Claude Godard d'Aucour

{{Short description|French writer (1716-1795)}}

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Claude Godard d'Aucourt (1716–1795) was an 18th-century French writer, marquis of {{Interlanguage link multi|château de Plancy|fr|3=Château de Plancy|lt=Plancy}}.

He became a fermier général in 1754 and {{Interlanguage link multi|Receveur général des finances|fr}} in Alençon in 1785. He did not migrate during the French Revolution and managed to retain a portion of his non manorial estate. The librettist Claude Godard d'Aucourt de Saint-Just was his son.

Works

  • 1745: Les Mémoires turcs, avec l'Histoire galante de deux jeunes Turcs durant leur séjour en France
  • 1745: Thémidore ou Mon Histoire et celle de ma maîtresse

= Librettos =

  • 1798: Zoraïme et Zulnar