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20-466: Denis Godefroy (Dionysius Gothofredus) (1549–1622), jurist, son of Leon Godefroy , lord of Guigneccourt , was professor of law in Geneva . Denis's mother, Marie Lourdel, was the great granddaughter of Jacques III De Thou , and a cousin by marriage of the celebrated antiquarian Claude Fauchet . His eldest son, Théodore Godefroy (1580–1649), was born at Geneva on 14 July 1580. He abjured Calvinism, and

40-785: A brilliant career, to establish himself at Geneva . He became professor of law there, received the freedom of the city in 1580 and in 1587 became a member of the Council of the Two Hundred . Henry IV of France induced him to return to France by making him grand bailli of Gex , but no sooner had he installed himself than the town was sacked and his library burnt by the troops of the duke of Savoy . In 1591 he became professor of Roman law at Strassburg , where he remained until April 1600, when in response to an invitation from Frederick IV, Elector Palatine , he moved to Heidelberg. The difficulties of his position led to his return to Strassburg for

60-776: A historian, and Jean , sieur d'Aumont (1656–1732), who edited the letters of Louis XII , the memoirs of Marguerite de Valois , of Castelnau and Pierre de l'Estoile , and left some useful material for the history of the Low Countries; Jean Baptiste Achille Godefroy , sieur de Maillart (1697–1759), and Denis Joseph Godefroy , sieur de Maillart (1740–1819), son and grandson of Jean Godefroy, who were both officials at Lille, and left valuable historical documents which have remained in manuscript. For further details see Les Savants Godefroy (Paris, 1873) by Denis-Charles Godefroy-Ménilglaise , son of Denis Joseph Godefroy. Charles Godefroy (1888–1958) flew his Nieuport fighter through

80-456: A low level over a tram in which passengers threw themselves to the ground, and many passers-by ran away frightened. Godefroy then flew over the Place de la Concorde and returned to the airfield, where his mechanic checked over the engine. No one at the airfield had taken any notice of the flight, which had lasted half an hour. Mortane had the whole event filmed and photographed. The film screening

100-531: A short time, but in November 1604 he definitely settled at Heidelberg. He was made head of the faculty of law in the university, and was from time to time employed on missions to the French court. His repeated refusal of offers of advancement in his own country was due to his Calvinism . He died at Strassburg, having left Heidelberg before the city was sacked by the imperial troops in 1621. His most important work

120-562: Is preserved in the libraries of the British Museum , of Basel and Paris. Charles Godefroy Charles Godefroy (29 December 1888 at La Flèche ( Sarthe ) – 11 December 1958 at Soisy-sous-Montmorency , ( Val d'Oise ), north of Paris ) was a French aviator who became famous for flying through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris in 1919. He was called up for military service in 1914 at

140-588: The Codex Theodosianus . This code formed the principal, though not the only, source of the legal systems of the countries formed from the Western Empire. Godefroy's edition was enriched with a multitude of important notes and historical comments, and became a standard authority on the decadent period of the Western Empire. It was only printed thirteen years after his death under the care of his friend Antoine Marville at Lyon (4 vols., 1665),and

160-622: The Arch of Triumph in Paris in 1919, three weeks after the victory parade. He did it as a salute to all the airmen killed in World War I . Different spelling for the family name Godeffroy ( Huguenot from La Rochelle later in Germany), or the Dutch spelling Godeffroij and Godefroij . Denis Godefroy Denis Godefroy ( Dionysius Gothofredus ; 17 October 1549 – 7 September 1622)

180-641: The age of 26 years. After being wounded and a stay in hospital, he entered the French Air Force on 1 September 1917. He completed his training on a Nieuport fighter at Miramas in November 1918. Because of his abilities as a pilot, he quickly became a flying instructor. France planned a victory parade on the Champs Élysées on 14 July 1919 to mark the end of hostilities in World War I. The military command ordered airmen to participate "on foot", like

200-623: The airfield of Villacoublay in a Nieuport 27 sesquiplane and soon reached the Porte Maillot . Coming from the west, he circled the Arc de Triomphe twice and began his approach along the Avenue de la Grande-Armée . He gathered speed and forced the plane down and through the Arc. He did not have much clearance – the width of the Arc is 14.50 m (47.6 ft), not much more than his aircraft's wingspan of 8.21 m (26.9 ft). He passed at

220-505: The infantry. This was a provocation to the pilots, who regarded themselves as "heroes of the air". At a meeting at Le Fouquet's, a bar on the Champs Élysées, a group of aviators decided to address this affront by selecting one of them to fly through the Arc de Triomphe during the parade. The choice fell on Jean Navarre , a flying ace with 12 air victories. But Navarre died in a practice flight on 10 July. Godefroy, who had 500 flying hours at

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240-758: The subject of royal ceremonial, and was re-edited by his son in an enlarged edition in 1649. Besides his printed works he made vast collections of historical material which remain in manuscript and fills the greater part of the Godefroy collection of over five hundred portfolios in the Library of the Institute in Paris. These were catalogued by Ludovic Lalanne in the Annuaire-Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire de France (1865–1866 and 1892). The second son of Denis, Jacques Godefroy (1587–1652), jurist,

260-561: The time, volunteered to make the flight in Navarre's stead. With journalist Jacques Mortane, his close companion, Godefroy inspected the Arc de Triomphe several times to examine the air route and the air currents. He practiced at the bridge over the Small Rhône at Miramas . On 7 August 1919, three weeks after the victory parade, under cover of secrecy and dressed in his warrant officer uniform, Godefroy took off at 7:20 a.m. from

280-568: Was a French jurist , a member of the noted Godefroy family . He worked in France and Germany. He was born in Paris , the son of Léon Godefroy, lord of Guignecourt . He was educated at the Collège de Navarre , and studied law at Louvain , Cologne , and Heidelberg , returning to Paris in 1573. He embraced the reformed religion , and in 1579 left Paris, where his abilities and connections promised

300-669: Was banned by the Commissioner of Police. Godefroy stayed officially in the background, but his name could not be kept secret for long. The authorities disapproved of the event and were afraid of it being imitated, but Godefroy escaped with only a warning. Articles have since been published in many newspapers. After this exploit, Godefroy had to promise his family to give up flying. Thereafter, he attended to his wine trade in Aubervilliers . He died shortly before his 70th birthday at Soisy-sous-Montmorency . The municipality named

320-565: Was born at Geneva on 13 September 1587. He was sent to France in the 1600s, and studied law and history at Bourges and Paris . He remained faithful to the Calvinist persuasion, and soon returned to Geneva, where he became active in public affairs. He was secretary of state from 1632 to 1636, and syndic or chief magistrate in 1637, 1641, 1645 and 1649. He died on 23 June 1652. In addition to his civic and political work he lectured on law, and produced, after thirty years of labor, his edition of

340-461: Was called to the bar in Paris. He became historiographer of France in 1613, and was employed from time to time on diplomatic missions. He was employed at the Congress of Münster , where he remained after the signing of peace in 1648 as chargé d'affaires until his death on 5 October of the next year. His most important work is Le Cérémonial de France (1619), a work which became a classic on

360-474: Was entrusted by Colbert with the care and investigation of the records concerning the Low Countries preserved at Lille , where a great part of his life was spent. He was also the historian of the reigns of Charles VII of France and Charles VIII of France . Other members of the family who attained distinction in the same branch of learning were the two sons of Denis Godefroy: Denis (1653–1719), also

380-601: Was reprinted at Leipzig (6 vols.) in 1736–1745. Of his numerous other works the most important was the reconstruction of the Twelve Tables of early Roman law. See also the dictionary of Moréri , Nicéron 's Mémoires (vol. 17) and a notice in the Bibliothèque universelle de Genève (Dec. 1837). Denis Godefroy (1615–1681), eldest son of Théodore, succeeded his father as historiographer of France, and re-edited various chronicles which had been published by him. He

400-753: Was the new edition of Corpus juris civilis , originally published at Geneva in 1583, which went through some twenty editions, the most valuable of them being that printed by the Elzevirs at Amsterdam in 1663 and the Leipzig edition of 1740. Lists of his other learned works may be found in Senebier 's Hist. litt. de Genève , vol. ii., and in Nicéron 's Mémoires , vol. xvii. Some of his correspondence with his learned friends, with his kinsman President de Thou , Isaac Casaubon , Jean Jacques Grynaeus , and others,

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