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Language of the text: Français
Nobility: Famille Noble - Chevaliers - Seigneurs
Nobles in:France (Anjou)
The country or region of the dossier mainly refers to the places where the family was ascribed to the nobility and may be different from those of residence
Heraldic Traces :
Cosse
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Cette famille est bien véritablement originaire d'Anjou. Elle compte au nombre de ses membres les ducs de Brissac et les barons de Coëtmen (paroisse de Tréméven). Alliée en Bretagne aux d'Acigné, à la maison de Beaumanoir, de Ruellan, de Bruc et de la Forest d'Armaillé, elle a produit plusieurs personnages remarquable dans la carrière des armes. On signale dans le nombre: quatre maréchaux de France de 1550 à 1768; des grands pannetiers, grands fauconniers et grands-maîtres de l'artillerie de France; un lieutenant-général au gouvernement de Bretagne en 1645; un évêque de Coutances, dit le cardinal de Meudon, mort en 1548; un abbé de Saint-Melaine en 1560, évêque de Coutances, mort en 1587; un abbé de Bégard en 1614 mort en 1675. A ce nom, on attribue un signe distinctif de noblesse représenté par le blason que l'on reproduit ci-dessous et qui confirme aussi à travers ses emblêmes, au point de vue historique et héraldique, l'assurance d'une valeur remarquable. Il est fort difficile, pour ne pas dire impossible, de réunir en faisceau toutes les tiges éparses de cette maison. ...
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The coat of arms will be checked and, if necessary, redesigned in strict compliance with the heraldic rules by our experts.
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The Heraldic Traces are dossiers made by an A.I. useful as a starting point for researchers and passionate heraldists and confirm that there is information to work on and it is possible to order a heraldic document.
Variations of surnames are frequent and mainly derive from involuntary acts such as translation errors or dialectal inflections or from voluntary acts such as attempts to escape persecution or acquisition of titles and properties of other families
