Daniel de Superville (1657–1728)

Daniel de Superville's family originated in [[Osse-en-Aspe]] in [[Béarn]], in the French [[Pyrenees]]. His great-grandfather Jean de Superville served as personal physician to King [[Henry IV of France]]. His grandfather and father, both called Jacques de Superville, were also physicians, the former in [[Niort]], the latter in Saumur.[[Jacques-Georges Chauffepié]], ''Nouveau dictionnaire historique et critique: pour servir de supplément ou de continuation au Dictionnaire historique et critique de Pierre Bayle'', Volume 4, p.381. [[University of Lausanne]], 1756. (French)

Daniel de Superville's family originated in [[Osse-en-Aspe]] in [[Béarn]], in the French [[Pyrenees]]. His great-grandfather Jean de Superville served as personal physician to King [[Henry IV of France]]. His grandfather and father, both called Jacques de Superville, were also physicians, the former in [[Niort]], the latter in Saumur.[[Jacques-Georges Chauffepié]], ''Nouveau dictionnaire historique et critique: pour servir de supplément ou de continuation au Dictionnaire historique et critique de Pierre Bayle'', Volume 4, p.381. [[University of Lausanne]], 1756. (French)

De Superville was born in Saumur and studied theology there. From 1677 to 1679 he also followed studies in theology in [[Geneva]]. In 1683 he became a pastor of the Protestant church in [[Loudun]]. As part of King [[Louis XIV of France]]'s persecution of Huguenots, the ''[[dragonnade]]s'' instituted in 1681, he was charged in mid-1685 with preaching a seditious sermon, and was detained in Paris for three months to await trial. Following Louis XIV's [[Edict of Fontainebleau]] in October 1685, revoking the [[Edict of Nantes]], Daniel de Superville and 600 of his followers fled France to seek asylum in the Dutch Republic. There, he and his first wife Elisabeth de Monnery settled in [[Maastricht]].

De Superville was born in Saumur and studied theology there. From 1677 to 1679 he also followed studies in theology in [[Geneva]]. In 1683 he became a pastor of the Protestant church in [[Loudun]]. As part of King [[Louis XIV]]'s persecution of Huguenots, the ''[[dragonnade]]s'' instituted in 1681, he was charged in mid-1685 with preaching a seditious sermon, and was detained in Paris for three months to await trial. Following Louis XIV's [[Edict of Fontainebleau]] in October 1685, revoking the [[Edict of Nantes]], Daniel de Superville and 600 of his followers fled France to seek asylum in the Dutch Republic. There, he and his first wife Elisabeth de Monnery settled in [[Maastricht]].

He was invited to become a pastor of the Walloon churches in both [[Berlin]] and [[Hamburg]] but decided instead to accept an invitation to become assistant pastor of the congregation in Rotterdam. He was appointed to that position on 13 January 1686. In 1691 he was invited to become pastor of the ''Eglise française de la Savoye'' in [[London]]. In order to keep him in Rotterdam, the local authorities offered to make him full pastor in Rotterdam instead. He accepted the position and remained pastor until he was succeeded by one of his sons (also named Daniel de Superville) on 13 September 1725.

He was invited to become a pastor of the Walloon churches in both [[Berlin]] and [[Hamburg]] but decided instead to accept an invitation to become assistant pastor of the congregation in Rotterdam. He was appointed to that position on 13 January 1686. In 1691 he was invited to become pastor of the ''Eglise française de la Savoye'' in [[London]]. In order to keep him in Rotterdam, the local authorities offered to make him full pastor in Rotterdam instead. He accepted the position and remained pastor until he was succeeded by one of his sons (also named Daniel de Superville) on 13 September 1725.