Jean-Georges Willmar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jean-Georges Willmar

French politician

Date of Birth: 05-Sep-1763

Place of Birth: Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1831

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: Luxembourg, France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Jean-Georges Willmar

  • Jean-Georges-Othon-Martin-Victorin-Zacharie Willmar (5 September 1763 - 1 January 1831) was a jurist, and governor of Luxembourg from 1817 to 1830.
  • Born in Prüm, Willmar was a lawyer in the Conseil souverain.
  • When Luxembourg was occupied by French Revolutionary troops, Willmar was appointed the "Agent national" of the commission which transitionally administered the country.
  • When Luxembourg was incorporated into the Département des Forêts, he was appointed president of the criminal tribunal. In April 1800 he was nominated under-prefect of Bitburg. In 1815 he became provisional governor of the Grand Duchy, and on 29 May 1817 was made governor.
  • An important part of this function was inspecting the Grand Duchy village by village and writing reports on the conditions here.
  • A recurring theme of these reports was the poor state of the roads.
  • As governor, he also reported to The Hague on the ever-rising discontent of the people over taxes, seen as too high and unfair. After the Belgian Revolution, he remained loyal to the Dutch king, although Jean-Baptiste Nothomb had indicated that he could remain governor of a Belgian Luxembourg, and his son Jean-Jacques Willmar could become president of the tribunal of Arlon.
  • There was however, little will to compromise on the part of the Dutch King, and Prince William II was imposed as governor of the southern provinces. On 1 January 1831 he died in Luxembourg city.
  • Jean-Georges Willmar was married twice: first to Marie-Catherine Graas, who died in 1794, and with whom he had five children, including Jean-Jacques Willmar, and secondly to Marie-Jeanne Graas, Marie-Catherine's sister, with whom he had one son.

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