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Language of the text: Français
Nobility: Famille Noble - Chevaliers - Seigneurs
Nobles in:France (Gévaudan)
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Heraldic Traces :
Merle
Français
Noblesse du Gévaudan. Jean, seigneur d'Alteyrac marié à Simone de Solages, fut le père de Claude et de Louise de Merle alias Merlesse, dame de la Baume et d'Alteyrac, mariée le 24 mai 1546 à Louis de Molette de Morangiès (fils d'Elzias et de Marguerite d'Herail de Brisis). A la branche ainée de cette maison appartenait Erailh de Merle, dite Merlesse, fille unique de Jean ecuyer, seigneur du Bois-du-Mont en Gévaudan et d'Egline de Miremont de Montrodat mariée le 24 septembre 1454, à Jacques de Rochemure écuyer, seigneur du Besset près Pinols, dont les descendants écartelaient leurs armes de celles des de Merle, ainsi qu'en fait foi une pierre sculptée provenant du château du Besset, actuellement au château de Chilhac-Tanssac. La distinction familiale représentée ici sous forme de blason, survit à travers les siècles grâce à des précieux témoignages qui nous ont permis de rapporter les exploits et les gestes de cette noble famille. Armes de cette famille: D'argent, à six molettes de sable 3, 2 et 1. ...
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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