Fireplace Plate With The Arms Of The Lenoncourt De Blainville Family (99x93 Cm)

Fireback with the arms of the Lenoncourt de Blainville family dated 1706, found at Yutz in Moselle. Our plate was cast in the Dillingen Hutte steelworks located in Dillingen, a town in the district of Sarrelouis in Saarland, a French territory until 1813. In 1685, King Louis XIV authorized the creation of this steelworks to the Marquis Charles Henri Gaspard de Lenoncourt, died in 1713. The house of Lenoncourt produced bishops, archbishops and even cardinals. It is one of the four "Great Horses of Lorraine" (name given in Lorraine to two family groups of chivalric extraction from ducal Lorraine who frequented the court of the Dukes of Lorraine and Lunéville in the 18th century). See our drawing of the old Lorraine chivalry. Robert de Lenoncourt was bishop of Metz and archbishop of Reims. Louis de Lenoncourt was grand huntsman of Lorraine, killed at the siege of Stenay in 1593. Jean de Lenoncourt, grand master of the Duke Leopold's wardrobe. This house died out with François-Charles de Lenoncourt, Marquis de Blainville, who died on December 18, 1780. One of the oldest and most illustrious families in Lorraine, descended from the house of Nancy, it changed its name to Lenoncourt following the exchange of the land of Nancy for those of Rosières, Haussonville and Lenoncourt under Duke Mathieu 1st, in 1155. Coat of arms: Argent a La Croix engrailed Gules. Support: two lions on the terrace. For our plate, his coat of arms in leather is surmounted by a crown of marquis, a decoration of attribute of the war covers its bottom and a frieze frames it. Inscription: LENONCOURT DILING 1706 Our penultimate photo is an engraving of the tree of the illustrious noble houses of chivalrous extraction from Lorraine. Its weight is 104 kg. Thanks to Mrs. Christine Chazeau for her research and her pugnacity. You can visit our website: www.claudeaugustin.com