Last name

Gitton

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This family is among the oldest in Vivarais. From the year 1204 and the 17 before the calends of July, Bertrand was cited as a witness at the marriage of Pierre, king of Aragon, with Marie, lady of Montpellier. We find it in Bourg-Saint-Andéol and Saint-Marcel d'Ardèche where it appears in numerous acts of the 13th century and following with the quality of noble and "miles" knight. An arbitration award of May 1225 concerns Hugues Arnaud, master of the Bourg-Saint-Andéol hospital, and Guillelmus Egidii. On December 1, 1250, Egidius, vicarius vivariensis, and Petrus Ægidii, miles, witnessed the ratification of subservience to the inhabitants of Saint-Marcel, by Guillaume de Naves and Guillaume e Baladin. May 19, 1412. Guillaume Baysse, de Balazuc, noble wife Catherine, daughter of noble Louis coseigneur of Saint-Montan. Made in Saint-Montan, witnesses: noble Giraud, lord of Balazuc, and Audibert de Vogüé, lord of Rochecolombe. Pierre du Ranc, notary. Until the end of the 17th century, we find, in the archives of Saint-Marcel, this name preceded by the particle and attached to that of the noble families in the country.

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