Ecublens (noble family)

The Ecublens were a noble family from Vaud.

The noble family of Ecublens has been documented in the town of the same name in Vaud since the middle of the 12th century . They were probably ministerials to the bishops of Lausanne . The dynasty reached the height of its influence at the end of the 12th and beginning of the 13th century, when they each provided a bishop of Sitten and Lausanne. In the 13th century the family split into two branches. A branch sat in Ecublens VD and had a grave in the church there. The other branch, the Junkers of Ecublens, were citizens of Lutry and had settled in Lausanne . The sex died out at the beginning of the 16th century.

family members

• Nantelmus d'Ecublens († 1203), from 1196 Bishop of Sion
• William of Ecublens (Guillaume d'Ecublens; † 1229), from 1221 Bishop of Lausanne

Web links

• Jean-Daniel Morerod: Ecublens, d '[of]. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .