Challant (noble family)
The Challant were a noble family from the Aosta Valley . Documented since around 1100, they died out in 1802 with the death of Maurice-Jules-François de Challant.
history
From the early 12th century until 1295 they were vice counts of the Aosta Valley, then they exchanged the vice counties for the Montjovet fief . The Challant lordship was elevated to a county in 1424.
The family began to split into several lines as early as the 13th century ( Aymavilles , Châtillon , Cly, Fénis , Saint-Marcel, Ussel, Varey, Villarsel-le-Gibloux ). In addition to their possessions in the Aosta Valley (including Verrès and Issogne ), the Challant were also wealthy in western Switzerland, the Bresse and the Dauphiné .
Through Isabelle de Challant (1531–1596), wife of Giovanni Frederico di Madruzzo (1535–1586), Issogne and Verrès came to this family and then in inheritance in 1661 to the Lenoncourt family and in 1691 to the Del Carretto, Marchesi di Balestrino , who the latter had to surrender to a line of the Challant after an inheritance dispute in 1696. This kept the property until it died out in the 19th century.
family members
- Antoine de Challant (* 1340/50; † 1418), Archbishop of Tarentaise and cardinal
- Aymon de Châtillon († 1323), Bishop of Sion (1308–1323)
- Boniface de Challant († 1308), Bishop of Sion (1289–1308)
- Guillaume de Challant († 1431), Bishop of Lausanne (1406–1431)
literature
- Gilbert Coutaz: Challant, de . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages . tape 2 . dtv, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-423-59057-2 , Sp. 1656 .
