Lachenal (family name)

Coat of arms of the Lachenal family

Lachenal is a French family name .

Origin and meaning

The name Lachenal comes from the French noble family Lachenal from the Auvergne region. The family has been under the rule of Lachenal since the 16th century . Jacques Lachenal, Lord von Lachenal lived around 1531 . In the 17th century the family moved to Savoy , where they received confirmation of their nobility in 1697 . The nobility of this house is confirmed in the work of JB Rietstap " The Armorial General ". In France the name is most common, we also find ancestors with possessions in Piedmont , Italy. The Lachenal family owned many properties in Switzerland , one branch settled in Basel and the other in Geneva . Famous are Johann Jakob Lachenal (1708–1749), professor of anatomy and botany at the University of Basel, and the botanist Werner Lachenal (1736–1800). The Geneva branch included the statesman Adrien Lachenal , President of the Swiss Federal Council in 1901, the politician and philanthropist Paul Lachenal (1884–1955), President of the German-Polish Court of Arbitration (1927) and President of the Grand Council of Geneva.

The name comes from the name Chenal = irrigation canal .

distribution

Worldwide occurrence of the family name Lachenal: around 1195

Most common occurrence:

France 897
Philippines 104
Switzerland 50
Netherlands 44
United States 43
Belgium 23
Germany 2

variants

de Lachenal
Lacanal
Lacanau
Lachenaud
Lasinal
Lachal
Veyrat de Lachenal
Lachenal Toballet
Lachenal-Dechamboux
Grand-Lachenal
Lachenal Chordet
Lachenal Favre

Name bearer

Adrien Lachenal (1849–1918), Swiss politician (FDP)
François Lachenal (1918–1997), Swiss diplomat and editor
Louis Lachenal (1921–1955), French mountaineer
Marie Lachenal (1848–1937), British concert actress
Paul Lachenal (1884–1955), Swiss politician (FDP) and lawyer
Werner de Lachenal (1736–1800), Swiss anatomist and botanist
Edmond Lachenal (1855–1948), ceramics manufacturer , key figure in French art nouveau ceramics .

Family coat of arms

The family coat of arms of Lachenal shows, according to the description of the coat of arms of the city of Basel, helmet and crown, a dog, sitting with a golden collar on a green base.

Individual evidence

↑ Lachenal family heraldry genealogy coat of arms Lachenal. Retrieved June 26, 2020 (German).
^ Johannes Baptist Rietstap, Victor Rolland: Armorial général . M. Nijhoff, 1937 ( google.es [accessed June 26, 2020]).
^ François-Alexandre Aubert de La Chesnaye-Desbois, Badier: Dictionnaire de la noblesse, contenant les généalogies, l'histoire & la chronologie des familles nobles de la France, l'explication de leurs armes et l'état des grandes terres du royaume ...: On a joint à ce dictionnaire le tableau généalogique et historique des maisons souveraines de l'Europe et une notice des familles étrangères, les plus anciennes, les plus nobles et les plus illustrés . Schlesinger frères, Paris 1867, p. 873 ( google.es [accessed June 26, 2020]).
↑ Découvrez l'origine du nom LACHENAL. Retrieved June 26, 2020 (French).
↑ Forebears. 2014, accessed June 26, 2020 .

[1] Lachenal family heraldry genealogy coat of arms Lachenal. Retrieved June 26, 2020 (German).

[2] Johannes Baptist Rietstap, Victor Rolland: Armorial général . M. Nijhoff, 1937 ( google.es [accessed June 26, 2020]).

[3] François-Alexandre Aubert de La Chesnaye-Desbois, Badier: Dictionnaire de la noblesse, contenant les généalogies, l'histoire & la chronologie des familles nobles de la France, l'explication de leurs armes et l'état des grandes terres du royaume ...: On a joint à ce dictionnaire le tableau généalogique et historique des maisons souveraines de l'Europe et une notice des familles étrangères, les plus anciennes, les plus nobles et les plus illustrés . Schlesinger frères, Paris 1867, p. 873 ( google.es [accessed June 26, 2020]).

[4] Découvrez l'origine du nom LACHENAL. Retrieved June 26, 2020 (French).

[5] Forebears. 2014, accessed June 26, 2020 .