Chevallerie
Chevallerie is the name of an originally French family that had belonged to the French nobility since 1547. The coat of arms represents a jumping silver horse against a red background under a crown of leaves .
history
The family originally came from Brittany . It appears for the first time with Guillaume Chevalerie, who in 1492 belonged to the Confrérie de Notre Dame with patron Martin von Tours in Vitré . Georges Chevalerie, born around 1500, was the landlord at L'Épine near Vitré. In 1545 he acquired L'Éperonnière Castle near Craon , which became the family headquarters. On July 10, 1547, Georges Chevalerie received confirmation of his nobility from the French crown for himself and his family.
Around 1660, his Huguenot great-grandson Simeon de la Chevallerie, born 1635, and the Huguenot widow of his relative Gilles de la Chevallerie, Baron de la Motte, fled to Germany with their three children. Of the branches that remained Catholic and died out in France, one line is still blooming in Belgium.
Three lines were established by the family members who came to Germany: One that descends from Gilles expired in the 19th century, while the two lines established by the grandchildren of Simeon still exist. Their membership in the aristocracy was not objected to in Prussia , in whose armies many of their members served. The family occurs in Germany under the name forms de la Chevallerie Baron de la Motte, de la Chevallerie, von der Chevallerie and von La Chevallerie.
Known family members
- Ernst August de la Chevallerie von la Motte (1688–1758), Prussian lieutenant general
- Georg Ludwig de la Chevallerie (1711–1768), British major general major in Brunswick-Lüneburg
- Ludwig von La Chevallerie (1813–1884), Prussian major general
- Gustav von der Chevallerie (1825–1912), Prussian lieutenant general
- Hans von der Chevallerie (1857–1946), Prussian major general
- Siegfried von La Chevallerie (1860–1950), German general of the artillery and knight of the order Pour le Mérite with oak leaves
- Kurt von der Chevallerie (1891–1945), German infantry general
- Hellmut von der Chevallerie (1896–1965), German lieutenant general
- Botho von La Chevallerie (1898–1943), German colonel and bearer of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Botho von La Chevallerie (1927–2018), Honorary Commander of the Order of St. John and holder of the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
literature
- Genealogical manual of the nobility. Nobility Lexicon. Volume II, CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg 1994.
- Genealogical manual of the nobility. Volume B VI, CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg, 1964, p. 72 ff.
- Genealogical paperback of the knights and Noble families. 1880. Fifth year, pp. 73 ff.
Individual evidence
- ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility. Nobility Lexicon. Volume II, CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg 1994, p. 278.