Menthon (noble family)
The family Menthon is a from the Burgundy native Ritter family . She has lived in the Menthon-Saint-Bernard castle since the end of the 12th century . Jean de Menthon was the oldest documented resident who lived at the castle in 1190. In the 13th and 14th centuries, the family consolidated its influence due to the high birth rate . In the time of Menthon Castle one can refer to many people with the name Menthon who had an influence on the county of Geneva , the Duchy of Savoy and later also on France, such as Henri de Menthon, a bailiff from Pays de Vaud , Nicod de Menthon, the governor of Nice and admiral of the fleet (1440-1449) by the council of Basel and Bernard de Menthon VI., who was appointed colonel of the Annecy regiment in 1613 . Closer to the present day, François de Menthon had great influence as a co-founder of the French resistance in World War II , member of the Ordre de la Liberation , Minister of Justice and General de Gaulle, chief prosecutor in the Nuremberg Trial in 1945/46 , first President of the Council of Europe after active participation Creation of Europe and father of the current owner of the castle.
literature
- Christian Regat, François Aubert: Chateaux de Haute-Savoie . 1999, ISBN 978-2-88295-117-5 , pp. 99-101 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Biography of François de Menthon. Retrieved October 15, 2016 (French)