Desmarets, Henry feb.1661-7.sep.1741 France, Paris - Luneville
1668 page and 1678 'ordinaire de la musique' at the court of Louis XIV, after the death of his wife he fell in love with his underage pupil for which he was sentenced to death for abduction and seduction, that was after the couple had already fled to Brussels in August 1699, then to Madrid where they married, 1707 he was maitre de musique in Nancy France ; son of receiver of taxes in Beaujollois Hugues Desmarets (-1668) and Madeleine Frottier ; 17.jul.1689 at Saint-Sulpice Paris he married Elisabeth Desprez (-2.aug.1696 Paris) ; daughter Elisabeth Madeleine (Paris 1690-19.aug.1742 Luneville) ; 20.mar.1697 in Senlis he gave notice of the banns and 1701 in Madrid he married Marie Marguerite de Saint Gobert (Senlis 9.jun.1678-17.aug.1727 Nancy or Luneville) ; son lieutenant de cavalerie d'Heudicourt Leopold Desmarets (Senlis paroisse Sainte-Marie-du-Temple 25.feb.1698-1750), son president l'election de Senlis Francois Antoine Desmarets (Nancy 25.nov.1711-), son Charles Ignace Desmarets baron de Mahuet (Nancy paroisse Notre-Dame 26.apr.1716-) ; [Jean Joseph Louis Desmarets, 1744-1746 student of law in Nancy, as mentioned in Le Menestrel is from another Desmarets family of Nancy]

[offical documents give his name as Desmarets, Desmarest is a misspelling, in the plea of his trial 5.aug.1699 he is wrongly named Henri des Marests]