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In the last century, one of the descendants of this family, wanting to raise it from the kind of decline into which the misfortune of the times had brought it down, and to replace it in the rank that its ancestors had formerly occupied, had it done, according to some indications that he had obtained, research in the Spanish nobiliaries and in the chancelleries which could provide information. This research informed her that the original name of this family was Auzea, and that, under this name, she had left great memories on the land of Africa before moving to Spain. In this new country, the initial S was added to its name by gentle pronunciation, following the genius of the Spanish language where this letter plays such a beautiful role. She also obtained high jobs there, and one of her younger brothers, named Fernand, went to France following Rodrigue de Villandras to wage the wars of his time and settled in the vicinity of Lyon. come from Spain following Rodrigo de Villandras, followed him in his adventurous expeditions so often recalled in the history of that time. The story of this mixed life would not be without interest if the extent of the facts did not prevent them from being exposed here. It was Fernand de S.'s stay in Annonay that determined his establishment there; only the remoteness of time and especially the devastation and fires which followed the wars of religion, have only allowed a few feudal titles to reach us, the statements of which alone have made known the filiation of the first four generations. A single particular act formally recalls Fernand and Rodrigue his son: it is an act of accommodation granted by Rodrigue de S., who is said to be the son of the late Fernaud