Rougé (noble family)

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Coat of arms of those of Rougé

The house of Rougé descends in the male line from the dukes and kings of independent Brittany around the 9th century.

ancestry

Marquise de Rougé and her two sons
  • Riwallon III, or Rivallo, Count of Poher , father of
  • St. Solomon III. , Duke of the Bretons (857–868), King of Brittany (868–874), father of
  • Riwallon IV., Or Rivallo IV. Of Brittany, Count of Poher, father of
  • Alan, Count of Vannes and Prince of Brittany, † ~ 907, father of
  • Herveus, † ~ 940, father of
  • Herveus, called Tugdual, † ~ 980, father of
  • Tugdual, Lord of Rougé, lived ~ 1000, the progenitor of today's house of Rougé

Tugdual named himself after the rule Rougé , from which he got the principate, as a member of the ruling house.

Aymeric de Rougé acquired the rule of Les Rues around 1220.

Olivier IV. , Lord of Rougé, La Chappelle-Glain and Le Theil married Agnès von Derval in 1275 and thus acquired the rule and fortress of Derval (one of the largest fiefs in Brittany) in free ownership.

Best known members

  • Warinus de Rougé, Lord of Rougé , crusader in the 1st crusade ( 1099 in Jerusalem ),
  • Olivier IV , Lord of Rougé, Derval , La Chapelle-Glain, Le Bouays and Le Theil-de-Bretagne, crusaders in 1248,
  • Jean I. , Lord of Rougé, Derval, Grez-Neuville, La Cornouaille, and La Roche d'Iré. Killed during the Wars of the Breton Succession at the Battle of La Roche-Derrien on June 20, 1347, as well as his father Guillaume I and his half-brother Bonabes III.
  • Bonabes IV , Lord of Rougé and Derval, Count of La Guerche, Lord of Pontcallec († 1377). Ambassador and well-known knight of his time. Confidante of King Jean le Bon for negotiations with the King of England.
  • Guillaume II , Lord of Rougé, Derval, Cinq-Mars-la-Pile, La Roche d'Iré, Neuville, Count of La Guerche († around 1398)
  • Le Gallois de Rougé, lord of Le Bouays († around 1469). Ambassador for the King of France in Modena , and soldier.
  • Mathurin I. de Rougé des Rues, Lord of Les Rues, Chenillé, Lorière, Marigné, Le Plessis-Gaudin, Le Bois, La Cour-du-Bois, Maigné, Chigné, Les Mortiers, Dissé, La Courtaillé and Le Plessis-Courtimont etc. († around 1596). Governor of Le Mans in the Wars of Religion, particularly active against the Protestants.
  • Pierre François de Rougé, Margrave of Rougé, baron of Coëtmen, Lord of La Bellière, Le Tremblay etc. (1702–1761). French general, killed at the Battle of Vellinghausen. He owes the first treaty for the protection of the wounded and prisoners in war (Convention de Brandebourg, 1749). A bust of him can be seen in the Palace of Versailles in the Galerie des Batailles .
  • Gabriel-Louis de Rougé (1729–1772), Bishop of Périgueux (1772),
  • Bonabes VI. Louis Victurnien Alexis, Margrave of Rougé, peer of France in 1815, baron de Coëtmen and de Montfaucon etc. (1778–1839),
  • Adrien de Rougé (1782–1838), Count von Rougé, Peer of France, head of the Organization of the Knights of Faith (Chevaliers de la Foi) (1782–1838),
  • Henri Marie Bonabes Victurnien, Margrave of Rougé (born 1842), Zouave pontifical on December 13, 1860, Knight of the Legion of Honor, dueled Prince Achille Murat in 1867.
  • Jacques de Rougé du Plessis-Bellière et de Faÿ-lès-Nemours etc. (1602–1654), Margrave of Plessis-Bellière and Faÿ-lès-Nemours, French General, died at Castellamare, Naples.
  • Innocente Catherine de Rougé du Plessis-Bellière, Duchess of Elbeuf, Imperial Princess of Lorraine, Margravine of Faÿ-lès-Nemours, and of Coëtanfao etc. (1707–1794)
  • Gabriel-François , Comte de Rougé, Margrave of Cholet , Count of Chemillé, baron of Montfaucon, Le May, Vienne-le-Châtel etc. (1729–1786), Franz. General,
  • Arthur , Count of Rougé and Plessis-Bellière, Duke of Caylus, Grandee of Spain etc. (1844–1913).

