Bellegarde (surname)

Bellegarde is a French surname derived from a toponym meaning "beautiful watch-tower or look-out" and may refer to the following:

Dantès Bellegarde (1877–1966), Haitian historian and diplomat
Count Heinrich von Bellegarde (1756–1845), Austrian General of the French Revolutionary Wars
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (born 1998), French footballer
Perry Bellegarde (born 1962), national chief of the Canadian Assembly of First Nations
Roger de Saint-Lary de Bellegarde (died 1579)
Roger de Saint-Lary de Termes (1562–1646), duc de Bellegarde^[a]
Sophie Lalive de Bellegarde, French writer

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^ The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition relates that in 1645 the title of this duchy was transferred to the estate of Choisy-aux-Loges in Gâtinais, and was borne later by the family of Pardaillan de Gondrin, heirs to the house of Saint-Lary-Bellegarde. When Seurre passed into the possession of the Princes of Condé they in the same way acquired the title of dukes of Bellegarde.

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[1] The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition relates that in 1645 the title of this duchy was transferred to the estate of Choisy-aux-Loges in Gâtinais, and was borne later by the family of Pardaillan de Gondrin, heirs to the house of Saint-Lary-Bellegarde. When Seurre passed into the possession of the Princes of Condé they in the same way acquired the title of dukes of Bellegarde.

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