DesSalles
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| The Grand Blazon of the House of des Salles (Source 4) |
Origins
According to the study conducted by Henri de Frémont, the DeSalles family originates from Bretagne and moved to the French Antilles in the 17th century (Fremont, 5). In Martinique, the family established a veritable dynasty by marrying some of the most prominent families. Moreover, many family members were part of the Sovereign Council of Martinique (Conseil Souverain de Martinique).
In 1781, the DesSalles family were ennobled by the grace of His Most Christian Majesty, Louis XVI of France and Navarre (r. 1774-1792).
Coat of Arms (Blason)
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| DesSalles (Source 2) |
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| The Arms of Gabriel DesSalles (Source 2) |
Titles of the House
- Marquis des Salles
- Marquis de Bois-Marcel
- Count des Salles
- Baron des Salles
- Seigneur de Rosais
- Seigneur du Bas-Harain
- Seigneur du Bois-Hutin
- Sire de la Ville Thomas
- Sire de la Gallonnys, et cetera
- Propriétaire de la habitation Nouvelle Cité, la Cafeyere, Le Bochet, and Gissac (Guadeloupe)
Abbreviated Genealogy
In Bretagne (Brittany):
Philipot des Salles, Archer de la compagnie d'Olivier de Montauban (1356)
Jean des Salles, Chevalier (1437)
Jean de Salles, Écuyer and Seigneur de Coudray (1746)
René des Salles, Écuyer and Seigneur de la Corbinaye (1788)
In the Loire (Lorraine):
des Salles de Gondrecourt Branch
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| Des Salles (Lorraine) Source 3 |
Pierre des Salles, Seigneur de Gombervaux, Governor of Damviller (1478)
Claude des Salles, Maréchal des camps et armées of Henry III
François des Salles, Baron de Roltay, Governor de Vaucouleur (1640)
Claude-Gustave-Chrétien des Salles, Mestre de camp and Colonel du régiment (1700-1778), Baron des Salles, Marquis de Bullegneville
In the French Antilles (Martinique and Guadalupe):
Gilles des Salles, Conseiller au Conseil Souverain de Saint-Christophe (1645)
Married Demoiselle HECTOR and issued
1) "Bras-coupé" DesSalles (1669-1745)
"Bras-coupé" DesSalles (1669-1745)
Married in about 1688 Elisabeth GERVAIS de SALVERT (1670-1743) and issued:
1) Florent DesSalles (1689-1772)
Florent Dessalles (1689-1722)
Married in Saint-Pierre July 18, 1718 to Marie-Anne LITTÉE (1700-1768) and issued:
- Pierre (1719-1781)
- Michel (1721-1739)
- and Florent (1722-1790)
Pierre (1719-1781), Conseiller au Conseil Souverain de la Martinique
Married in Saint-Pierre November 20, 1753 his first-cousin Marie-Catherine LITTÉE (1735-1783) and issued:
- Pierre-François-Régis, (1755-1808)
- Elisabeth-Louise-Alexandrine, (1756-1773) married on July 15, 1772 to Antoine-Bernard d'Eu de Montdenoix. No issued.
- Florent-Marie-Joseph Dessalles de Guercourt (1758-1783)
- Louise-Marie-Catherine, (1759-1836)
- François-Dieudonné DesSalles de Margency, (1761-1794)
- Marianne Aurore (1764-1796) married on June 5, 1781 to Jacques-Gauillaume Seguin de la Salle (1748-1813) and issued
- Louis-Michel,(1767-1770)
- Charles-Marie DesSalles de Bois-Marcel (1769-1836), Marquis de Bois-Marcel
- Junis DesSalles
- Louise-Emilie-Mathilde (1772-1791)
- and Louise-Antoinette (1776-1856)
Pierre-François-Régis (1755-1808), Conseiller au Conseil Souverain de la Martinique, Author of "Annales du Conseil souverain" (1786) and "Histoire des troubles survenus à la Martinique"
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| First Page of "Annales..." by P-F-R DesSalles (Source 5) |
He married in Guadeloupe on July 19, 1784 Marie-Anne-Elisabeth (dit) Manon d'ALBIS de GISSAC (1765-1836).
