Louis Monmerqué

Louis-Jean-Nicolas Monmerqué (6 December 1780 – 27 February 1860) was a 19th-century French magistrate and man of letters.

He wrote many biographical notices (Brantôme, (1823); Madame de Maintenon, (1828); Jean Ier, (1844), in-8°) and mostly editions of ancient documents (memoires and correspondences), including Collection de mémoires relatifs à l’histoire de France, depuis Henri IV jusqu’à la paix de Paris, with Petitot (1819–29, 130 vol.

Régnier in the Collection des grands écrivains (1861–67, 11 vol.

His works earned him his election at the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres in 1833.

He is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery (54th division)