Fireback With The Arms Of Claude De Saint-georges And Françoise-éléonore De Montchanin

Louis XV period fireback in perfect condition, with the arms of Claude de Saint-Georges (1701-1789) and Françoise-Éléonore de Montchanin de la Garde-Marzac married in 1729 in Saint Igny de Vers in the Rhône . Claude de Saint-Georges, Marquis of Saint-Georges and Saint-André d'Apchon, captain in the king's regiment, knight of the royal and military order of Saint-Louis, received from his mother Charlotte Elisabeth d'Apchon, the castle of Saint-André in the Loire, dating from the 16th century. King Henry II and Catherine de Medici stayed there in 1548. By his alliance he took over the fiefdom of the seigniory and the castle of Chassigny, razed after 1794, his wife Françoise-Éléonore de Montchanin de la Garde-Marzac, being the only heiress of Antoine de Montchanin and Eléonore de Fay-Maubourg her parents. The family of Saint-Georges is a family of French nobility of ancient origin and takes its name from the land of Saint-Georges la Pouge in the Marche (former province, currently department of Creuse). It formed four main branches, in Limousin, Poitou, Aunis and Saintonge. Our plaque could come from the Château de Chassigny in the Rhône, the Château de Saint André d'Apchon in the Loire or the Hôtel d'Apchon in Lyon, residences of the family in the 18th century. Blazons: Argent with the cross of gules which is of Saint-Georges and gules with a chevron of gold which is of Montchanin de la Garde. Crown of a duke, in support two lions leaning against Motto: Nititur Per Ardua Virtus This plate, with an eventful top in the style of rockery, is decorated with acanthus, his coats of arms crowned in a cartouche are supported by two lions leaning against each other, the whole presented on a pedestal. Its weight is: 132 kg. Sources: - Frécon collection, blue files, non-consular families, vol. XVI, pages 35, 36. Very complete genealogy. (AD 69 106 J 30) - Lyon (Rhone, France) - Fund of scholars. - The seigneury of Chassigny and its old castle https://brionnais.fr/pm/site/Chassigny_hist.htm#top Source: AD71, Inventory of heritage, Chassigny-sous-Dun, General, 13 pages. Thanks to Mrs. Christine Chazeau for her research and her pugnacity. You can visit our website: www.claudeaugustin.com