She was the daughter Gabriel d'ALBIS de GISSAC, lieutenant des maréchaux de France and Chevalier of Saint Louis and Anne-Elisabeth NERON de SURGIS.
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| Marie-Anne-Elisabeth (dit) Manon d'ALBIS de GISSAC (Source 1) |
She was the daughter Gabriel d'ALBIS de GISSAC, lieutenant des maréchaux de France and Chevalier of Saint Louis and Anne-Elisabeth NERON de SURGIS.
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| La Maison d'ALBIS de GISSAC |
They issued:
- Pierre-François-Marie-Dieudonné, (1785-1857)
- Gabrielle-Emilie-Mathilde,
- Marie-Charlotte-Clare, (1791-1795)
- Marie-Gabrielle, (1792-1795)
- Pierre-Charles (1795-1863), Garde du corps of H.M. Louis XVIII of France and Navarre at campagne de Gand.
- and Clare-Laure-Emilie-Merote (1798-1815)
Pierre-François-Marie-Dieudonné (1785-1857), Écuyer, Conseiller au Conseil Supérieur de la Martinique, Procurer Général, author of "La vie d'un colon (1808-1834)"
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| Pierre, Ana Bence de Saint Catherine, Adrien, Louise, Calixte, Antoinette, Emilie and Henri (Source 6) |
Biographical Note:
Pierre-Fracois-Marie-Dieudonné's appointment as Procureur Généeral of Martinique was revoked by Louis-Philippe de Orléans (r. 1830-1848) for refusing to carryout the order to ban Charles X de Bourbon (r. 1824-1830) from entering Martinique and all French colonies (Source 2, 697).
Pierre-François-Marie-Dieudonné was a staunched defender of the Bourbon Monarchy of France and saw the Orléans branch as usurpers.
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| Image from the Henri de Frémont edition (Source 1) |
Pierre was the owner of the habitation "Nouvelle Cité" in Ste-Marie, Martinique.
He married in Fort-de-France on October 16,1808 Marie-Magdeleine-Calixte-Reine-Anna de BENCE de SAINTE-CATHERINE.
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| Anna de BENCE de SAINTE-CATHERINE (Source 1) |
Bibliographic Note:
She was the daughter of Pierre-Nicolas-François- BENCE de SAINTE-CATHERINE (1764-1843) and Marie-Madeline- Angelique DUVAL de SAINTE CATHERINE (1772-1815), Dame d'Honneur de Mme. Rose-Claire des Vergers de Sannois (1736–1807), mother of the Empress Josephine.
The Bence de Sainte-Catherine family were united in marriage to the Gaigneron Jollimont family in 1753 with marriage of Nicolas-François Bence de Saint Catherine (1726-1773) and Marie-Rose Gaigneron Jollimont (1731-1784). Both are the parents of Pierre-Nicolas-François- BENCE de SAINTE-CATHERINE.
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| La Maiso de Gaigneron-Jollimont de Marolles |
The marriage issued:
1) Adrien (1809-1870), Officer de cavalerie de milice and author of "L'Histoire des Antilles"
2) Charles (1811-1812)
3) Louise (1812-1878)
4) Calixte (1815-1875)
5) Antoinette (1817-1904)
6) Marie (1820-1898)
7) Henri des Salles (1821-1867)
Henri des Salles (1821-1867), Marquis de Salles, Magistrat
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| Henri de Salles, Marquis de Salles |
He married on October 19, 1854 Marie-Henriette-Charlotte-Jeanne de POTIER (1836-1919) and issued:
1) Guercourt-Charles-Pie-Marie-François des Salles (1861-1930)
Biography on Marie-Henriette-Charlotte-Jeanne de POTIER:
She belonged to an ancient and noble family. Her father was Louis-Nestor de POTIER (1795-1871), General and Commander of the Legion of Honor, and her mother was Aménaide de LASTIC SAINT-JAL (1808-1880).
