Saintignon

Coat of arms of the Counts of Saintignon (ca.1950)

Saintignon chairs in the Bitburg-Prüm District Museum

The Counts of Saintignon are a noble family from Verdun in Lorraine .

history

According to tradition, Jehan Saincte came from the Verdun family de la Porte and is said to have successfully defended Viumbay Castle against Jacques de Revigny in 1293. Seriously injured, he said something like "d'Ugnon, d'Ugnon" and this exclamation has become his nickname. Claude-Martin Saugrain wrote in 1726 that the Saintignon were the most respected Verdun family due to their age and their numerous foundations. The de Saintignon family produced numerous clergymen and officers until the 19th century.

people

Antonia Luzia of Saintignon, Abbess of Differdange
Claude-Christophe de Saintignon, co-lord of Réding and Eich.
Marie-Joseph de Saintignon (1727–1806), Lord of Réding and Eich, builder of the Hôtel de Saintignon in Sarrebourg
Eric de Saintignon, Mr. zu Villers-le-Preudhomme
Joseph Graf von Saintignon (1720–1779), owner of a dragoon regiment
Carl Graf von Saintignon, owner of a cuirassier regiment
Franz Graf von Saintignon, emperor. Field Marshal Lieutenant General
Joseph de Saintignon († 1795), Abbot of Notre-Saveur
Fernand de Saintignon (1846–1921), ironworker and officer in the Legion of Honor
Pierre de Saintignon (* 1948), French politician
Philippe Le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon (* 1949), French politician

coat of arms

Three golden towers (2/1) on a red background.

The Lorraine municipalities of Hartzviller , Puxe, Vandelainville and the Rhineland-Palatinate municipality of Wolsfeld all bear the coat of arms of their former ruling family de Saintignon as part of the municipal coat of arms.

Possessions

literature

Félix Bley: De Grof de Saintignon vu Lasauvage , Publikatioun vun den Déifferdenger Geschichtsfrënn, Differdange, No. 22 (2009), pp. 41–47.
Claude-Martin Saugrain ea: Dictionnaire universel de la France ancienne et moderne et de la Nouvelle France , 1726.
Abbé Lyonnois: Maison de Saintignon , Nancy 1778. online
L 'Austrasie. Revue du Nord-Est de la France , Volume 3 (1838).