Alfred Louis Casimir Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles 1801-1873

The Second Count de Marolles

Alfred Louis Casimir Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles was born on September 18, 1801 and died in Tours on April 9, 1873 at the age of seventy-one. He was the son of Marie Jacques Gaigneron Jollimont, First Count de Marolles (1775-1855) and Elisa HUSSEY-MONTAGU (1780-1865). 

The Gaigneron and the Wine Business

In 1833, Alfred Louis Casimir Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles married Elisabeth LAWTON (1817-1888). She was the daughter of Jean Edouard LAWTON and Anna Suzanne GUESTIER who was the daughter of the Baron Daniel GUESTEIR.

The LAWTON family were pioneers in the wine business. They were part of the Tastet & Lawton firm which was established in 1740 with the intention of documenting the production of wine in France. The firm continues to this day.

The eldest daughter of the Count de Marolles, Anna married William JOHNSTON was part of the firm Johnston and Son. They were also in the wine production and sale. William JOHNSTON was the owner of l'Abbaye d'Aiguesvives, Faverolles sur Cher. After the death of this first wife he married her sister Alice.



Alfred Louis Casimir Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles and  Elisabeth LAWTON issued

1. Jacques 1834-1879, 3rd Count de Marolles. Died without issue. [note that there is a genealogical discrepancy about his existence]
2. Edouard Gaigneron de Marolles 1835-1882, 4th Count de Marolles,Lieutenant au 10° chasseurs and no issue. 
3. Anna Gaigneron de Marolles 1837-1870 married William JOHNSTON and had issue. 
4. Alice Gaigneron de Marolles 1845-1923 married William JOHNSTON and had no issue.

Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor

On April 30, 1843 Alfred Louis Casimir Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles was made a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor. As a career officer in the French Army, he archived the rank of Capitaine de cavalerie.

At this Requiem Mass, celebrated on April 9, 1873 many of his relatives were present including his son and heir, Edouard.

Requiem Mass Card 1873 of the Second Count de Marolles

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Sources Consulted: 

1) Reverend, Albert Vicomte. "Titre anoblissements et paires de la restauration" (1814-1830). v.3 (1903) pp. 108-110. Book has been digitized by Google Books.
2) Requiem card of Alfred-Louis-Casimir Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles was the courtesy of the archive of the French Legion of Honor.

Gaigneron Jollimont Branch (1700-Present)

 Descendants of Joseph Gaigneron, 

Seigneur de Jollimon(t)

(1700-Present) 

Joseph GAIGNERON (1700-1746), Cavalry Captain, Seigneur de Jollimon (t)

Joseph was born in Martinique and baptized at the church of Saint Laurent in Lamentin on April 9, 1700. In 1726, he married Charlotte-Angelique-Agustine PAPIN du PONT   (1709-1746) and issued:

La Maison de PAPIN du Pont

1) Marie-Rose  (1731-1784) married Marie-Nicolas-François Bence de Sainte Catherine (1726-1773), Conseiller au Conseil Souverain de la Martinique.

La Maison de Bence de Saint Catherine

2) Marie-Camille  (1733) married Michelle Dominique de Leyrtiz

La Maison de Leyrtiz (Martinique)

3) Jacques Philippe or Philippe  (1734-1793), Sieur des MORNAIS married Marie Rose Camille Platelet de la Tuilerie

4) Nicolas Christian  (1740), Seigneur d'AUTRICHE married Marie Françoise Papin des Barrieres

5) Marie-Madeleine-Désirée  (1746) married Pierre Duval de Sainte Claire

 6) Joseph-Charles (Charles-Joseph) GAIGNERON (1747-1785), Sieur de MAROLLES
married Marie-Louise-Elizabeth des Vergers de Sannois

La Maison de Vergers de Sannois de Maupertuis

7) Jacques -Christophe

[Note: There are two spellings for the title and of Sieur de JOLLIMON/JOLLIMONT. The children of Joseph Gaigneron, Seigneur de Jollimont, added the title of "Jollimont" to their names.

Furthermore, according to thee genealogy produced by Henri de Frémont and published in his edited volume of La Vie D'un Colon À La Martinique Au Xixème Siècle, Joselph and Charlotte-Angélique had only four children: Mari-Rose, Marie-Madeleine, Marie-Camille, and Charles-Joseph ]

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Charles Joseph /Joseph Charles GAIGNERON JOLLIMON (1747-1785), 

Seigneur de Marolles 

 

Charles Joseph was born in Lamentin, Martinique on January 27, 1747 and died on March 1, 1785. On July 20, 1772 he married a member of  prominent Martinique family, Marie Louise Elizabeth des VERGERS de SANNOIS (+1796).


