House of Crussol
| House of Crussol | |
|---|---|
.svg) Arms of the House of Crussol | |
| Country |  France |
| Founder | Gérald Bastet |
| Titles | |
| Estate(s) | Château de Crussol Château d'Uzès Château de Bonnelles Château de La Celle-lès-Bordes Château de Maulnes Hôtel d'Uzès (Paris) Hôtel d'Uzès (Tonnerre) |
The House of Crussol (formerly Bastet), is a surviving family of French nobility, originally from Languedoc. Its members have included general officers, a governor, prelates, a woman of letters in the 18th century and deputies in 1789 and the 19th century. The title, Duke of Uzès, was given to the family in 1565 and the Peerage in 1572.
History
[edit]The Crussol family has proven its nobility since 1215 and was admitted to the honors of the Court in the 18th century.[1]
Bastet: "a nickname taken by Gérald Bastet or Bastetz, lord of Crussol, of Cruszol, who lived in 1160". Crussol, from the name of a barony located in Vivarais near Valence, to end up completely substituting the name of Crussol for his original surname. Gérald Bastet was a nephew of Odon de Chaponay, Bishop of Valence.[2]
In 1565, the family was given the title of Duke of Uzès and the Peerage in 1572.[3]
Branches
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Barons of Crussol, then Viscounts of Uzès (1486) and Dukes of Uzès (1565)
[edit]- Louis Bastet de Crussol, governor of Dauphiné (1463–1472), Seneschal of Poitou.
- Jacques de Crussol (1460–1525), son of the previous, 1st Viscount of Uzès.
- Charles de Crussol (1483–1546), 9th Viscount of Uzès
- Jacques II de Crussol (1540–1586), 2nd Duke of Uzès, lieutenant general of Languedoc.
- Antoine de Crussol (1565–1572), 1st Duke of Uzès, Peer of France, military leader.
- François Charles de Crussol (d. 1736), Count of Uzès, participant in the Battles of Fleurus, Steinkerque, Neerwinden of the Nine Years' War, then governor of Oléron and Landrecies.
- François de Crussol d'Uzès, sometimes called Crussol d'Uzès d'Amboise (1702-1758), Bishop of Blois, then Archbishop of Toulouse.
- François-Joseph-Emmanuel de Crussol d'Uzès (1735–1789), Bishop of La Rochelle.
- Marie-François-Emmanuel de Crussol (1756–1843), Duke of Uzès, Lieutenant General and Peer of France in 1814.
- Adrien-François-Emmanuel de Crussol (1778–1837), Duke of Crussol, deputy, Peer of France.
- Armand de Crussol (1837–1842), Duke of Uzès, deputy.
- Emmanuel de Crussol d'Uzès (1842–1872), Duke of Uzès, deputy, husband of the famous and wealthy Anne de Rochechouart de Mortemart, heiress of Veuve Clicquot known by her title of Duchess of Uzès.
Marquises of Florensac
[edit]- Louis de Crussol (c. 1645–1716), Marquis of Florensac, maréchal de camp.
- Anne-Charlotte de Crussol de Florensac (1700-1772), Duchess of Aiguillon through her marriage to Armand-Louis de Vignerot du Plessis, 5th Duke of Aiguillon, woman of letters, friend of Montesquieu and philosophers.
Other members
[edit]- Odon de Crussol, prelate and Bishop of Valence in the 12th century.
- Giraud Bastet de Crussol, prelate in the 15th century, Archbishop of Tours, then Bishop of Valence and Die (1468-1472) and Patriarch of Antioch, younger brother of Louis de Crussol.
- Alexandre-Charles-Emmanuel de Crussol (1743–1815), deputy to the Estates General of 1789.
- Emmanuel-Henri-Charles de Crussol (1741–1818), deputy to the Estates General of 1789.
- Anne Emmanuel François Georges de Crussol d'Uzès, Marquis of Amboise and Fors, Lieutenant General of the King's Armies, owner of fiefs in the parish of Fors, Seneschal of Niort. Deputy to the Estates General of 1789, executed on 26 July 1794 in Paris.
- Anne de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1847–1933), by marriage, the Duchess of Uzès, the most famous member of this family, emblematic of the French nobility under the Third Republic, died at the Château de Dampierre in 1933.
- Marie-Louise Béziers (1904–1991), by marriage, the Marquise de Crussol, known as "the Red Marquise", Parisian literary and political salonnière, restorer of the Château d’Uzès.[4]
Margaret "Peggy" Bedford Bancroft d'Arenberg[5]
Arms and motto
[edit]In 1486, Jacques de Crussol acquired the viscountcy of Uzès from his marriage to Simone d'Uzès, on condition that he bear the name and arms of Uzès.
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Until 1486: gold and sinople band, by Crussol -
1486-1546: party 1st gold and sinople fess of six pieces; 2nd gules with three gold bands, which is from Uzès -
Since 1565: quartered, 1st and 4th, party Crussol, Lévis; 2nd and 3rd, counter-quartered Gourdon, Genouillac; Uzès on the whole
References
[edit]- ^ Almanach de Gotha (in French). Johann Paul Mevius sel. Witwe und Johann Christian Dieterich. 1893. p. 492. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ d'Est-Ange, Chaix (1913). Dictionnaire des familles françaises anciennes ou notables à la fin du 19th century. t.XII. Cos-Cum (in French). Imp. de C. Hérissey. pp. 379–384. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ Maignien, Edmond (1870). Généalogies et armoiries dauphinoises (in French). Drevet. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (19 July 1946). "CAROLYN B. BROWN, DUKE OF UZES WED; Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Raleigh, N.C., Is Scene of Their Marriage". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ Nemy, Enid (18 October 1977). "DUCHESS D'UZES DIES IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT: U.S. Born Socialite is Killed After A Party Near Paris--Was Wife of France's Premier Duke". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 June 2020.