Francis Guillaume

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☨ Francis Guillaume
Profession	circus director
Personal details
Born	1771 Champagne in France
Dead	1853-12-20 Brescia in Italy

Spouse(s)	1808 Marianna Casali

Spouse(s)	Lucia Gorno

Country	Italy

Locations
Title	owner -
Location	at Circus Guillaume in Italy

Biography details

Francis Louis Guillaume , circus director in Italy

Born 1771 in France dead 1853-12-20 in Italy .

From a wealthy family, during the Revolution of 1789 his father was shot in a real massacre of 400-500 people. It is said that he fled with his first wife Maddalena and took refuge in Nice. He was in a hotel when a small equestrian company passed by, where there was a certain Pellé. He bought it and suddenly became the director of an equestrian company. With it he travelled almost all over Europe. He was in Italy, Germany, Poland and Russia.

Once in Italy, the Guillaumes set up their own circus which was very successful also with Prince Eugene Beauharnais, King Joachim Murat, Queen Caroline of Naples so much so that it was called the Grand Equestrian Circus Guillaume.

In 1817 Francesco Luigi settled in Brescia. He married Marianna Casali in Parma on 10 June 1808 who gave him Luigi. After his wife's death he married Lucia Maj (son of Giulio and Teresa Gorno, born in Travagliato on 1 March 1808). After eleven years of inactivity in 1828, with his eldest son Luigi he joined forces with Alessandro Guerra, known as "il Furioso", and left for new performances and shows. Shortly after returning to Brescia, he formed a new company that lasted until 1832. In this year his sons split up, forming two new companies, one of which was led by Giovanni (died in Naples in 1896) and Davide, the other by Luigi.

Family

Total: 4 children

Giovanni Guillaume. Dead: † 1896
Onorato Guillaume. Born: ?.
Luigi Guillaume. Born: 1807-05-22. Dead: † 1883-09-10
Davide Guillaume. Born: 1824-01-01. Dead: † 1901-07-06

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Francis Louis Guillaume in Italy. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3201. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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