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deSaussure Nobility

deSaussure Nobility

Posted: 30 May 2002 5:59PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: deSaussure
I heard from my mom that a while back, one of the deSaussure clan did something that pleased the king of France, so the king declared all deSaussures from that day forward to be either Barons or Baronesses. I know this is true, not a rumor, but can anyone tell me a little more about it?

Re: deSaussure Nobility

Don Burbidge (View posts)
Posted: 9 Jul 2003 9:43PM GMT
Classification: Query
Elizabeth,

If you are still looking for this information you can contact me at the above email address and I will get you in touch with a de Saussure who can answer your question.

Don
Posted: 30 Dec 2013 10:05PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 30 Dec 2013 10:06PM GMT
Surnames: de Saussure, Saulxure
According to F. de Saint Simon’s Dictionnaire de La Noblesse Française, pg. 579,
de Saussure
(Olim Saulxure)
Lorraine, Suisse (Vaud, Genève).
"Cette famille, originaire de Lorraine, fut anoblie par Lettres du duc Henri II de Lorraine, du 22 janvier 1503, mais emigra en Suisse en 1552 pour cause de religion; elle ne put donc bénéfier de la noblesse française au moment du rattachement de la Lorraine à la couronne de France en 1766. Sa noblesse, authentique, est toutefois, en France, d’origine étrangère. Elle a donné un grand nombre de savants dont Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), naturaliste et physician Suisse, qui fut le premier à atteindre le sommet du Mont-Blanc en 1787; on lui les premiers principes de la meteorology rationnelle. Son père, Nicolas, était un agronome suisse distingué, et son fils, Nicolas-Théodore, fut un chimiste et naturaliste célèbre."

My brief translation: The de Saussure/Saulxure family came originally from the Lorraine province of France. The family was ennobled by Henry II, Duke of Lorraine in 1503, but the family fled to Switzerland in 1552 because of their reformed religion (Protestant), when Lorraine was again part of France, their ennoblement was considered of foreign origin. Descendants are entitled to be called Baron, first name, de Saussure.

In the latest “Bottin Mondaine” I saw that there are several members of the de Saussure family living in France: Baronne Henri-Bénédict de Saussure, Baron Jean- Bénédict and their respective families.

I hope this helps,

C B de L
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