La Motte-Ango de Flers family
| La Motte-Ango de Flers | |
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| Current region | France |
| Place of origin | Normandy |
La Motte-Ango de Flers is a French noble family of the Ancien Régime with its roots in Normandy. The family was ennobled in 1639-1659 by the office of secretary to the King (conseiller-secrétaire du roi).
History[edit]
Jean Ango, lord de La Motte, born in 1631, secretary to the king, counsellor at the Parliament of Normandy (parlement de Normandie), in favour of whom the land of La Motte, in the subdelegation of Argentan, was erected into a marquisate under the name of La Mottef-Lézeau, by letters patent of the month of July 1693.
By letters patent given at Versailles in July 1737, registered at the parliament and the court of accounts of Normandy on 4 February 1738, Philippe René Ango de La Motte, husband of Antoinette de Pellevé de Flers, the last of the name, heiress of the county of Flers, had the baronies of Larchamp and La Lande-Patry erected into the county of Flers.
The La Motte-Ango de Flers family was admitted to the Association of Ancient Hereditary Honours[1]
Notable members[edit]
- Louis Charles de La Motte-Ango de Flers, vicomte de Flers (1754-1794), French general of the French Revolutionary Army.
- Robert de Flers, marquis de Flers (1872-1927), playwright, member of the Académie française.
- Marcel de Flers (1888-1945), member of the French Resistance.
References[edit]
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