Emmanuel Guillaume-Rey

Emmanuel Guillaume-Rey
Born(1837-05-28)28 May 1837
Died4 April 1916(1916-04-04) (aged 78)
Chartres, France
Known foramong the first archeologists of the Crusades
Academic work
Disciplinearchaeology
Main interests
Crusader states
military fortifications in the Near East

Baron Alban Emmanuel Guillaume-Rey (28 May 1837 – 4 April 1916) was a French archaeologist, topographer and orientalist. He is known for his historical works on Crusader states and on military fortifications in the Near East. He is considered by some as one of the first archaeologists of the Crusades.

Biography

Alban Emmanuel Guillaume-Rey was born in Chaumont, Haute-Marne, on 28 May 1837. His surname combined the name of his father, François-Victor Guillaume and his mother Marie-Françoise-Louise-Florestine Rey.

On 4 April 1856, he was invited by one of his professors to the foundation of L'Œuvre d'Orient. The next year, at the age of twenty, Guillaume-Rey made his first trip to Syria, where he went to explore and study the Hauran region. In August 1859, he travelled with Louis De Clercq [fr] to Palestine. He made a final trip to the region in 1864.

On 19 December 1865, Guillaume-Rey was conferred by the Vatican the title of Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great. The following year, on 13 August 1866, he was awarded the title of Knight of the Legion of Honor and Foreign Orders as a publicist in charge of missions in the East. He also became a member in several learned societies such as the "Société archéologique d'Eure-et-Loir" in 1858. In addition, he donated his collections to the Louvre Museum, including a 'torso' which was found at Sarafand, Lebanon in 1875. Moreover, he gave away twenty-seven medals to the Musée des beaux-arts de Chartres, after his third trip to Syria, which were found in Marqab.

Guillaume-Rey was an officer in the French Army. During the Franco-Prussian War, he was stationed at Eure-et-Loir. In January 1871, he camped with his troops at the Château de Lauresse in Sarthe. Later on, he learned that the castle was for sale, which he acquired on 6 May 1877, and maintained it until his death in Chartres on 4 April 1916. The castle then went to his only daughter, Baroness de Loynes du Houlay, who kept it until her death in 1959, after bequeathing it to her niece Madame d'Hebray de Pouzals, born Nicole de Loynes du Houlay.

Works

References

  1. 1 2 Ellenblum, R. (2007). Crusader Castles and Modern Histories. Cambridge University Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-139-46255-6. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  2. ↑ Bordeaux 1926, pp. 78–79.
  3. ↑ Rey, E. G. (Emmanuel Guillaume) (1861). Voyage dans le Haouran et aux bords de la Mer Morte: exécuté pendant les années 1857 et 1858. Paris: Bertrand.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  4. ↑ Bordeaux 1926, p. 80.
  5. ↑ "Le Château de Lauresse (ou Loresse)". mairie-lombron.fr (in French).

Sources

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