From the maternal side, Marie-Henriette-Charlotte-Jeanne was descendant from the de LASTIC family. The family is considered to be one of the most ancient in France.
The de Lastic family, for example, are directly related to Isabelle (Isabeau) de MONTLUÇON, Dauphine d'Auvergue (1170-1198) and therefore to the Maison de France (Source 2, 699).
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| Marie de POTIER |
From the maternal side, Marie-Henriette-Charlotte-Jeanne was descendant from the de LASTIC family. The family is considered to be one of the most ancient in France.
The de Lastic family, for example, are directly related to Isabelle (Isabeau) de MONTLUÇON, Dauphine d'Auvergue (1170-1198) and therefore to the Maison de France (Source 2, 699).
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| La Maison de LASTIC SAINT JAL |
Guercourt-Charles-Pie-Marie-François, Count de Salles (1861-1930)
He married June 30, 1887 Marie-Louise-Mélanie-Valentine de VISIEN and issued:
1) Marie-Louis (1888-1918), Mort Pour la France
2) Marie-Henriette (1890-1960) married René-Martin de FREMONT (1883-1914) and issued: Jean and Henri
Bibliographic Note:
Dr. Henri-Martin de Frémont (1913-2007), Doctor of Medicine,Chevalier des Palmes académiques, Genealogist (Editor of "La vie d'un colon à la Martinique au XIXème Siècle-Correspondance")
Bibliographic Note:
Dr. Henri-Martin de Frémont (1913-2007), Doctor of Medicine,Chevalier des Palmes académiques, Genealogist (Editor of "La vie d'un colon à la Martinique au XIXème Siècle-Correspondance")
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3) Marie-Louise Isabelle (circa 1893-1926)
Marie-Louis (1888-1918), Sargent in the French Air Forces, Mort Pour La France
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| The tomb of Marie-Henriette-Charlotte-Jeanne de POTIER, François Count des Salles and Louis des Salles |
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L'Habitation La Salle (Sainte-Marie, Martinique)
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Sources Consulted
1) DeSalles, Pierre. "La vie d'un colon à la Martinique au XIXème Siècle-Correspondance" (1808-1834). Ed. Henri de FREMONT, Second Edition, 1988.
The work has been translated in English in 1996 by Elberg Foster and published as "Sugar and Slavery, Family and Race: The Letters and Diary of Pierre Dessalles, Planter in Martinique 1808-1856" (Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press).
The work has been translated in English in 1996 by Elberg Foster and published as "Sugar and Slavery, Family and Race: The Letters and Diary of Pierre Dessalles, Planter in Martinique 1808-1856" (Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press).
2) "Dictionnaire historique et héraldique de la noblesse française : rédigé dans l'ordre patronymique d'après les archives des anciens parlements" (Volume 2). Paris:1897 by D. de MAILHOL (695-701)
Digital Edition in Mocavo (http://www.mocavo.com).
3) Des Salles entry on genealogical database roglo.eu
4) Calment, Augustin. "Histoire de la maison des Salles" (Nancy: 1716). Available on Google Books.
5) DesSalles, Pierre-François-Régis. "Les Annales du Conseil souverain de Martinique" (L'Hartman: 1786) In digital form by Google Books
6) The color image of the Desalles family was taken from http://www.ghcaraibe.org/livres/ghcouv.html. It was first printed in "La vie d'un colon à la Martinique au XIXème Siècle-Correspondance" (1808-1834). Ed. Henri de FREMONT, Second Edition, 1988.
Digital Edition in Mocavo (http://www.mocavo.com).
3) Des Salles entry on genealogical database roglo.eu
4) Calment, Augustin. "Histoire de la maison des Salles" (Nancy: 1716). Available on Google Books.
5) DesSalles, Pierre-François-Régis. "Les Annales du Conseil souverain de Martinique" (L'Hartman: 1786) In digital form by Google Books
6) The color image of the Desalles family was taken from http://www.ghcaraibe.org/livres/ghcouv.html. It was first printed in "La vie d'un colon à la Martinique au XIXème Siècle-Correspondance" (1808-1834). Ed. Henri de FREMONT, Second Edition, 1988.
