The Bellegarde family is an Austrian noble family from Savoy, of French origin, whose members held the title of Count in Bohemia, granted to them on 13 September 1741. [1] [2]
It also a French surname derived from a toponym meaning "beautiful watch-tower or look-out".
Count Heinrich von Bellegarde, Viceroy of Lombardy-Venetia, of a noble Savoyard family, was born in Saxony, joined the Saxon army and later entered Habsburg military service, where he became a general officer serving in the Habsburg border wars, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He became a Generalfeldmarschall and statesman.
The House of Betha or Bethe is an Austro-German noble family constituting a part of the Uradel. Noted in Prussian history since the early 14th century, the lineage has constituted various ecclesiastical and political roles, such as Crusader knights, clergy, and later minor political figures in the Herrenhaus.
This is a list of counts of the County of Comminges.
Bellegarde may refer to:
De Mercy is a French locational surname, derived from places called Mercy in France.
The Grand Écuyer de France or Grand Squire of France or Grand Equerry of France was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France and a member of the Maison du Roi during the Ancien Régime. The name "écuyer", the French word for squire, is the origin for the French word "écurie" (stable) and the English word equerry. The position was roughly equivalent to the United Kingdom positions of Master of the Horse and the Crown Equerry.
The Le Tellier family is a noted French noble family, originally from Chaville, ennobled in 1574 and later acquired the title of Marquis de Louvois. Members of the family distinguished themselves under the Ancien Régime as major political, ecclesiastical and military figures.
Devereux is a Norman surname. Derived form of D'Evreux / Devreux, meaning d'Évreux, the surname is found frequently in Ireland, Wales and England and to a lesser extent elsewhere in the English-speaking world. Saint Devereux Church in Hereford, United Kingdom is also named Saint Dubricius and is dedicated to the 6th century clergyman Saint Dubricius from Hereford, suggesting that the name is a Norman French rendering of Dubricius or the saint's Welsh name Dyfrig. In Ireland, the name is associated with Wexford, where the Cambro-Normans first invaded from Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1170. Anglo-Norman develops regularly a svarabakhti vowel /e/ between /v/ and /r/, such as in overi, or livere. Dubricius is called Dubrice in French and Dyfrig would have given *Difry / *Dufry in French and *Difery / *Dufery in Anglo-Norman, and St. Devereux is probably a mistranslation after the surname Devereux. The French variant is Devreux, which unlike Devereux is found within Normandy and France themselves.
Roger II de Saint-Lary, seigneur de Termes, duc de Bellegarde, nephew of Roger de Saint-Lary de Bellegarde, was a French duke.
The Le Tonnelier de Breteuil family was an influential and powerful French noble family, originated in Beauvais, northern France, whose members held many important political and military positions throughout history of the Kingdom of France.
Rozmiarek is a surname deriving from Polish meaning surveyor, or one who measures. It is a derivation of the Polish word rozmiar, that has a modern meaning of size, dimension, scale, gauge, gage, extent. In Poland, the Rozmiarek surname is found most commonly in the area around Poznań, in western Poland.
The House of Lamberg is the name of an ancient Austrian noble family, whose members occupied significant positions within the Holy Roman Empire and later in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Ormond or Ormand is an old surname, originated in Ireland and Scotland (Ormond), but also occurring in England, Wales, Australia, New Zealand, United States, Portugal and Brazil.
The Banffy family is an ancient Hungarian noble family, whose members occupied many important political positions in the Kingdom of Hungary and later within the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
La Tour is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Desmoulins, de Moulins, des Moulins or Demoulin are toponymic surnames literally meaning "from the mill" in French. It may have originated either as a nickname for someone who lived by the mill or as a toponymic surname for a person from one of the many places in France and Belgium named Moulins. Notable people with the surname include:
The Bombelles family is an old French aristocratic family which originated from the Duchy of Lorraine. Members of the family later settled in the Holy Roman Empire and in Portugal. They held the title of Marquis in France and Count in Austria.
Swoboda is a surname of Czech origin. A variant of Svoboda, it is popular mainly among West Slavic nations. In Czech, the word's primary meaning is 'freedom' or 'liberty'. As a surname, it used to refer to "free men".
The Kielmansegg family is the name of an old German noble family. Members of the family held the title of Imperial Count, granted to them on 23 February 1723 by Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor.
César de Saint-Lary, baron de Bellegarde et Termes was a French noble, governor, courtier and military commander. The son of the royal favourite Roger de Saint-Lary and Marguerite de Savoie, Bellegarde entered royal service as a gentilhomme de la chambre at the age of 16. In 1579, his father who was rebelling against the crown died, and Bellegarde claimed his father's governate of Saluzzo, taking up his cause. The royal favourite the duke of Épernon was sent to negotiate him out of his control of Saluzzo, the two came to a compromise but this was foiled by rebellious commanders subordinate to Bellegarde who refused to yield their towns. Marshal Retz would later succeed in securing all the towns of Saluzzo, and negotiating Bellegarde out of any control over the governate. In compensation Bellegarde was made maître de camp of the light cavalry and captain in the royal ordinance company. In 1585 he became governor of the Angoumois, Saintonge and pays d'Aunis, succeeding Philippe de Volvire, in this post he sought to bring the local nobility into alignment with the crown. In 1587 he joined the royal favourite Anne de Joyeuse on his royal campaign against the king of Navarre in Poitou, and received fatal wounds at the Battle of Coutras, which he would die of on 29 October 1587.