House of Faucogney
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The house of Faucogney is a noble family from the French region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, named after the town of Faucogney (today: Faucogney-et-la-Mer). Over the centuries, the family acquired several properties and titles: lord of Rougemont, Faucogney, Villlersexel, La Montagne, Belvoir, Usier, Chatillon-sous-Maiche, viscount of Besançon and Vesoul and count of La Roche-en-Montagne.[1][2][3]
First mention
The earliest mention of a viscount (vicomte) of the castle of Vesoul dates from 1019. This is also the earliest mention of a vicomte in the county of Burgundy; references to vicomte de Besançon do not first appear in primary sources until about 50 years later:
Giselbert I de Faucogney, Vicomte de Vesoul. "...Gislebertus vicecomes Vesuli Castri..." witnessed the charter of 28 October 1019 in which "comes Octo cognomento Vuillelmus" donated property "mihi secundum parentum successionem...infra alpes Pinninarum et flumen Padum et flumen Duriæ Bauticæ quod iuxta urbem Euoreiam" to the monastery Fruttuaria[4][5]
Side lines
The Faucogney is the middle line of the house Rougemont, which inherited Faucogney indirectly from an older house Faucogney and the viscountcy Vesoul from the house Vesoul and as a result of this inheritance took the name Faucogney. The family has produced 3 collateral lines:[6][7][8]
- de Rougemont-Faucogney (main branch died out in the 16th century)
- de Faucogney de Vesoul (first branch, extinct in the 17th century)
- de Faucogney de Villersexel (second tributary, extinct in the 15th century)
- de Faucogney de La Montagne (third tributary, a surviving family branch)
Jean III de Faucogney, who was married to Isabella of France, daughter of King Philip V, divided the possessions in several parts; the northern and southern parts went to the Faucogney's side branches: de La Montagne & de Villersexel, the seigniory of Faucogney to Johan of Neuenburg when he married Jeanne de Faucogney. Johan's heiress was his sister Isabella of Neuenburg, Countess of Nidau, who left Faucogney to his widow Jeanne in 1370. Jeanne's second husband, Henri de Longvy, sold Faucogney in 1374 for 20,000 gold francs to Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.
References
- ^ Guillaume (1757), Tome I, p. 96.. Guillaume (1757), Tome I, p. 96.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Finot (1886), pp. 65-6. Finot (1886), pp. 65-6.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Finot (1886), Pièces justificatives. Finot (1886), Pièces justificatives.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Historiæ patriæ monumenta, Chartarum (Turin, 1836), Tome I, CCXLIX, col. 428. Historiæ patriæ monumenta, Chartarum (Turin, 1836), Tome I, CCXLIX, col. 428.
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- ^ Detlev Schwennicke, European Family Tables. Detlev Schwennicke, European Family Tables.
- ^ François Dunod de Charnage, Memoires pour servir a l'histoire du comté de Bourgogne, 1740. François Dunod de Charnage, Memoires pour servir a l'histoire du comté de Bourgogne, 1740.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Familles Frebault, Huet, Meutzner, Hengstermann et la Noblesse européenne - Geneanet". gw.geneanet.org. Retrieved 2021-06-22.