Louis Bellaud

Bellaud was born in Grasse, the son of a nobleman who then settled in Aix-en-Provence, where he received his education.

During his youth he was a friend of Charles and Michel de Nostredame, sons of Nostradamus.

When he was dismissed, after a brief period of peace, he tried to travel by sea departing from Bordeaux.

He was then arrested in Moulin and remained imprisoned for 20 month and here he wrote nostalgic poems of his youth in his native language.

Bellaud went then to Marseille in order to join Pèire Pau, his uncle-in-law and an influential man, close to Charles de Casaulx (first consul during the episode of Marseille republic).