Biographical Note: Marie-Louise-Elizabeth's  family was related to the Empress Marie-Josephe-Rose TASCHER de la PAGERIE, the first wife of the Emperor Napoelon, through the maternal side. The Empress' mother was Rose Claire des VERGERS de SANNOIS

Click to See VERGERS de SANNOIS Genealogy 

Charles-Joseph and  Marie-Louise-Elizabeth issued:

1) Joseph-Michel-Nicolas (June 22, 1773) married on September 4, 1799 to Anne-Rose BUDAN (ca.1782) and issued: Rose-Louise-Césarine-Laure (1801-1829, and Marguerite-Marie-Élisabeth- Amélie (ca.1807-1891)

[Note: Title of Count de Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles does not pass to this branch due to no male heirs]


2) Marie-Jacques or Jacques Marie (1775-1855), Created First Count of Gaigneron-Jollimon-de Marolles in 1816. Married to Élisa HUSSEY (1780-1865) and issued: Robertine (1800-1881), Alfred (1801-1873), and Charles-Édouard (1807-1895)

3) Marie- Louise-Philippine (1779-1860) married twice: on January 13, 1795 to Nicolas-Léon PAPIN DUPONT (+1803) and secondly to in 1804 to Pierre-Grégoire d'ARNAUD


5) Marie-Nicolas-Joseph, (1781-1850) title and dignity of Count Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles passes to his branch after his brother's branch has no male heirs in 1895.

6) Marie-Rose-Nicolas-Christophe (dit Saint Rose) 1783-1857, married on January 24, 1815 to Céline de MASSIAS de Bonne and issued: (Nicolas-Adolphe, Élise, Nicolas-Alphonse, Nicolas-Léon, and Anna)

[Note: the order of birth is disputed by several genealogies. The above order is from Source 6]

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Descendants of Marie-Rose-Nicolas-Christophe (dit Saint Rose) Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles (1783-1857)

 

Marie Rose Nicolas Christophe (dit Sainte Rose) Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles (1783-1857) was the son of Charles Joseph Gaigneron, Seigneur de Jollimont (1747-1785) and Marie Louise Élisabeth des Vergers de Sannois (+1796).

 Marie-Rose-Nicolas was also the brother of Jacques GAIGNERON JOLLIMONT, First Count Gaingeron Jollimont de Marolles.

The descendants of Marie-Rose-Nicolas added "de Marolles" after their last name (Source 2).

He married  Céline de MASSIAS de BONNE (1799-1835). They issued six children: 

La Maison de MASSIAS de BONNE

1. Nicolas-Alphonse (Alphonse-Nicolas) GAIGNERON JOLLIMON de MAROLLES (1816-1889) married Gabrielle GILBERT-DESMARAIS (1821-1901) and issued: Victor and Blanche (Source 10)

1.a Pierre-François-Nicolas-"Victor" Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles (1854-), Président de la cour d'appel de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

1.b Blanche Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles


2. Marie-Louise-Elisabeth-Élize GAIGNERON JOLLIMON de MAROLLES (?) married on May 13, 1838 to Etienne-Louis Paulin BALTAZAR (1804) in Le Lamentin, Martinique.

3. Nicolas-Adolphe GAIGNERON JOLLIMON de MAROLLES (ca.1819-1894), Habitant propriétaire, administrateur de l'habitation dite Acajou, married Annociade MEGANGE and issued (Henri-Nicolas, Mort Pour La France 1880-1915 and Claire-Marie-Nicolas, 1884 )

Note: According to the genealogy published by Pierre BARBIER de la SERRE on geneanet.org, Nicolas-Adolphe "a reconnu sur son lit de mort: Claude-Marie-Nicolas et Henri Nicolas"

4.Marie-Louise-Elisabeth GAIGNERON JOLLIMON de MAROLLES (1820-1872)

5. Louise-Adéle-Pauline-Nicolas  GAIGNERON JOLLIMON de MAROLLES (1824-1826)

6. Nicolas-Léon GAIGNERON JOLLIMON de MAROLLES (ca.1820-1885),Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (1849) married Marthe-Inès de Gaigneron-Morin (1837-1914).


7. Rose-Elisabeth-Anna GAIGNERON JOLLIMON de MAROLLES (1834-1868) married on August 12, 1862 in Le Lamentin, Martinique Hippolyte-Jules DELASALLE , Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (1827-1891) and issued (Julie, Constance, and Anna).

