Bernard de Marigny

Bernard de Marigny
Bernard de Marigny
Born	Jean-Bernard Xavier Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville October 28, 1785 New Orleans, New Spain
Died	February 3, 1868 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Resting place	Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1
Citizenship	French, American
Occupation	Planter, Land developer, Politician
Known for	Faubourg Marigny, craps, developing Mandeville, Louisiana
Home town	New Orleans
Spouse(s)	Mary Ann Jones (1786-1808), Anna Mathilde Morales (1789-1859)
Children	Prosper François Antoine Pierre Philippe de Marigny, Gustave Adolphe de Marigny, Antoine James de Marigny, Rosa de Marigny, Marie Angela Josephine de Marigny, Armand de Marigny, Mathilde de Marigny

Jean-Bernard Xavier Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville (1785–1868), known as Bernard de Marigny, was a French-Creole American nobleman, playboy,planter, politician, duelist, writer, horse breeder, land developer, and President of the Louisiana State Senate between 1822 and 1823.

The son of Pierre Enguerrand Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville (1751-1800) Ecuyer and Chevalier de St. Louis and his wife Jeanne Marie d'Estrehan de Beaupré, Bernard was born in New Orleans in 1785, the third generation of his family to be born in colonial Louisiana. His paternal grandfather, Antoine Philippe de Marigny, was a French nobleman, military officer, and geographer. His maternal grandfather, Jean Baptiste d'Estrehan, was the royal treasurer of the colony.

In 1798, Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans (who became King Louis Philippe in 1830) and his two brothers, the Duke de Montpensier and the Count of Beaujolais, visited the Marigny plantation. By all accounts, they were lavishly entertained by the family. One story recounts that special gold dinner ware was made for the occasion of the Duke of Orleans' visit and was thrown into the river afterward, because no one would be worthy of using it again.