Fireback With The Alliance Arms La Palud And Hardy Du Fay De La Trousse 114x102

Fireback dated 1700, vintage 18th century, lettered (L)N and (F)S, with the alliance arms of Claude-Jacques de La Palud (1614/18-1692/98) count of Bouligneux, advisor to the king, captain-lieutenant of 200 men-at-arms of Queen Anne of Austria and Marie-Henriette le Hardy du Fay de la Trousse (1636-1720), countess of Bouligneux, Meilly, Rouvres, etc…Aunt of Mme de Sévigné. An illustrious family since at least 1151 with Pierre de La Palud, lord of Varembon, then Pierre, famous doctor of Sorbonne, made patriarch of Jerusalem by Pope John XXII in 1329 and Jean elected from the nobility of the Duchy of Burgundy in 1630. A hotel Parisian, known as the Hôtel de Bouligneux, currently the Hôtel d'Hallwyll, was built on rue Michel-le-Comte in the Marais district, perhaps for the widow of Louis de La Palud killed in 1704 at the siege of Verrue in Italy. Following the death of her three children, in 1718 Marie Henriette le Hardy gave ownership of this hotel to her second husband, Nicolas-François Midorge.* In the 14th century the La Paluds built the feudal castle of Bouligneux in the heart of Dombes. Coat of arms: On the right. Azure with a cross ermine and a sinister azure with a chevron sable bordered or, potented and counterpotented, on the chief or charged with a gules lion passant. Count's crown, two unicorns in support. This plaque found in Raze in Haute-Saône is typically Franche-Comté with its two columns topped with cherubs. His weight is 182 kg. Sources: - PALASI P., heraldic firebacks, Gourcuff Gradenigo, Paris, page 129 No. 187. - History of the Royal House of France and the great officers of the Crown, Anselme de Sainte-Marie, 1733, p. 247 and 248. - * La Cité: bulletin of the historical and archaeological society of the 4th arrondissement, 1913, p. 240, 241. - Grand armorial de France, Henri Jougla de Morenas, 1938, volume 5 page 205, for the arms of La Palu and volume 4, p. 275 for the arms of Le Hardy de la Trousse. - Letters from Madame de Sévigné: from her family and friends, volume 5, Marie de Rabutin - Chantal Sévigné, 1863, p.1677 - Illustrious families of Normandy: historical and genealogical study on the Rouxels of Médavy-Grancey…, Victor Guyon des Diguères, 1870, p.223. Thanks to Ms. Christine Chazeau for her research and her pugnacity. You can visit our site: www.claudeaugustin.com