Rose Elizabeth Anna Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles (Source 1)

7.a) Anna-Elisabeth DELASALLE (1865-1931) married Etienne BRUNET-MORET (1854-) and issued: (Eugene BRUNET 1886-1934)

Anna DELASALLE (Source 1 )

7.b) Julie DELASALLE (1867-1945)
7.c) Constance  DELASALLE (1868-1868)


Note: According to the Roglo Database, Sainte-Rose and Céline only had three children (Marie-Louise-Elizabeth, Rose, and Nicolas-Léon. However, other genealogies show that they perhaps had over five children such as Amable and Adrien.

According to the genealogy and study of Henri de Frémont published in 1985 under the name "La vie d'un colon a la Martinique au XIXe siecle: Journal, 1842-1847 by Pierre Dessalles", Marie-Rose-Nicolas-Christophe Gaigneron-Jollimon de Marolles issued: Adolphe, Élize, Alphonse, Nicolas-Léon, and Anna (p. 344)

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Nicolas-Adolphe Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles (1819-1894), Habitant propriétaire, administrateur de l'habitation dite Acajou

Married to Annonciade MEGANGE and issued (Source 6) :


1.  Henri-Nicolas Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles, Captain and MORT POUR LA FRANCE  (1880-1915). He married Renée DURAND (1893).

Capt. Henri-Nicolas Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles (Source 4)

Biographical Note:
The Captain (47th Infantry Regiment) Henri Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles was born October 30, 1880 in Le Lamentin, Martinique and died for France in Pas de Calais  on July 16, 1915 (Source 4). Furthermore, he formed part of the "1905 Promotion" of the École Militaire d’Infanterie (Saint-Maixent).

 Citation: "Chef dans toute l'acceptation du mot. Chargé d'une mission à la fois offensive et défensive, a su, par son ascendant, assurer le départ et provoquer l'élan des fractions d'attaque et maintenir les autres pendant cinq jours consécutifs sous un bombardement d'une violence inouïe. A été tué alors qu'il mettait la dernière main aux préparatifs d'une nouvelle attaque" - Ecole militaire d'infanterie de Saint-Maixent-l'École Promotion 1905 (Source 4)

[Genealogical Note: Certain genealogies show Alain Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles (1913-1991) as the son of Henri-Nicolas and Renée Durand. This information has proven to be incorrect.  Alain was the son of Jean Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles (1879-1946) and Marie-Louise de Hennezel (1880-1963)]


2. Claire-Marie-Nicolas Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles (1884) married on August 5, 1911 in Lamentin, Martinique to Louis Flavien CORBIN

[Source 7 and 9]


 Nicolas Léon (Léon Nicolas)  Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles (+1885), Chevalier of the Legion of Honor (1849)


In 1859  Nicolas Léon married Marthe-Inès de GAIGNERON-MORIN  (1837-1914) and had issue (Pierre, Madeleine, Marthe, Nicolas-George):

Biographical Note:
Marthe-Inés de was the daugther of Arthur de Gaigneron-Morin (1808-1870) and Marthe-Louise de Vendiéres (1813-1897)

La Maison de Gaigneron-Morin

1. Pierre de Marolles (1839) 
2. Madeleine de Marolles (1859)
3. Marthe de Marolles (1860)
4. Nicolas-Georges de GAIGNERON JOLLIMON de MAROLLES, Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (1863-1920)

Nicolas-Georges Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles (1863-1920), Capitaine-Ajudant-Major 64th Regiment, Chevalier of the Legion of Honor (1910)

Born on July 11, 1863 to  Nicolas Léon Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles and  Marthe-Inès de Gaigneron-Morin, Nicolas Georges was a career officer. Having archived the rank of  Major-Captain in the French Armed Forces.

On October 8, 1889 in St-Jouan-des-Guérets, Nicolas Georges married Marie MAGON de SAINT ELIER and issued (Georges and Alain):

La Maison de Saint Elier

Biographical Note:
Born on July 11, 1863 in Nantes, France and died on March 6, 1920. Georges was made on July 11, 1910, Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur by Presidential Decree.

1.  Nicolas-Marie- Georges de GAIGNERON JOLLIMON de MAROLLES (ca. 1891)

Her married Victoire TOUCHARD  and issued (Alain and Marie-Hélèlene) :


Note: "le mariage de Mlle Victoire Touchard avec M. Georges de Gaigneron de Marolles. La bénédiction nuptiale a été donnée par l'abbé Delpouve, ancien aumônier militaire, curé de Javel, ami de la famille, qui a prononcé une très belle allocution. Le service d'honneur était fait par Mlles Touchard, de Viéville, d'Amarzit et de Mauny, accompagnées par le lieutenant Rémy de Perrinelle, Léon Touchard, Léopold de Gaigneron de Marolles et Guy de Langlois" (Source 10)

1.a) Alain de GAIGNERON JOLLIMON de MAROLLES (1927-2000), Brigadier General, Officer of the Légion d'Honneur and L'Ordre National de Mérite

Alain de Gaineron Jollimont de Marolles

Married Chantal de Dreux-Brézé (1932) and issued: Edouard de Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles.

