title: Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais
text: # Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais
  
  Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais (1773 – 1842) was a French genealogist and littérateur.
  
  ## Biography
  
  ### Early life
  
  Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais was born on 6 April 1773 in Langres, France.
  
  ### Career
  
  During the French Revolution, he served as an Assistant to Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, 1st Count Brune (1763–1815). In 1808, he became a genealogist. His genealogical practice was called, "Bureau général de la Noblesse de France" (General Bureau of French Nobility). By 1820, his sold his practice to Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Jullien de Courcelles (1759-1834).
  
  ### Death and legacy
  
  He died in 1842 in Paris. His son went on to serve in the French Foreign Legion.
  
  