Fireplace Plaque With The Coat Of Arms Of François Carlet And Marie Guillemette Du Couedic (74x85 Cm)

18th century fireplace plate, dated 1775, with the alliance arms of Louis François Carlet, Marquis de la Rozière (1733-1808) from the Ardennes, field marshal, field marshal general of the army of Brittany, commander of Saint Malo, castle, fort and dependencies of the government of this city and of the Sept-îles, knight of the royal and military order of Saint-Louis, usually residing in his castle called La Rozière, married in 1769 to Marie-Jeanne Locquet de Granville (1750-?) in Grand-Fougeray in Ille-et-Vilaine, daughter of messire Charles Jean Locquet, knight, Marquis de Fougeray, lord of Grandville and other places, and of dame Jeanne Marie Guillemette du Couedic. From a noble and ancient family, the Carlets, originally from Piedmont, came to settle in France, at the beginning of the 15th century, it is found employed with distinction in the French armies to whom it has since provided great prestigious military personnel. King Louis XVI, in consideration of four hundred years of the most important military services rendered to the State by this family, and especially those of the Marquis de la Rozière, for these numerous victorious battles and his involvement in the affairs of France, had the land of Wagnon erected into the Marquisate of la Rozière by letters patent of 1780. For the Locquets, a powerful ship-owning family based in Saint Malo, to whom Louis XIV had given so many privileges. Sgrs de Grandville, Alderman of Nantes in 1681, Secretaries of the King in 1719 and 1747, family extinct in 1882. Coat of arms: - Argent with a holm oak, charged with two swords gules placed in saltire, in chief two azure stars and to the dexter and sinister two azure fleurs-de-lis. Who is of Carlet de la Rozière. - Argent with three pales or, in the chief sewn azure with a soaring dove or. Who is of Locquet de Granville. Plaque found in Loury in the Loiret. Its weight is 92 kg. Sources: - Dictionary of ancient or notable French families, 1906, G. Chaix d'Est-Ange, volume 8, p. 277.- Grand armorial de France, Henri Jougla de Morenas, 1938, volume 2, p. 329 and volume 4, p. 467.- Biographical dictionary on the residents of the royal academy of Juilly (1651-1828) Volume II (1746-1795), p. 2046.- Revue de l'Agenais and the former provinces of the South-West p. 333 to 363, interesting heraldic notice p. 334. Thanks to Mrs. Christine Chazeau for her research and her pugnacity. You can visit our site: www.claudeaugustin.com