régusse was a French aristocrat, landowner and politician.
Joseph Charles André d'Arbaud de Jouques (1769–1849) was a French aristocrat, military officer and public official.
Henri Gautier (1676–1757) was a French aristocrat, landowner and public official.
The Hôtel de Valbelle is a listed hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence.
André-Elzéard d'Arbaud de Jouques (1676–1744) was a French aristocrat, lawyer and public official.
The Parlement of Aix-en-Provence was the provincial parlement of Provence from 1501 to 1790. It was headquartered in Aix-en-Provence, which served as the de facto capital of Provence.
Joseph-Anne de Valbelle de Tourves (1648–1722) was a French aristocrat, landowner and public official.
Jean-Baptiste-Joseph de Coriolis de Villeneuve d'Espinouse (1655–1712) was a French aristocrat and public official.
Jean Espariat was a French lawyer and politician. He served as the first Mayor of Aix-en-Provence in 1790, and again as the third Mayor from 1791 to 1792. Additionally, he helped create the department of the Bouches-du-Rhône and served as a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1791 to 1792.
The Hôtel Raousset-Boulbon is a listed hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence.
Jules-François-Paul Fauris de Saint-Vincens (1718–1798) was a French lawyer, politician, historian and numismatist.
Jean-Baptiste-Boniface de Fortis (1763–1848) was a French politician. After serving in the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence during the Ancien Régime, he was exiled during the French Revolution and later returned to France, where he served as the Mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1806 to 1808 and from 1809 to 1811.
Jean-Augustin de Foresta (1520-1588) was a French aristocrat, landowner and lawyer. He served as the Président à mortier of the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence in 1554, and as its First President from 1557 to 1564.
The Hôtel de Suffren is a listed hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence.