Locks and goods

The house Rougé has today following castles or mansions: Castle Baronville , Castle Tonquédec , Castle Les Essarts , and the eponymous castle, castle Le Haut Rocher, Castle Les Rues , Castle Guyencourt, Castle Verron , as well as extensive forests and lands, in their home region of Brittany , but also in Anjou (where this noble family has demonstrably roots since 1220 ), Picardy , and near Paris .

Married to France's oldest houses

de Lorraine Elbeuf, de Craon, de Croÿ, de Crussol d'Uzès, de Rochechouart de Mortemart, de Choiseul-Praslin, de Beaumanoir, de Châteaubriand, de Colbert, de La Rochefoucauld, de Clermont-Tonnerre, de Walsh-Serrant, de Lignerac de Caylus, de Rohan-Chabot, de Saint-Georges de Vérac, de Sainte-Maure Montausier, de Blanchefort de Créquy, de Pastoret, d'Albert d'Ailly, de Cardevac d'Havrincourt, de Bertoult d'Hauteclocque, de Maillé, de Coëtmen, de Léon, de Rieux, de Châteaugiron, de L'Isle-Bouchard, de Goulaine, de La Tour Landry, de Derval, de Neuville, de Gastines, de Tournemine de la Hunaudaye , de Coëtquen, de Penhoët, de Sesmaisons, du Pouget de Nadaillac, de Francqueville, de Malet de La Garde, de La Tour du Pin Chambly de La Charce, de Mandat-Grancey, de Nettancourt-Vaubécourt, de Cornouaille, d'Andigné, de Maigret, de Pomereu d 'Aligre, de Pierre de Bernis Calvière, de Quatrebarbes, de Tramecourt, de Forbin d'Oppède, de Beauffort, de Boisgelin, de La Ville de Baugé, de Cassagnes de Beaufort de Miramon-Pesteils de Miramon-Fargues, de Blocquel de Croix de Wismes, de La Panouse, de Ganay, de Sonis, de Cossé-Brissac, de Maupeou d'Ableiges, d'Oilliamson, Colonna-Walewski, de Croÿ d ' Havré, de Bruc de Montplaisir, de Kerhoant de Coëtanfao, de Keroüartz.

Title of the house

Coat of arms de Rougé
  • Lord of Rougé (since 1045)
  • Lord of Les Rues and Chenillé (since 1220)
  • Lord of Derval (since 1275)
  • Count of La Guerche (since 1365)
  • Margrave and Count of Plessis-Bellière and von Faÿ les Nemours (since 1651)
  • Baron de Coetmen
  • Margrave and Count von Rougé (since 1701, confirmed 1815 and 1827)
  • Margrave of Cholet , Baron of Montfaucon and of May (since 1760)
  • Pair of France (since 1815)
  • Duke of Caylus and Grande of Spain (since 1893)

literature

  • Lobineau, Cathedral, Mémoire pour servir de preuves à l'Histoire de Bretagne
  • Courcelles, Chevalier de, Histoire généalogique de la Maison de Rougé , Béthune, 1830.
  • Borel d'Hauterive, André, Notice historique et généalogique sur la Maison de Rougé , Annuaire de la Noblesse de France, 1880.
  • Rougé, Vicomte Olivier de, Histoire Généalogique de la Maison de Rougé , Chartier Vendôme, 1908.
  • Wismes, Armel de, Ainsi vivaient les Français , Jean-Pierre Gyss éditeur, 2001.
  • Rougé, Comte Bertrand de, Le Château de Tonquédec , Editions Ouest-France, 2000.
  • Morand, Paul, Fouquet ou le Soleil Offusqué .
  • Bazin, Raymond, La Fronde en Normandie , Dieppe, 1907.
  • Almanach de Gotha , GHdA
  • Bottin Mondain
  • La Barre de Raillicourt, Dominique de, Les Titres authentiques de la noblesse en France , Editions Perrin, 2004.
  • Quid .