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Friday, August 16, 2013

GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE

Brief History and Genealogy 

La Maison de GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE



The GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE family traces their origin not to France but to Scotland. There the family dynasty was established with Fergus the First around 350. Around 1249 the Grand castle was constructed in Invernesshire (source 2).


Grant-strathspey2.jpg
The Arms of the Scottish Grant Family
 The Scottish Grant family continues to own the Castle Grant and the current head of the family (clan) is the Right Honorable, Sir James Patrick Trevor Grant of Grant, 6th Barton of Strathspey and 33rd hereditary Clan Chief of the Grant.

During many centuries, the Scottish Grant Clan supported the Scottish independence and directly collaborated with  figures like  William Wallance. However, during the conflict between King Charles I and Parliament, the Grant clan supported the English royalist forces. After the English Civil War, the family become a supporter of William of Orange's claim to the throne of England against the Jacobites (Source 2).


The Grant Family in France


After the conquest of England by the Norman King William the Conqueror (1028-1087), many Scottish families settled in Normandy. The GRAND or GRANT - as it was known in France - received from the King of England many fiefdoms. Already by 1120, the family held the titles of Esquire (écuyer) and Knight (chevalier).

The Grant de Luxoliére de  Bellussière Castle in Rudeau-Ladosse (Photo Public Domain)


According to the published description of the Grant/Grand family in the "Armorial de la noblesse du Périgord, Volume" (1891) by Alfred de Froidefond de Boulazac, the family was forced to enter commerce in order to recuperate from the losses it suffered during the wars of religion in France. The Grant/Grand family asked for a reinstatement of their nobility to Henry IV of France and Navarre (1553 -1610)

On January 25, 1610 Letters Patent were issued by His Majesty, King Henry IV in favor of François III Grand, écuyer, seigneur de Faveyrol, Bellussiére, and Baron of Luxoliére (Source 4).

Description of Coat of Arms (Blason) 


"Le Bulletin héraldique de France: ou, Revue historique de la noblesse ..., Volumes 5-6" (1892) reports that the coat of arms of the Grant or Grad family has


"D'azur à trois serpents ( ou dragons) volants d'or, posés l'un sur l'autre." (a blue background and three dragons of gold flying one over the other).

The motto of the family was Serpent unquam (Serpent Never).

Titles of the Family

The Grant or Grand  family were known in France under the following names and titles (Source 6):

  1.  Seigneur de Bellussiére (since 1668) and Baron de Bellussiére in the Kingdom of France and Navarre (since 1820)
  2. Seigneur  de Luxollière (since 1392)
  3. du Tenteillac (since 1480)
  4. du Reclaud (since 1745)
  5. de Faveyroux (since 1668)
  6. de Beaussac (since 1668)
  7. Marquis de la  MAILLARD de La FAYE (land and castle passed unto Alexandre-Robert GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1864-1929), Baron de BELLUSSIÈRE (1905) upon the death of the last Marquis de La Faye in 1921.

Note: The Tribunal de Nontron fixed the name of the family in 1858 to read:
Grant de Luxolière de Bellussière (Source 10)

  Abbreviated Genealogy (1392 - Present)



Jehan GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (c. 1392)


 married on June 20, 1412 Jeanne de ROCHECORAIL (1393) and issued (Jacques, Pierre I, and Jehan)


Pierre I GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (1415-1473)


married on October 4, 1444 Marie BERTIN (1449) and issued (Jacques, Radegonde, Bertrande)



Jacques GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (1444), Écuyer (esquire)



 married on July 14, 1480 Anne BERTIN (c.1449) and issued  François I.


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La Maison de  GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de TENTEILLAC (1480-1881)


François I GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (c.1480), Sgr de Tenteillac



married October 10, 1510 Claire de LA GASTE (1480) and issued


François II GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (1510),Sgr de Tenteillac



Married on September 10, 1548 Claire de LAGEARD (1528) and issued

a)  Pierre II GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (1548) m. Françoise de BOURGOIN (1548)
b)  François III GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (1550-1649) m. Françoise de RIEU


Pierre II GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (1548)


married on November 20, 1585,  Françoise de BOURGOIN and issued ( François, Jean, Pierre III)


[Note: According to the study of Pierre BARBIER de la SERRE, the House of TENTEILLAC become extinct on March 19, 1881 with the death of  Christine who was the daughter of Claude (1752), Source 7]


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 GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSIERE (1550-1929)

 

 François III GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (1550-1649), écuyer, seigneur de Faveyrol, Bellussiére, and Baron of Luxoliére, Gendarme du Roi


Married on April 6, 1585 Françoise de RIEU (1550-1638) and issued (René and Honorette)

a. René GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE
b. Honorette GRANT  (c.1602) m. Thibaud de CAMAIN

Biographical Note:

On December 10, 1617 he bought  "la haute justice de la seigneurie de Bellussière" from  Hélie de Pompadour, chevalier, seigneur du Bourdeix and  baron de Laurière et de Nontron .

On February 12, 1637 he bought from the Lady de Montluc, Princess of  Chalais  the Parish of  Beaus  with the right to carryout justice for 12,000 pounds (source, 6).


René GRANT GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (1600-1646) , sgr de Bellussière



Married Marguerite de CONAN and issued


a) Henriette Honorette GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (c.1627)
b) Françoise GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (c.1630)
c) François IV  GRANT (1636-1668), sgr de Bellussière



François IV GRANT (1636-1668), Seigneur de BELLUSSIÈRE 



Married Marguerite de FAYOLLE de TOCANE and issued:
 
a)  Jean GRANT 1656-
 b) François GRANT 1657-
c) François GRANT 1658-
d)  Joseph GRANT (1659-1683)
 e)  Antoine GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (1662)
f) Dauphine GRANT de BELLUSSIÈRE  (1664) m. 1683  Joseph de TESTARD  


Antoine GRANT (1662), Sgr de Faveyrol, Beaussac et Bellussière



Married Jeanne de CAMAIN (†1730) and issued (François, François, Marthe, Marie Magdeleine, Claude, François, Marthe Marie, Guy and Jacques)


Guy GRANT de BELLUSSIÈRE (1697-1745) 



married Marie Thérèse de RESTIER de DUREFORT and issued
de DUREFORT



a. Marie Catherine GRANT de BELLUSSIÈRE (†1783)

b. Marie Rose GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (†1828)

c. Jean-Guy GRANT de BELLUSSIÈRE (1745-1830)


Jean-Guy GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1745-1830), Seigneur de Bellusiere and Beaussac, Maire de Ladosse, mousquetaire gris


married Marie de SAULNIER des HORTES (+1818) and issued :

a. Sicaire-Jean-Guy GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1770-1837)


b. Louis GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1775-1842) and married on 27 August 1789 to Gabrielle-Cécile-Marguerite-Françoise JOUMARD de CHABAS (1782-1837) and issued:


 b.1 Jean-Armand (1799-1872),Lieutenant de louveterie (1835) married 21 February 1835 at the château de Lanmary to Hermine Le Roy de Barde (1815-1901) and issued.

b.2 Honorine-Marie-Claire (1800) married on 4 August 1837 to Louis-Martin de la Salle du Maigneaux (1786-1873) and issued.
 
b.3 Sicaire-Eugene (1902-1892), Maire of Creyssac, Chevalier of the Legion of Honor married Marie-Louise-Augusta Le Conte de la Richardie (1817-1906)

Death Announcement of Sicaire-Eugene Grant de Luxoliere de Bellusiere (Source 15)


c. Madeleine Angélique Justine  GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE married to Philippe de CONAN (circa 1777)

 

 Sicaire-Jean-Guy GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1770-1837), Baron de BELLUSSIÈRE, Officier de cavalerie, lieutenant au régiment d'Artois-cavalerie


Biographical Note:

"Il [Sicaire-Jean-Guy] est fait prisonnier au début d'octobre 1792 avec douze autres émigrés sur la frontière du Nord où ils avaient rejoint l'armée des princes. Transférés à Paris et incarcérés le 19 à la Conciergerie, ils sont jugés le 22 par une commission militaire composée de cinq membres.

Ayant occulté ses qualités de gentilhomme et d'officier lors de son arrestation, il est enregistré comme suit au greffe :

"Sicaire Legrand, âgé de 22 ans, de Beaussac en Périgord, domestique de M. de Montferrand, officier du ci-devant régiment d'Artois-cavalerie".

Ce subterfuge lui sauvera la vie puisque puisqu'il sera absous par la commission au motif qu' "il n'a point été pris les armes à la main", contrairement à neuf de ses compagnons qui seront guillotinés le lendemain matin place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville, dont:

1. Jean-Jacques Maurice de Sentout,
2.Étienne-Hyacinthe Gauthier de Latouche,
4.les frères Hyacinthe et Émeric de Godefroy de Boisjugan,
5.Jean-Louis de Monamy de Mirambel et
5.Charles-Hyacinthe-Laurent Bernage de Saint-Illiers"

[Source 13]

 married Jeanne Pauline de MAILLARD de La FAYE ( †1837) and issued

de MAILLARD de La FAYE (Source 5)


a. Guillaume Alexandre GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1820-1905)

b. Philippine Rose Julie Françoise GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1822-)

c. Philippe-Alexandre-Guillaume-Guy GRANT de BELLUSSIÈRE (1829-1880) married Marie-Angélique-Berthe Debetz de Beaurepaire and issued:


c.1 Marie GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1867-1869)


c.2 Magdeleine GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1870-1882)



c.3 Louis-Joseph-Charles GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1875) maried 19 may 1906 to Marie Mazelle and issued:

c.3.a Guy-Gustave-Alexandre (1912-1940),  Mort Pour La France 


Guillaume-Alexandre GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1820-1905), Baron de BELLUSSIÈRE, Membre de la société d'agriculture, sciences et arts de Dordogne 



married Berthe-Marie-Célestine de PICHON-LONGUEVILLE (1840-1889) and issued (Laurence, Lucie, Robert, Christine, and  Celine).


See House of Pichon-Longueville Geneaology 




a. Laurence-Marie-Estelle GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1857-1942)

Note: In 1930, Laurence-Marie-Estelle adopts nephew-in-law, Jacques de Vandière de Vitrac, Count de Vandière de Vitrac to succeed his brother in the title of Baron of GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE


b. Lucie GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1863-1933) married in 1888 to Marie Antoine Paulin Joseph de Montety (1852-1900) and issued:


Funeral Card of Lucie GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1863-1933), Source 15



c. Robert Philippe Alexandre GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1864-1929)



d. Christine Marie Berthe GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1869-1957) married in 1892 Marie-Louis- Olivier, Count de Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles (1865-1942) and issued:





Wedding gift to celebrate the union of the two noble houses (Source 15)

Wedding Announcement of Christine-Marie-Berthe and Olivier Gaigneron de Marolles (Source 15)



d.1) Louis-Marie-Adolphe Léopold (1897-1986) married Raymonde ERNEST-PICARD (+1995)

d.2) Jacques (1900-1980), Count de Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles, married in 1929 to Louise de GEOFRRE de CHABRIGNAC  (1905-1983)

d.3) Louis Marie François (1910-1999)  married 18 April 1932 to Denyse Doussau de Neurisse (1906-1977)

d.4) Nelly - died in infancy.

d.5) Louise-Marie-Berthe (1903-1991) married Yves REAL del SARTE (+1979) of the House of Phillippy Bucelly d'Estreès 

d.6) Louise-Marie-Suzanne (1906-1980)
d.7) Louis-Marie-Pierre (1910-1996) married Geneviève LEGRAND (1914-2004)


See entry for House of Philippy Bucelly d'Estrées (click here)

See entry for Réal del Sarte Family 



e) Céline GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE, Religious Sister of the Sacred Heart (Soeur religieuse du sacré coeur)





 Philippe-Alexandre-Robert GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1864-1929), Baron de  BELLUSSIÈRE (1905) and Seigneur MAILLARD de La FAYE (1921), Graduate of l'École polytechnique (1886),  Capitaine d'escadron (1907), Officier of the Legion of Honor (1907,1922)

Cadet, Philippe-Alexandre-Robert (Source 11)



Married 21 October 1891, Louise  (dit Mina) Amélie Marie de GAIGNERON JOLLIMON de MAROLLES (1871-1943)  and issued (Geneviève and Christian):



Amélie Marie de GAIGNERON JOLLIMON de MAROLLES (1871-1943), Source 15
Biographical Note:

Upon the death of Edmond de Maillard de la Faye, Marquis de la Lafaye (1843-1921), Robert inherited the land and  château de la Faye (Dordogne). He does become the de facto Seigneur de Maillard de la Faye (Source 12).



a. Geneviève Louise Amélie GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1895-1967)

Married in 1919 Jacques Ludovic Joseph Henri de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC (1890-1975), Count of  VANDIÈRE de VITRAC and Baron of BELLUSSIÈRE
La Maison de Vandière de Vitrac



b. Christian-Etienne-Joseph GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1893-1897).

Biographical Note:
Only son of Robert and Mina died in a tragic way. He was crashed by a train at  the "gare de Puyoo" (Basse-Pyrénées).

[Source 9]

  

The Headship of the 

House of GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE


According the the study conducted by Henry de L'ESPINAY, the last Baron GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE was Philippe-Alexandre-Robert who died in 1929.

However, the eldest daughter of Guillaume Alexandre GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE 1820-1905, Laurence Marie Estelle (1857-1942) adopted her nephew-in-law Jacques Ludovic Joseph Henri de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC, Count of Vandière de Vitrac (1890-1975).

He was adopted on May 14, 1930 and thus become Count of  Vandière de Vitrac and Baron of Bellussière.

Jacques Ludovic Joseph Henri de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC was the son of Marc Antoine de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC (1845-1916) and Marie-Antoinette de La PINSONIE (1850-1936)


Jacques Ludovic Joseph Henri married Geneviève Louise Amélie Grant de Luxolière de Bellussière (1895 -1967) on May 15, 1919.

Geneviève Louise was the daughter of the Baron  Grant de Luxolière de Bellussière (1864 - 1929) and Louise Amélie Marie Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles (1871 -1943).

 

The House of de Vandière de Vitrac de Bellussière (1930-Present)



Jacques Ludovic Joseph Henri de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC (1890-1975), Count de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC, Baron de BELLUSSIÈRE, Directeur des Bonneteries de l'Ouest Réunies


 Married Geneviève Louise Amélie GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1895-1967)
 and  issued:

1) Christian de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC de BELLUSSIÈRE (1920-1992) married to Françoise de Blois de la Calande and issued: (Bruno, Catherine, Odile, Laure, and Claire)

La Maison de Blois de la Calande (Source 14)


2) Thérèse-Marie de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC de BELLUSSIÈRE married Xavier CALOT and issued

3) Ernest de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC de BELLUSSIÈRE (1922-1935)

4) Marie-Antoinette de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC de BELLUSSIÈRE (1924-1941)

5) Suzanne de VANDIÈRE de VITRACde BELLUSSIÈRE (1926) married Renaud BARBIER de la  SERRE (1925) and issued

La Maison de Barbier de la Serre (Source 14)



6) Marc de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC de BELLUSSIÈRE (1928) married Thérèse Daru (1930) and issued

[Source 9]




Bruno de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC de BELLUSSIÈRE (1950-), Count de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC, Baron de BELLUSSIÈRE, Lieutenant d'aviation (R)

He married in 1982 Jennifer Wilson and the issued: (Philippe, Alix, and Louis)




Note:
Through the maternal side, Jennifer de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC de BELLUSSIÈRE (née WILSON) is a descendant of the renowned French scientist Louis-Joseph GAY-LUSSAC (1778-1850), Pair de France. 

    Philippe  de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC de BELLUSSIÈRE (1983-), Hereditary Count de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC, Hereditary Baron de BELLUSSIÈRE


    Married in 2014 to Coralie BONNET



    [Source 9]


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    Sources Consulted:


    1) "Notes Isolees" Information about Vandière de Vitrac and Baron de BELLUSSIÈRE by Pierre Driout

    2) "Clan Grant" entry on "Wikipedia"

    3) "Pichon- Longueville" by the Reverend Father Henry de L'ESPINAY (1997). This book was published as a private geneology or document for the descendants of the Pinchon-Longueville familiy. We are grateful for Madame F. Marty- Real del Sarte for allowing us the opporunity to consult the book.

    4) Much of the genealogy of the Grant family was taken from the genealogical studies published in the online database Geneanet (http://gw.geneanet.org/pierfit?lang=fr&p=rene&n=grant).

    5) Maillard de la Faye and other genealogies

    6) "Armorial de la noblesse du Périgord, Volume" (1891) by Alfred de Froidefond de Boulazac on "google books".

    7) "Grant" entry on gw.geneanet.org (French) by Pierre BARBIER de la SERRE

    8) Funeral cards of Amélie Marie de GAIGNERON JOLLIMON de MAROLLES (1871-1943) and Lucie GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1863-1933) are the courtesy of Madame F. Marty-Real del Sarte.

    9) Many thanks to Mr. Pierre BARBIER de la SERRE for his important genealogical contacts and information.

    10) "Le bulletin héraldique de France" volume 5-6, 1892. Digitized by Google Books.

    11) Image of Guillaume-Alexandre-Robert Grant de Luxoliere de Bellusiere taken from the archives of L'École polytechnique.

    12) Information on the inheritance of  Robert Grant de Luxoliere de Bellusiere was taken from the website http://jm.ouvrard.pagesperso-orange.fr. The same information appears in the Roglo entry on Edmond de Maillard de la Faye.

    13) The research on Sicaire-Jean-Guy Grant de Luxoliere de Bellusiere was conducted by Mr. Jean Catherine and published on https://gw.geneanet.org.

    14)  The blasons of the de Blois de la Calande and Barbier de la Serre families were confirmed and taken from the Jougla, de M. H, and Raoul . Warren. Grand Armorial De France: 2. Paris: Frankelve, 1975. Print.

    15) Private collection (F.Marty-Réal del Sarte).
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