Du Quenoy

The du Quenoy family is a French noble family of medieval and chivalric lineage. Its origins are in Normandy. Initially seigneurs and chevaliers, the family was raised to a barony by King Louis XIII in August 1636.[1] The family was first mentioned in a Papal Bull issued by Pope Alexander III, dated May 17, 1181, to acknowledge its endowment of the Priory of Saint-Lô du Bourgachard (later part of the Seminary of Saint-Vivien, in Rouen).[2] The family produced several generations of feudal lords, four gentlemen of the King's bedchamber, numerous knights of royal orders, and several generations of army officers.[3][4][5] A cadet branch of the family, now extinct, was elevated to the rank of marquis in July 1714.[3][6]

References

  1. ↑ Dictionnaire de la noblesse: contenant les généalogies, l'histoire & la chronologie des familles nobles de la France, 3rd edition (Paris: Schlesinger, 1865), Vol. 7, 632
  2. ↑ Dictionnaire généalogique, héraldique, chronologique et historique et chronologique, contenant l'origine et l'etat actuel des premiers Maisons de France, des Maisons souvernaines et principales de l'Europe (Paris: Duchesne, 1761), Vol. 6, 216
  3. 1 2 Jean Baptiste Pierre Jullien de Courcelles, Dictionnaire universel de la noblesse de France, Paris, Au Bureau général de la noblesse de France, 1820-22. (Tome deuxième) (OCLC 6865220)
  4. ↑ Dictionnaire de la noblesse: contenant les généalogies, l'histoire & la chronologie des familles nobles de la France, 3rd edition (Paris: Schlesinger, 1865), Vol. 7, 631-634
  5. ↑ Dictionnaire généalogique, héraldique, chronologique et historique et chronologique, contenant l'origine et l'etat actuel des premiers Maisons de France, des Maisons souvernaines et principales de l'Europe (Paris: Duchesne, 1761), Vol. 6, 216-222
  6. ↑ Dictionnaire de la noblesse: contenant les généalogies, l'histoire & la chronologie des familles nobles de la France, 3rd edition (Paris: Schlesinger, 1865), Vol. 7, 631
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