L'Estocq (noble family)

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The noble family of L'Estocq comes from France. Estoc is the French word for tank breaker .

history

Like many Huguenots , they emigrated from France to Germany because of their Protestant faith . The first family member living in Germany, with whom the family line begins, was Jean "Johann" L'Estocq (1647–1732). He was born in Vitry-le-François , came to Hanover , where he worked as the Electoral Braunschweig-Lüneburg General Surgeon and died in 1732. Numerous family members of his descendants reached high Prussian military ranks. His fourth childless son, Johann Hermann "Armand" L'Estocq (1692–1767), was elevated to the rank of imperial count on April 27, 1744 as the personal surgeon of the Russian Empress. The noble leadership of the sex has not been objected to in Prussia since 1744 without formal recognition of the nobility. This became superfluous when the Prussian general Anton Wilhelm von L'Estocq was awarded the Order of the Black Eagle , as this award was always associated with the elevation to the hereditary Prussian nobility.

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Quartered: 1 and 4 in gold a silver snake, 2 and 3 in silver a natural tree trunk from which 3 green leaves grow; on the helmet with blue-silver-red-gold covers a red rooster. Motto : Dieu mon estoc .

Well-known namesake

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility, Volume 61 , Verlag CA Starke, 1975, page 188
  2. ^ Genealogical Manual of the Nobility, Volume B XI, page 224, CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg, 1974.