Jean-Baptiste-Joseph de Coriolis de Villeneuve d'Espinouse was born in an aristocratic family on January 30, 1655, in Aix-en-Provence.[1][2][3] His father, Pierre de Coriolis de Villeneuve d'Espinouse, served as Président à mortier of the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence in 1651, and his paternal grandfather, Honoré de Coriolis, did too in 1625, as did his paternal great-grandfather, Laurent de Coriolis de Corbières, in 1600, and his paternal great-great-grandfather, Louis de Coriolis, in 1568.[3] His mother was named Louise d'Oraison.[1][3]
Following in his family footsteps, he served as Président à mortier of the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence from 1690 to 1694, after Joseph-Anne de Valbelle de Tourves (1648–1722) and before Silvy Raousset de Boulbon.[1][4]
He married Elisabeth Catherine Grimaldi.[1][3] They had a son and a daughter:
- Pierre de Coriolis d'Espinouse (1677–1755).[1][3] He married Félicité de Vintimille.[1] They had a daughter and a son:
- Françoise de Coriolis (1713–1737).[1]
- François Charles Xavier de Coriolis d'Espinouse (1719–1798).[1] He married Charlotte de Roux de Courbons.[1] They had:
- Marie Agathe de Coriolis.[1] She married Gilles François de Séran d'Andrieu.[1] They had a son and a daughter:
- Jean-Baptiste François de Séran d'Anglé.[1]
- Henriette Angélique de Séran d'Andrieu (1761–1825).[1]
François Charles Xavier de Coriolis d'Espinouse remarried in 1759 to Antoinette de Montcalm-Gozon (1737–1799).[1] They had a son:
- Charles Louis Alexandre de Coriolis d'Espinouse (1770–1841). He married Henriette d'Estampes (1772–1837).[1] They had a son and a daughter:
- Charles Auguste de Coriolis d'Espinouse (1804–1871).[1]
- Marie Thérèse Calixte de Coriolis (died 1846).[1]
- Madeleine de Coriolis.[3] She married Jean Baptiste Toussaint d'Arnaud de Rousset.[1] They had four daughters and two sons:
- Magdeleine Félicité d'Arnaud de Rousset.[1]
- Marie Thérèse d'Arnaud de Rousset.[1]
- Louis Charles Marie d'Arnaud de Rousset.[1] He married Marie Louise Gabrielle de Bruny.[1] They had a son and three daughters:
- Joseph François d'Arnaud de Rousset.[1]
- Marie Thérèse Adélaïde d'Arnaud de Rousset.[1]
- Madeleine Félicité d'Arnaud de Rousset.[1]
- Marguerite Sophie d'Arnaud de Rousset.[1]
- Pierre François d'Arnaud de Rousset.[1]
- Charlotte d'Arnaud de Rousset.[1]
- Marie Henriette d'Arnaud de Rousset.[1]
He died on January 12, 1712, in Espinouse.[1]