Fireplace Plaque Bearing The Combined Coat Of Arms Of Morel De La Motte And Martin De La Balluère 57x69

Fireplace plaque dating from the first half of the 18th century, bearing the combined arms of Annibal, Charles-François Morel de la Motte de Gennes, 1704-1789, Marquis de la Motte, in Ille et Vilaine, originally from Anjou, with proofs of nobility dating back to 1400, and of Anne-Esther Martin de la Balluère, 1700-1775, married in Saint Etienne de Rennes in 1734. The Château de la Motte de Gennes, located in Gennes sur Seiche not far from Vitré, built in the 16th century, property of the de Farcy family, passed through the marriage of Marguerite de Farcy and Francois Morel in 1669 to the Morel family, which was restored at that time and which they retained until the end of the 19th century. Currently owned by Mrs. Agnès du Campe de Rosamel and her husband. The fief of the seigneury of Châtelet in Brielles, subject to that of La Motte de Gennes, was erected into a castellany in 1573 by King Charles IX. This plaque was found in Laval, Mayenne. Coat of arms: Argent, a bend gules, charged with 3 martlets or, which is Morel de la Motte de Gennes. Argent, three wavy fesses azure, which is Martin de la Balluere. Its weight is 71 kg. Sources: - Grand armorial de France, Henri Jougla de Morenas, 1938, volume 5, p. 112 (Morel) and p. 3 (Martin). - CARPENTIER H., Plaques de cheminées, Volume one, F. DE NOBELE, Paris, 1967, p. 295, no. 826. - Johannes Baptist Rietstap, Armorial Général, 1861, p. 637. Anjou Bretagne - Armorial de l'Anjou by Joseph Denais, 1885, reprinted by Laffitte Reprints, 1976. - Annales de Bretagne et des pays de l'Ouest, by Jean-François Noel, Une justice seigneuriale en Haute Bretagne à la fin de l'Ancien Régime: La Châtellenie de la Motte-de-Gennes, Volume 83, number 1, 1976, pp. 127-166. - www.infobretagne.com/gennes-sur-seiche.htm You can visit our website: www.claudeaugustin.com