The Estrine Family
During the Reign of Terror, Joseph Bertrand Pistoye’s heir, François Pistoye, who was considered a counterrevolutionary, was sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Tribunal and guillotined in 1794. The Prince of Monaco was stripped of his lands in Saint-Rémy, retaining the title of lord only in an honorary capacity, and thus the city entered a new era. An era that was unfavorable to figures of the Ancien Régime, such as the widow Pistoye, who was forced to sell the mansion to Louis Estrine.
Louis de Gonzague-Pierre-Marie Estrine, born in Marseille in 1752, was a master rope-maker and a leading figure of the Revolution. Estrine participated in the municipal assembly of the three estates, where he was first elected in 1790 and renewed his oath of loyalty to liberty and equality six times. In 1796, Louis Estrine retired to his mansion in Saint-Rémy, where he lived until the end of his life.
His son, Louis-Nicolas, became a “tax collector for life” and resigned from this position in 1827. One of his sons, Louis-Alphonse, also served as a tax collector and died in the family mansion without heirs. His nephew, Lucien Estrine, left his mark on his era: a lawyer, he was also a prominent businessman, serving as president of the Union of Associations of France and Algeria, the Society for the Defense of Commerce, and the Marseille Chamber of Commerce. This Knight of the Legion of Honor resided regularly in Saint-Rémy.
During the Reign of Terror, Joseph Bertrand Pistoye’s heir, François Pistoye, who was considered a counterrevolutionary, was sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Tribunal and guillotined in 1794. The Prince of Monaco was stripped of his lands in Saint-Rémy, retaining the title of lord only in an honorary capacity, and thus the city entered a new era. An era that was unfavorable to figures of the Ancien Régime, such as the widow Pistoye, who was forced to sell the mansion to Louis Estrine.
Louis de Gonzague-Pierre-Marie Estrine, born in Marseille in 1752, was a master rope-maker and a leading figure of the Revolution. Estrine participated in the municipal assembly of the three estates, where he was first elected in 1790 and renewed his oath of loyalty to liberty and equality six times. In 1796, Louis Estrine retired to his mansion in Saint-Rémy, where he lived until the end of his life.
His son, Louis-Nicolas, became a “tax collector for life” and resigned from this position in 1827. One of his sons, Louis-Alphonse, also served as a tax collector and died in the family mansion without heirs. His nephew, Lucien Estrine, left his mark on his era: a lawyer, he was also a prominent businessman, serving as president of the Union of Associations of France and Algeria, the Society for the Defense of Commerce, and the Marseille Chamber of Commerce. This Knight of the Legion of Honor resided regularly in Saint-Rémy.