Born François-Louis Croisnu, he was the son of Louis Croisnu, who adopted the name Crosnier,[1] and Marie-Barbe Constantin, concierges of the Opera, who kept the post for over 35 years. François-Louis first married Françoise-Charlotte-Félix Berville Vallouy and in second nuptials, Marie-Joséphine Alcasar, who was the widow of Casimir-Anne-Marie Broussais, the son of
François Broussais.
He died at
Lisle, in the château de l'Épau, near
Vendôme, the town where he was mayor, on 1 September 1867 (acte n° 4, vue 442/469 du registre) and is buried in the
Montmartre Cemetery in a chapel of the 15th division, where he lies alongside his father and his two spouses.
Works
1816 : Le Huit juillet, ou Trois fêtes pour une,
vaudeville in 1 act
1817 : La Pièce en perce, comedy in 1 act, mixed with vaudevilles, with
Armand Croizette
1820 : Paris, le 29 septembre 1820,
impromptu mixed with couplets, with Desprez
1820 : La pièce d'emprunt ou le compilateur, comedy in 1 act, mixed with vaudevilles, with Amable de Saint-Hilaire
"François-Louis Crosnier", in Adolphe Robert and Gaston Cougny, Dictionnaire des parlementaires français (1789-1891), Bourloton, Paris, 1889
Edition detailsWikisource
Tamvaco, Jean-Louis (2000). Les Cancans de l'Opéra. Chroniques de l'Académie Royale de Musique et du théâtre, à Paris sous les deux restorations (2 volumes, in French). Paris: CNRS Editions.
ISBN9782271056856.