Bigot de Saint-Quentin

Coat of arms of the Counts of Bigot de St. Quentin

Bigot de Saint-Quentin (French: Comte Le Bigot de Saint-Quentin ) were a Gräfliches from the Picardy originating French and Austrian noble family .

history

Marie Catherine Le Bigot, Comtesse de St. Quentin

François-Antoine Le Bigot, Comte de Saint-Quentin

The family was mentioned in a document as early as the 14th century under the name "Le Bigot". The progenitor of the family, Seigneur Jacques Le Bigot, married Marie, daughter of Seigneur Armand d'Alphéry, lord of La Mothe de Castillones and Antonie de Geoffre in 1500. In their will of March 4, 1525, St. Quentin Castle was first mentioned in a document. Their son Jean, royal captain in Metz, was already called "Le Bigot de Saint-Quentin".

Jacques' grandson, Junker Jean (* 1535), was first referred to as Seigneur de St. Quentin in the marriage contract of 1564 with Anne de la Boétie (Boytie), sister of Étienne de La Boétie . Through his marriage, he also acquired Boytie and La Valette. After his son Jean-Baptiste (1545–1631) had advanced to royal chamberlain, his eldest son, the lieutenant general of the French king, Jean-François (1601–1692), married Marie de Maurès, dame d'Artigues et comtesse de Moricourt, in appearance as Marquis de St. Quentin Comte de Plassac, Baron de Seimur, Lord of Guitierres, Governor of Auxonne . Since he only had one daughter, this line became extinct in the male line.

A descendant of the younger son Jean-Louis (1603–1685), an officer in the Picardy Council, was the founder of the Austrian line. His great-grandson François-Antoine, notary, (* February 25, 1724 in Strasbourg ; † May 1, 1802) in Maursmünster (Marmoutier) , married Maria Catharina Weisrock on November 27, 1751 and had seven children, of which François- Louis emigrated to the German Empire in 1791.

Personalities

• Franz Ludwig (François-Louis) Count von Bigot de Saint-Quentin (1774–1854), Austrian officer ( Lieutenant Field Marshal ), division general in Hermannstadt (Sibiu) and second owner of the Dragoon Regiment Archduke Franz Joseph No. 3.
• August Count Bigot de Saint-Quentin (born March 20, 1804 in Radom , † December 18, 1848 in Csucsa (Ciucea) in Klausenburg (Cluj) County in Transylvania), fell during the Hungarian revolt as a major in the battle at Csucsa. ∞ Baroness von Podstatzki-Prussinowitz and Thonsern (born July 11, 1816 in Brno, † March 30, 1903 in Brandeis on the Elbe (Brandýs nad Labem) )
• Karl August Leopold Count von Bigot de Saint-Quentin (1805-1884), son of Franz Ludwig, was an Austrian officer, general of the cavalry , 2nd owner of the kk Uhlan regiment No. 8, at the same time governor and commanding general in the Banat and in Lemberg in 1863. He was also a successful writer .
• Margarethe Countess Bigot de Saint-Quentin (born January 12, 1807 in Neuburg an der Donau , † April 18, 1881 in Vienna ), daughter of Franz Ludwig, lady of honor of the Royal Bavarian Order of St. Anne, married on May 16, 1835 Karl Freiherr Ransonnet von Villez (1802–1892), Imperial and Royal  Privy Councilor , Ministerial Councilor and Vice President of the Supreme Audit Office . Their son was Eugen Freiherr von Ransonnet-Villez , painter and diplomat.
• Anatol Count von Bigot de Saint-Quentin (1849–1932), was kuk chamberlain and real secret councilor , chief steward of Archduke Friedrich , field marshal lieutenant , and finally general of the cavalry . He married in the Duchy of Bukovina , namely Helene von Flondor (1866–1930) and purchased goods there. His daughter Desideria (born July 2, 1900 in Brandeis an der Elbe; † March 15, 1999 in Vienna) married Count Franz Emil Joseph Ludwig Marenzi von Tagliuno and Talgate (born January 31, 1888 in Wiener Neustadt ; † November 2, 1983 in Vienna ).
• Douglas Count of Bigot de Saint-Quentin (1899–1982), son of Anatol, Dr. phil., was considered to be one of the most important odonatologists in the German-speaking area and made more than 50 works in this field.
• Friedrich Georg Graf von Bigot de Saint-Quentin (born October 4, 1906 in Pressburg ; † February 16, 2000 in Vienna), son of Anatol, was a graduate engineer, holder of the papal cross of honor " Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice ", married in 1953 to a professor ( Chemistry, Pharmacy) Florica Mihăilescu (born April 10, 1910 in Buzău ; † March 8, 1987 ibid), who had farmed the Zadowa estate (Jadova) until the Soviet invasion (1940) in accordance with the Hitler-Stalin Pact . He was the godfather of Alexander Wassilko von Serecki (* 1947).

The two brothers remained childless. Only her sister Desideria provided offspring in the female line.

Picture gallery

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  Franz Ludwig de St. Quentin (1838)

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  Karl de Saint-Quentin (1863)

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  Anatol de St. Quentin (1880)

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  Helene de St. Quentin, b. by Flondor (1900)

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  Douglas de St. Quentin (1926)

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  Desideria Countess Marenzi, b. de St. Quentin (1935)

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  Friedrich de St. Quentin (1953)

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  Florica de St. Quentin b. Mihăilescu (1953)

coat of arms

In the red shield three golden ants, one above the other, crawling to the right, the count's crown rests above the shield. Shield holder: Two inward-facing, upright, turning, golden lions.

literature

• Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : German count houses of the present: in heraldic, historical and genealogical relation. Volume 3, Leipzig 1854, p. 27f digitized
• Genealogical manual of the nobility . Volume 53, Verlag Ostsee, CA Starke, 1972, p. 398
• Genealogical manual of the nobility. Volume 112 (Count's Houses, Volume 15), CA Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn 1997
• Bernhard von Poten : Austro-Hungarian military newspaper “Der Kamerad”. No. 74. Vienna, September 13, 1884
• Odonatologica. Volume 3, No. 1 of March 1, 1974, pp. 1-4.
• Erich Prokopowitsch: The nobility in Bukowina. Südostdeutscher Verlag, Munich 1983
• Friedrich Count Bigot de St. Quentin: The story of the family Le Bigot de St.-Quentin.
• Heinrich Marenzi: My family - an attempt to preserve history and memories.

Web links

Commons : Bigot de Saint-Quentin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Erich Prokopowitsch: The nobility in the Bukowina, Südostdeutscher Verlag, Munich, 1983, p. 134
2. ↑ Louis Pierre de Hozier de Serigny (et Hozier de Serigny, Antoine Marie d '): "Armorial general de la France: Volume 2; Volume, Paris 1764, page 30 (total 750)
3. ↑ Richard Apfelauer: "The Counts Bigot de St. Quentin and their activities in the Austrian army" (dissertation), Vienna 1978
4. ↑ Friedrich Count Bigot de Saint-Quentin: "The history of the Le Bigot de St.-Quentin family"
5. ↑ http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/chan/chan/pdf/ap/289AP/d0e61638.html
6. ↑ ^{a b} Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ Bigot de S. Quentin, Karl Graf. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 84.
8. ↑ Genealogical paperback of the German count's houses for the year 1870, 43rd year, Verlag Justus Perthes, Gotha 1870, p. 126
9. ^ Heinrich Marenzi: "My family - an attempt to preserve history and memories", p. 126 ff
10. ^ In “Odonatologica” 3 (1) 1-4 of March 1, 1974