La Maison de Dreux-Brézé

Biographical Note: Alain de Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles was a Brigadier General during World War II and a graduate of the Saint Cyr Military Academy. He was also an avid chess player.

"Ancien directeur du renseignement des services secrets . LE GÉNÉRAL (cadre de réserve) Alain de Gaigneron de Marolles, ancien chef du service « action », puis directeur du renseignement au Service de documentation extérieure et de contre- espionnage (Sdece), qui est devenu la Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure (DGSE), est mort jeudi 13 janvier à Paris dans sa soixante-treizième année. Né le 4 février 1927, ancien élève de Saint-Cyr, Alain de Gaigneron de Marolles a consacré une grande partie de sa carrière d'officier au renseignement" ( ISNARD, Jacques. "Le Monde", 1/15/2000). 

1.b) Marie-Hélène de GAIGNERON JOLLIMON de MAROLLES (1944) married Baron Charles-Armand Lambert de Cambray on April 22, 1963. They issued two children: Jacques-Armand and Béatrix.The line continues to the present day.

La Maison de Lambert de Cambray

2. Alain de Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles (1894-1951)

Married August 12, 1919 to Madeleine SIMON (1893) and issued (Marie-Thérèse)

2.a Marie-Thérèse Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles married Claude LELLOUCHE (Source 8)

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Sources for Blog Entry

1) The genealogy contained in this blog entry was compiled with the help of the resources on the database http://gw.geneanet.org. We recognized that many people are involved in the act of constructing genealogies. However, we would like to mention a few of the collaborators that have build up information on the Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles family such as:

a) Mr. Jean Hervé FAVRE
b) Mr. Patrik Brunet-Moret
c) Mr. Philippe SAVIGNAC
d) Mr. Pierre BARBIER de la SERRE
e) Mr. Thibaud PAYEN de la GARANDERIE
f) Mr. Jean CATHERINE

2) The online database of the French Legion of Honor (http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/leonore_fr?ACTION=NOUVEAU&USRNAME=nobody&USRPWD=4%24%2534P)

3) The blog administrator would like to thank Mr. Patrik BRUNET-MORET for the images of the tomb and monument of the Gaigneron family in Martinique.

4) The information on Captain Henri de Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles was retrieved from  http://gw.geneanet.org as well as from other online resources for World War I such as:

a. http://enenvor.fr/dico_bio_47/g.html on Henri-Nicolas Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles.
b. http://www.memorialgenweb.org/memorial3/html/fr/complementter.php?id=5133858 from "Memorialgenweb"

According to the genealogy by  Pierre Barbier de la Serre, the parents of Henri Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles (1880-1915) were Pierre de Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles (1839) and Marie Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles (1843). This genealogy has been disproven by the research of Mr. Jean Catherine and the author of this blog.


5) Information on General Alain de Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles was retrieved from Roglo Database and also from the data bases of "Le Monde" newspaper.

6) Dessalles, Pierre, and Henri . Frémont. La Vie D'un Colon À La Martinique Au Xixème Siècle. Fort-de-France [Martinique: Editions Désormeaux, 1987. Print.

7) Genealogist J. Catherine  confirmed via e-mail 3.6.18 the genealogy of Henri-Nicolas and Claire-Marie-Nicolas Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles. Both were legally recognized first by their mother and later by their father.

8) Taken from Roglo genealogical data base.

9) According to the genealogy of Mr. Thibaud PAYEN de la GARANDERIE, Henry Gaigneron Jollimon de Marollles issued Alain Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles (1913-1991). His genealogy was published on http://gw.geneanet.org. This genealogical information is disputed. The research of Mr. Jean Cantherine shows definitely that Hehnri-Nicolas as the issue of Nicolas-Adolphe de Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles (1819-1894) and Annociade Megange.

10) From the French newspaper "Le figaro"  April 18, 1920. Published and digitized by BNF.

11) We are able to confirm that Alphonse-Nicolas Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles (1815-) and Marie-Magdeleine Gilbert-Desmarais issued two children: Victor and Blanche thanks to a recently made available "Faire part" and through the research of Mr. J. Catherine.

Update 7.14.2025

GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE

Brief History and Genealogy 

La Maison de GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE

The GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE family traces their origin not to France but to Scotland. There the family dynasty was established with Fergus the First around 350. Around 1249 the Grand castle was constructed in Invernesshire (source 2).

The Arms of the Scottish Grant Family

 The Scottish Grant family continues to own the Castle Grant and the current head of the family (clan) is the Right Honorable, Sir James Patrick Trevor Grant of Grant, 6th Barton of Strathspey and 33rd hereditary Clan Chief of the Grant.

During many centuries, the Scottish Grant Clan supported the Scottish independence and directly collaborated with  figures like  William Wallance. However, during the conflict between King Charles I and Parliament, the Grant clan supported the English royalist forces. After the English Civil War, the family become a supporter of William of Orange's claim to the throne of England against the Jacobites (Source 2).

The Grant Family in France

After the conquest of England by the Norman King William the Conqueror (1028-1087), many Scottish families settled in Normandy. The GRAND or GRANT - as it was known in France - received from the King of England many fiefdoms. Already by 1120, the family held the titles of Esquire (écuyer) and Knight (chevalier).

The Grant de Luxoliére de  Bellussière Castle in Rudeau-Ladosse (Photo Public Domain)

According to the published description of the Grant/Grand family in the "Armorial de la noblesse du Périgord, Volume" (1891) by Alfred de Froidefond de Boulazac, the family was forced to enter commerce in order to recuperate from the losses it suffered during the wars of religion in France. The Grant/Grand family asked for a reinstatement of their nobility to Henry IV of France and Navarre (1553 -1610)

On January 25, 1610 Letters Patent were issued by His Majesty, King Henry IV in favor of François III Grand, écuyer, seigneur de Faveyrol, Bellussiére, and Baron of Luxoliére (Source 4).

Description of Coat of Arms (Blason) 

"Le Bulletin héraldique de France: ou, Revue historique de la noblesse ..., Volumes 5-6" (1892) reports that the coat of arms of the Grant or Grad family has


"D'azur à trois serpents ( ou dragons) volants d'or, posés l'un sur l'autre." (a blue background and three dragons of gold flying one over the other).

The motto of the family was Serpent unquam (Serpent Never).

Titles of the Family

The Grant or Grand  family were known in France under the following names and titles (Source 6):

1.  Seigneur de Bellussiére (since 1668) and Baron de Bellussiére in the Kingdom of France and Navarre (since 1820)
2. Seigneur  de Luxollière (since 1392)
3. du Tenteillac (since 1480)
4. du Reclaud (since 1745)
5. de Faveyroux (since 1668)
6. de Beaussac (since 1668)
7. Marquis de la  MAILLARD de La FAYE (land and castle passed unto Alexandre-Robert GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1864-1929), Baron de BELLUSSIÈRE (1905) upon the death of the last Marquis de La Faye in 1921.

Note: The Tribunal de Nontron fixed the name of the family in 1858 to read:
Grant de Luxolière de Bellussière (Source 10)

  Abbreviated Genealogy (1392 - Present)

Jehan GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (c. 1392)

 married on June 20, 1412 Jeanne de ROCHECORAIL (1393) and issued (Jacques, Pierre I, and Jehan)

Pierre I GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (1415-1473)

married on October 4, 1444 Marie BERTIN (1449) and issued (Jacques, Radegonde, Bertrande)

Jacques GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (1444), Écuyer (esquire)

 married on July 14, 1480 Anne BERTIN (c.1449) and issued  François I.

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La Maison de  GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de TENTEILLAC (1480-1881)

François I GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (c.1480), Sgr de Tenteillac

married October 10, 1510 Claire de LA GASTE (1480) and issued

François II GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (1510),Sgr de Tenteillac

Married on September 10, 1548 Claire de LAGEARD (1528) and issued

a)  Pierre II GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (1548) m. Françoise de BOURGOIN (1548)
b)  François III GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (1550-1649) m. Françoise de RIEU

Pierre II GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (1548)

married on November 20, 1585,  Françoise de BOURGOIN and issued ( François, Jean, Pierre III)


[Note: According to the study of Pierre BARBIER de la SERRE, the House of TENTEILLAC become extinct on March 19, 1881 with the death of  Christine who was the daughter of Claude (1752), Source 7]

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 GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSIERE (1550-1929)

 

 François III GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (1550-1649), écuyer, seigneur de Faveyrol, Bellussiére, and Baron of Luxoliére, Gendarme du Roi

Married on April 6, 1585 Françoise de RIEU (1550-1638) and issued (René and Honorette)

a. René GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE
b. Honorette GRANT  (c.1602) m. Thibaud de CAMAIN

Biographical Note:

On December 10, 1617 he bought  "la haute justice de la seigneurie de Bellussière" from  Hélie de Pompadour, chevalier, seigneur du Bourdeix and  baron de Laurière et de Nontron .

On February 12, 1637 he bought from the Lady de Montluc, Princess of  Chalais  the Parish of  Beaus  with the right to carryout justice for 12,000 pounds (source, 6).

René GRANT GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (1600-1646) , sgr de Bellussière

Married Marguerite de CONAN and issued


a) Henriette Honorette GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (c.1627)
b) Françoise GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (c.1630)
c) François IV  GRANT (1636-1668), sgr de Bellussière

François IV GRANT (1636-1668), Seigneur de BELLUSSIÈRE 

Married Marguerite de FAYOLLE de TOCANE and issued:
 
a)  Jean GRANT 1656-
 b) François GRANT 1657-
c) François GRANT 1658-
d)  Joseph GRANT (1659-1683)
 e)  Antoine GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE (1662)
f) Dauphine GRANT de BELLUSSIÈRE  (1664) m. 1683  Joseph de TESTARD  

Antoine GRANT (1662), Sgr de Faveyrol, Beaussac et Bellussière

Married Jeanne de CAMAIN (†1730) and issued (François, François, Marthe, Marie Magdeleine, Claude, François, Marthe Marie, Guy and Jacques)

Guy GRANT de BELLUSSIÈRE (1697-1745) 

married Marie Thérèse de RESTIER de DUREFORT and issued

de DUREFORT

a. Marie Catherine GRANT de BELLUSSIÈRE (†1783)

b. Marie Rose GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (†1828)

c. Jean-Guy GRANT de BELLUSSIÈRE (1745-1830)

Jean-Guy GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1745-1830), Seigneur de Bellusiere and Beaussac, Maire de Ladosse, mousquetaire gris

married Marie de SAULNIER des HORTES (+1818) and issued :

a. Sicaire-Jean-Guy GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1770-1837)


b. Louis GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1775-1842) and married on 27 August 1789 to Gabrielle-Cécile-Marguerite-Françoise JOUMARD de CHABAS (1782-1837) and issued:

 b.1 Jean-Armand (1799-1872),Lieutenant de louveterie (1835) married 21 February 1835 at the château de Lanmary to Hermine Le Roy de Barde (1815-1901) and issued.

b.2 Honorine-Marie-Claire (1800) married on 4 August 1837 to Louis-Martin de la Salle du Maigneaux (1786-1873) and issued.

 

b.3 Sicaire-Eugene (1902-1892), Maire of Creyssac, Chevalier of the Legion of Honor married Marie-Louise-Augusta Le Conte de la Richardie (1817-1906)

Death Announcement of Sicaire-Eugene Grant de Luxoliere de Bellusiere (Source 15)

c. Madeleine Angélique Justine  GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE married to Philippe de CONAN (circa 1777)

 

 Sicaire-Jean-Guy GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1770-1837), Baron de BELLUSSIÈRE, Officier de cavalerie, lieutenant au régiment d'Artois-cavalerie

Biographical Note:

"Il [Sicaire-Jean-Guy] est fait prisonnier au début d'octobre 1792 avec douze autres émigrés sur la frontière du Nord où ils avaient rejoint l'armée des princes. Transférés à Paris et incarcérés le 19 à la Conciergerie, ils sont jugés le 22 par une commission militaire composée de cinq membres.

Ayant occulté ses qualités de gentilhomme et d'officier lors de son arrestation, il est enregistré comme suit au greffe :

"Sicaire Legrand, âgé de 22 ans, de Beaussac en Périgord, domestique de M. de Montferrand, officier du ci-devant régiment d'Artois-cavalerie".

Ce subterfuge lui sauvera la vie puisque puisqu'il sera absous par la commission au motif qu' "il n'a point été pris les armes à la main", contrairement à neuf de ses compagnons qui seront guillotinés le lendemain matin place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville, dont:

1. Jean-Jacques Maurice de Sentout,
2.Étienne-Hyacinthe Gauthier de Latouche,
4.les frères Hyacinthe et Émeric de Godefroy de Boisjugan,
5.Jean-Louis de Monamy de Mirambel et
5.Charles-Hyacinthe-Laurent Bernage de Saint-Illiers"

[Source 13]

 married Jeanne Pauline de MAILLARD de La FAYE ( †1837) and issued

de MAILLARD de La FAYE (Source 5)

a. Guillaume Alexandre GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1820-1905)

b. Philippine Rose Julie Françoise GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1822-)

c. Philippe-Alexandre-Guillaume-Guy GRANT de BELLUSSIÈRE (1829-1880) married Marie-Angélique-Berthe Debetz de Beaurepaire and issued:


c.1 Marie GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1867-1869)


c.2 Magdeleine GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1870-1882)



c.3 Louis-Joseph-Charles GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1875) maried 19 may 1906 to Marie Mazelle and issued:

c.3.a Guy-Gustave-Alexandre (1912-1940),  Mort Pour La France 

Guillaume-Alexandre GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1820-1905), Baron de BELLUSSIÈRE, Membre de la société d'agriculture, sciences et arts de Dordogne 

married Berthe-Marie-Célestine de PICHON-LONGUEVILLE (1840-1889) and issued (Laurence, Lucie, Robert, Christine, and  Celine).

See House of Pichon-Longueville Geneaology 

a. Laurence-Marie-Estelle GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1857-1942)

Note: In 1930, Laurence-Marie-Estelle adopts nephew-in-law, Jacques de Vandière de Vitrac, Count de Vandière de Vitrac to succeed his brother in the title of Baron of GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE


b. Lucie GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1863-1933) married in 1888 to Marie Antoine Paulin Joseph de Montety (1852-1900) and issued:

Funeral Card of Lucie GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1863-1933), Source 15

c. Robert Philippe Alexandre GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1864-1929)



d. Christine Marie Berthe GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1869-1957) married in 1892 Marie-Louis- Olivier, Count de Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles (1865-1942) and issued:

Wedding gift to celebrate the union of the two noble houses (Source 15)

Wedding Announcement of Christine-Marie-Berthe and Olivier Gaigneron de Marolles (Source 15)

d.1) Louis-Marie-Adolphe Léopold (1897-1986) married Raymonde ERNEST-PICARD (+1995)

d.2) Jacques (1900-1980), Count de Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles, married in 1929 to Louise de GEOFRRE de CHABRIGNAC  (1905-1983)

d.3) Louis Marie François (1910-1999)  married 18 April 1932 to Denyse Doussau de Neurisse (1906-1977)

d.4) Nelly - died in infancy.

d.5) Louise-Marie-Berthe (1903-1991) married Yves REAL del SARTE (+1979) of the House of Phillippy Bucelly d'Estreès 

d.6) Louise-Marie-Suzanne (1906-1980)
d.7) Louis-Marie-Pierre (1910-1996) married Geneviève LEGRAND (1914-2004)

See entry for House of Philippy Bucelly d'Estrées (click here)

See entry for Réal del Sarte Family 



e) Céline GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE, Religious Sister of the Sacred Heart (Soeur religieuse du sacré coeur)

 Philippe-Alexandre-Robert GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1864-1929), Baron de  BELLUSSIÈRE (1905) and Seigneur MAILLARD de La FAYE (1921), Graduate of l'École polytechnique (1886),  Capitaine d'escadron (1907), Officier of the Legion of Honor (1907,1922)

Cadet, Philippe-Alexandre-Robert (Source 11)

Married 21 October 1891, Louise  (dit Mina) Amélie Marie de GAIGNERON JOLLIMON de MAROLLES (1871-1943)  and issued (Geneviève and Christian):

Amélie Marie de GAIGNERON JOLLIMON de MAROLLES (1871-1943), Source 15

Biographical Note:

Upon the death of Edmond de Maillard de la Faye, Marquis de la Lafaye (1843-1921), Robert inherited the land and  château de la Faye (Dordogne). He does become the de facto Seigneur de Maillard de la Faye (Source 12).



a. Geneviève Louise Amélie GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1895-1967)

Married in 1919 Jacques Ludovic Joseph Henri de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC (1890-1975), Count of  VANDIÈRE de VITRAC and Baron of BELLUSSIÈRE

La Maison de Vandière de Vitrac

b. Christian-Etienne-Joseph GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1893-1897).

Biographical Note:
Only son of Robert and Mina died in a tragic way. He was crashed by a train at  the "gare de Puyoo" (Basse-Pyrénées).

[Source 9]

  

The Headship of the 

House of GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE

According the the study conducted by Henry de L'ESPINAY, the last Baron GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE was Philippe-Alexandre-Robert who died in 1929.

However, the eldest daughter of Guillaume Alexandre GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE 1820-1905, Laurence Marie Estelle (1857-1942) adopted her nephew-in-law Jacques Ludovic Joseph Henri de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC, Count of Vandière de Vitrac (1890-1975).

He was adopted on May 14, 1930 and thus become Count of  Vandière de Vitrac and Baron of Bellussière.

Jacques Ludovic Joseph Henri de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC was the son of Marc Antoine de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC (1845-1916) and Marie-Antoinette de La PINSONIE (1850-1936)


Jacques Ludovic Joseph Henri married Geneviève Louise Amélie Grant de Luxolière de Bellussière (1895 -1967) on May 15, 1919.

Geneviève Louise was the daughter of the Baron  Grant de Luxolière de Bellussière (1864 - 1929) and Louise Amélie Marie Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles (1871 -1943).

 

The House of de Vandière de Vitrac de Bellussière (1930-Present)

Jacques Ludovic Joseph Henri de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC (1890-1975), Count de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC, Baron de BELLUSSIÈRE, Directeur des Bonneteries de l'Ouest Réunies

 Married Geneviève Louise Amélie GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1895-1967)
 and  issued:

1) Christian de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC de BELLUSSIÈRE (1920-1992) married to Françoise de Blois de la Calande and issued: (Bruno, Catherine, Odile, Laure, and Claire)

La Maison de Blois de la Calande (Source 14)

2) Thérèse-Marie de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC de BELLUSSIÈRE married Xavier CALOT and issued

3) Ernest de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC de BELLUSSIÈRE (1922-1935)

4) Marie-Antoinette de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC de BELLUSSIÈRE (1924-1941)

5) Suzanne de VANDIÈRE de VITRACde BELLUSSIÈRE (1926) married Renaud BARBIER de la  SERRE (1925) and issued

La Maison de Barbier de la Serre (Source 14)

6) Marc de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC de BELLUSSIÈRE (1928) married Thérèse Daru (1930) and issued

[Source 9]

Bruno de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC de BELLUSSIÈRE (1950-), Count de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC, Baron de BELLUSSIÈRE, Lieutenant d'aviation (R)

He married in 1982 Jennifer Wilson and the issued: (Philippe, Alix, and Louis)

Note:
Through the maternal side, Jennifer de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC de BELLUSSIÈRE (née WILSON) is a descendant of the renowned French scientist Louis-Joseph GAY-LUSSAC (1778-1850), Pair de France. 

Philippe  de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC de BELLUSSIÈRE (1983-), Hereditary Count de VANDIÈRE de VITRAC, Hereditary Baron de BELLUSSIÈRE

Married in 2014 to Coralie BONNET



[Source 9]


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Sources Consulted:

1) "Notes Isolees" Information about Vandière de Vitrac and Baron de BELLUSSIÈRE by Pierre Driout

2) "Clan Grant" entry on "Wikipedia"

3) "Pichon- Longueville" by the Reverend Father Henry de L'ESPINAY (1997). This book was published as a private geneology or document for the descendants of the Pinchon-Longueville familiy. We are grateful for Madame F. Marty- Real del Sarte for allowing us the opporunity to consult the book.

4) Much of the genealogy of the Grant family was taken from the genealogical studies published in the online database Geneanet (http://gw.geneanet.org/pierfit?lang=fr&p=rene&n=grant).

5) Maillard de la Faye and other genealogies

6) "Armorial de la noblesse du Périgord, Volume" (1891) by Alfred de Froidefond de Boulazac on "google books".

7) "Grant" entry on gw.geneanet.org (French) by Pierre BARBIER de la SERRE

8) Funeral cards of Amélie Marie de GAIGNERON JOLLIMON de MAROLLES (1871-1943) and Lucie GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1863-1933) are the courtesy of Madame F. Marty-Real del Sarte.

9) Many thanks to Mr. Pierre BARBIER de la SERRE for his important genealogical contacts and information.

10) "Le bulletin héraldique de France" volume 5-6, 1892. Digitized by Google Books.

11) Image of Guillaume-Alexandre-Robert Grant de Luxoliere de Bellusiere taken from the archives of L'École polytechnique.

12) Information on the inheritance of  Robert Grant de Luxoliere de Bellusiere was taken from the website http://jm.ouvrard.pagesperso-orange.fr. The same information appears in the Roglo entry on Edmond de Maillard de la Faye.

13) The research on Sicaire-Jean-Guy Grant de Luxoliere de Bellusiere was conducted by Mr. Jean Catherine and published on https://gw.geneanet.org.

14)  The blasons of the de Blois de la Calande and Barbier de la Serre families were confirmed and taken from the Jougla, de M. H, and Raoul . Warren. Grand Armorial De France: 2. Paris: Frankelve, 1975. Print.

15) Private collection (F.Marty-Réal del Sarte).

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