Fireplace Plate With The Arms Of Joseph De Préaux And Marie-henriette De Meaulne (59 X49 Cm)

Fireback scalloped on an 18th century plinth, with the arms of Joseph (4th) Marquis de Préaux, knight, Lord of Havault (1685-before 1763) and Marie-Henriette de Meaulne (1702-1763), married on February 17, 1719, daughter and only heiress of Henri de Meaulne, Marquis de Lancheneil. From his marriage, he received the lands of Nuillé-sur-Vicoin, Lancheneil, Montchevrier, Quelaines. The Marquis made several campaigns in the Black Musketeers and was aide-de-camp to Marshal Schomberg before his marriage. The Préaux family takes its name from the land of Préaux located in Touraine (in the present-day department of Indre) near Châtillon sur Indre and died in 1971. The first of the filiation followed is Raoul de Préaux, knight , living in 1232. Their motto was: Virtus in nobilibus placet (in moral strength is nobility). The Meaulne family is a noble family of old extraction on proof of 1477, it is from Anjou and remains today. A dexter: Gules a lion Argent, armed, langued and crowned Or, a chief Argent to a lively fess Sable. A sinister: Argent with nine fuses Gules contiguous in bend, accompanied by six fleur-de-lis of sand rows in orle. The alliance coat of arms, in a cartouche, is surmounted by a marquis crown and a knight's helm, supporting two angels. In the complete coat of arms of the Préaux family, on a crest, an angel holds the white rose of York (see penultimate photo). Its weight is 30 kg. This plate has been reproduced very often, our copy is undoubtedly from the period. Bibliography: similar plaque, CARPENTIER H., Fireplaces, Tome premier, F. DE NOBELE, Paris, 1967, page 310 N ° 865. You can visit our site: www.claudeaugustin.com