de la Lance

de la Lance



Arms: azure, three annulets argent; Crest: an anuulet of the shield and a panache of three argent. Motto: Hac virtutis.



The nobiliaire Universel, vol. 1, states that this family originated in Anjou and became established in Lorraine. There is a Jehan de la Lance, knight, who commanded a corps of cavalry under Duke René of Lorraine in the 1430:s and of whom nothing else is known. The family seems to begin with Didier de la Lance, seigneur of Moranville, born before 1500 and mentioned in 1525. He married Nicole des Ancherins de Trougnon and had issue:

1. Robert de la Lance, seigneur of Moranville, granted the right to incorporate the arms of Lorraine and Barroir 12 September 1577; married 15 January 1551 Nicole de Peuchet, daughter of Master of the Horse at Verdun palace, