House of Roquefeuil-Blanquefort

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de Roquefeuil-Blanquefort Family
De Roquefeuil-Montpeyroux & du Bousquet.svg
CountryFrance (Aquitaine and Rouergue)
Founded1393
FounderJean de Blanquefort
TitlesMarquess du Bousquet (1618) extinct in 1639
MottoHonour me resto, resto m'a basto!
Cadet branchesRoquefeuil du Bousquet
Roquefeuil Montpeyroux
Roquefeuil Cahuzac

The de Roquefeuil-Blanquefort family previously named de Blanquefort is a French noble family from Aquitaine and Rouergue whose proven filiation began in 1393 when Jean of Blanquefort married Catherine de Roquefeuil-Anduze. [1] Their son Antoine took his mother's name. The Roquefeuil-Blanquefort family gave several branches. The remaining two branches are Roquefeuil Monpeyroux and Roquefeuil Cahuzac. [2] The Roquefeuil-Blanquefort family is a member of the Society of the Cincinnati.

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Origin

The proven filiation began of the Roquefeuil-Blanquefort family in 1393 when Jean of Blanquefort married Catherine de Roquefeuil-Anduze [1]

La Chesnaye-Desbois writes in the 18th century that according to an ancient memoir Jean de Blanquefort could descend from the youngest member of the family de Roquefeuil who received the lordship of Blanquefort, but there is no evidence for this. [3]

Louis de La Roque writes in Bulletin de la Société héraldique et généalogique de France (1879): In Guyenne there tere were three lordships whose names were Blanquefort, one in Médoc, one in Agenais and the third one near l'Isle-Jourdain. Each could have given its name to a family and it is difficult to know which one was the origin of the de Blanquefort family. [4]

Branches

Eldest branch (extinct):

Branches of Padiès, Bousquet and Montpeyroux:

Castle du Bousquet Le chateau du Bousquet.jpg
Castle du Bousquet

This cadet branch was created by Antoine de Roquefeuil, brother of Jean II de Roquefeuil and became the main branch after Antoine-Alexandre de Roquefeuil's death. Settled in Montpeyroux the branch owned the castle du Bousquet and included several officers and sailors.

Branch of Cahuzac :

Ancestry from Roquefeuil to the Rockefeller family are suggested, via Goddard Rockenfeller (born 1590) [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Grand Armorial de France Supplément (PDF) (in French). Vol. 6. Paris: Société du Grand Armorial de France. 1948. p. 58.
  2. Régis Valette, Catalogue de la noblesse française, Robert Laffont, 2007, p. 168.
  3. Aubert de La Chesnaye-Desbois, Dictionnaire généalogique, héraldique, chronologique et historique, Duchesne, 1761, page 644.
  4. Bulletin de la Société héraldique et généalogique de France, volume 1, 1879, page 562
  5. Hippolyte de Barrau, Documents historiques et généalogiques sur les familles et les hommes remarquables du Rouergue, tome I, 1853, page 682 à 692.
  6. Times, By Israel Shenker; Special to The New York (1977-02-12). "Rockefeller Archive Contains a Wealth on Wealth". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2019-12-18.

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