Reign of Roussy
The rule Roussy was a fiefdom around the castle Roussy in today's Roussy-le-Village between Thionville in the south and Luxembourg in the north. It originally belonged to the property of the Counts of Luxembourg and was given to the Ligny branch line , for which the French title Count von Roussy (Comte de Roussy) was created in 1495 . In the context of the other titles that were run in the family, that of Comte de Roussy never played an important role.
Regardless of the title, ownership of Roussy developed. While the French title of count was inherited in the male line, the German rule Roussy itself was from 1568 in the hands of a granddaughter of Count Charles II († 1530), Magdalena von Nassau-Idstein. Roussy was now inherited or sold several times by will until it was owned by Marie Antoinette Philippine de Custine (1746–1800) at the outbreak of the French Revolution (Roussy had belonged to France for 20 years), who with Albert Louis Baron de Pouilly et de Chauffour (1731–1795) was married, and the Comtesse and Comte de Roussy called themselves. In 1790 the couple went into exile, after which the property was confiscated. The couple took the name Mensdorff in order not to be recognized in the event of a possible capture by republican troops, and settled in Austria. Her descendants are the (from 1818) Counts von Mensdorff-Pouilly and (from 1869) the Princes Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg.
The Savoyard Roussy, who were awarded the (Sayovian-Sardinian) title of Marquis de Roussy in 1857, have nothing to do with the rule of Roussy or with the title of Comte de Roussy.
Lords of Roussy
- Henry IV the Blind (1112–1196), Count of Luxembourg ( House of Namur )
- Ermesinde II , Countess of Luxembourg (1186–1247), his daughter; ⚭ 1214 Walram IV, 1214 Count of Luxembourg, 1221 Duke of Limburg ( House of Limburg-Arlon )
- Gerhard († 1298/1303), their son, Count von Durbuy and Lord von Roussy
- Isabella, his daughter, 1304 Dame de Roussy; ⚭ 1273 Henri de Grandpré , Seigneur de Livry, attested in 1265/82, † before 1287 ( House Grandpré )
- Gérard de Grandpré († before 1356), their son, Seigneur de Houffalize in 1296 , Seigneur de Roussy in 1304
- Marguerite, his daughter, to Roussy in 1335; ⚭ before 1353 Arnold IV of Pittingen
- Heinrich V the Blonde († 1281) Count of Luxembourg, brother of Gerhard ( House of Luxemburg-Ligny )
- Walram of Luxembourg (X 1288), his son, Lord of Ligny , Roussy and Laroche
- Walram II († 1354), his son, Seigneur de Ligny, de Roussy et de Beauvoir
- Jean I († 1364), his son, Seigneur de Ligny, de Roussy et de Beauvoir
- Jean († 1360), his son, Seigneur de Roussy
- Guy I († 1371), his brother, Comte de Ligny, Seigneur de Roussy et de Beauvoir
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Walram III. († 1415), his son, 1371 Comte de Saint-Pol et de Ligny, Seigneur de Roussy et de Beauvoir
- Jean II († 1397), Seigneur de Beauvoir et de Richebourg, as well as Count of Brienne and Conversano ( iure uxoris ).
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Jean II († 1441), his son, Comte de Guise (1425), Comte de Ligny (1430), Seigneur de Roussy
- Pierre I († 1433), his brother, Comte de Saint-Pol
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Louis I († 1475), his son, 1433 Comte de Saint-Pol et de Brienne, Count of Conversano, 1441 Comte de Ligny et de Guise, Seigneur d ' Enghien , de Roussy et de Beaurevoir.
- Jean (X 1476), his son, 1462 Comte de Marle et de Soissons
- Pierre II. († 1482), his brother, Comte de Saint-Pol, de Soissons et de Marle
Counts of Roussy
- Antoine I († 1519), brother of Pierre II., Comte de Roussy, de Brienne et de Ligny in 1495
- Charles II. († 1530), his son, 1519 Comte de Brienne, de Ligny, de Roussy
- Louis III († 1571), his son, 1530 Comte de Roussy
- Antoine II. († 1557), his brother, 1530 Comte de Brienne, de Ligny etc.
- François († 1613), his son, Comte de Roussy in 1557, Duc de Piney in 1581
- Henri III († 1616), his son, 1613 2nd Duc de Luxembourg et de Piney, Pair de France , Prince de Tingry , Comte de Brienne, de Ligny et de Roussy;
- Marguerite Charlotte († 1680), his daughter, Duchesse de Piney-Luxembourg, Princesse de Tingry, Comtesse de Brienne, de Ligny et de Roussy etc .; ⚭ Léon d'Albert, † 1630, Seigneur de Brantes , Pair de France ( House of Albert )
Owner of Roussy
- Charles II , Comte de Brienne, de Ligny et de Roussy (see above)
- Françoise of Luxembourg († 1566); ⚭ 1543 Adolf IV. Count of Nassau-Idstein ( House of Nassau )
- Magdalena Countess of Nassau-Idstein (1546–1604), 1568 Dame de Roussy; ⚭ 1566 Joachim Graf von Manderscheid in Virneburg and Neuerburg († 1582)
- Anna Salome Countess von Manderscheid (1578–1648), her daughter, 1615 heiress of Kronenburg, 1646 Dame de Roussy; ⚭ Karl (1574–1649) 1611 Count von Manderscheid in Gerolstein
- Ferdinand Ludwig (1613–1670), their son, 1649 Count von Manderscheid in Gerolstein, Bettingen, Kronenburg and Roussy
- Karl Ferdinand († 1697), his son, 1670 Count von Manderscheid in Gerolstein, Roussy, Bettingen and Kronenburg; ⚭ Maria Katharina v. Königsegg u. Rothenfels (1640-1722)
- The Counts of Königsegg-Rothenfels inherit Roussy and Kronenburg in 1697 by will from Count Karl Ferdinand von Manderscheid-Gerolstein.
- Albrecht Eusebius Graf zu Königsegg and Rotenfels, sells the County of Roussy to Jacob Dumont in 1703.
- Jacob Dumont sells the county in 1718 to Jean François Maguin, Councilor of Parliament in Metz
- Jean François Maguin (1671–1751), Seigneur du Comté de Roussy; ⚭ Marguerite Wolter
- Anne Marguerite Maguin (* 1706), Dame du Comté de Roussy; ⚭ 1732 Philippe François Joseph (1700–1768), Comte de Custine,
- Marie Antoinette Philippine de Custine (1746-1800), Comtesse de Roussy; ⚭ 1770 Albert Louis (* 1731; † 1795), Baron de Pouilly et de Chauffour, Comte de Roussy
The Savoyard Roussy
- Félix-Léonard de Roussy (1785–1857), Marquis de Roussy of Savoy in 1821, Roussy de Sales from 1857, French title from 1860 due to the annexation of Savoy
- Eugène de Roussy, from 1857 Roussy de Sales (1822–1915), Comte
- Francois de Roussy de Sales (1860-1943), Comte
- Raoul de Roussy de Sales (1896-1942), Comte
- Jean-François de Roussy de Sales (1928–1999), Comte de Thorens
literature
- Detlev Schwennicke: European Family Tables Volume I.2 (1999) Table 231–233 (Luxemburg-Ligny), Volume XI (1986) Table 4–8 (Manderscheid)
