Blouet (noble family)

Blouet is a very old family name of Norman origin.

history

He finds the first reliable mention with Robert Blouet , who was born in Bricqueville-la-Blouette . This is also the ancestral home of the family and is located on the Norman Cotentin Peninsula .

Robert Blouet and Raoul Blouet accompanied William the Conqueror on his invasion of England (Battle Abbey Roll) in 1066 as knightly commanders. Here they were enfeoffed with goods, especially in Hampshire. Sir Robert Blouet, probably identical with the above-mentioned companion of William, became Lord Chancellor , thus in fact rose to high nobility and later became Bishop of Lincolnshire , where he also died in 1123.

The English branch gradually changed its name to Blewitt. Other spellings are Bloet, Bluit, Bluett and Blewett. From the 16th century, the noble Blouet de Camilly family appeared in Normandy. Their lineage begins in 1486 with Guillaume I. Blouet de Mondehare. She provided, among other things, the Archbishop of Tours, Francois Blouet de Camilly 1721–1723.

Web links

• Genealogy of the family ( PDF; 219 kB)