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Juchault family

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Juchault
French nobility
Current regionWestern Europe (France)
Place of originDuchy of Brittany
TitlesMayor of Nantes
Minister of War (France)
Governor of Algeria
Ambassador
MottoSpes Mea Deus
Estate(s)Château du Grand-Blottereau
Château des Jamonières
Château de Clermont
Manoir de la Vignette
Château de la Moricière
Manoir du Monceau
Château du Chillon
Château de Prouzel
Château de Talhouët
Cadet branchesde Lamoricière
des Jamonières
de Blottereau

The Juchault family is a French noble family, originating from Brittany, ennobled by office in 1583.[1]

History

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The Juchault family, originating from Brittany, was ennobled by the office of counselor in the Chamber of Accounts of Nantes in 1583 and maintained its nobility in 1669.[1] The family traces its lineage back to René Juchault, Royal notary, found in 1598.[2]

The family formed several branches, of which only the Jamonières branch remains.[2]

Personalities

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Arms & Titles

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Azure, a fess Or accompanied by 3 escallops Argent.[2]

  • Baron of the Empire in 1814.[1]
  • Hereditary baron in 1826.[1]

Alliances

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Bidé de La Provôté, Fournier, Rousseau de Saint-Aignan, Robin, de La Tullaye, Bouhier de La Vérie, du Bot, Jochaud du Plessix, du Chaffault, de La Bourdonnaye, de Sesmaisons, Rousselot de Saint-Céran, Robineau de Bougon, de La Borde, Bascher de Souché, Siffait, de Maistre, Le Tourneulx, de Dampierre (Dampierre), de La Croix de Castries, Cesbron-Lavau, etc.

Possessions

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Bibliography

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  • Théodore Courtaux, Histoire généalogique de la famille Juchault de Lamoricière et des Jamonières de ses alliances et des seigneuries qu'elle a possédées, Paris, 1896, 128 p.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d E de Séréville, F de Saint-Simon, Dictionary of the French Nobility, 1975, page 557.
  2. ^ a b c Henri Jougla de Morenas, Grand Armorial de France, volume 4, page 361.
  3. ^ Henri Frotier de La Messelière Filiations bretonnes, volume 3, 1920, page 222.
  4. ^ "Histoire généalogique de la Famille Juchault de La Moricière et des Jamonières". Gallica.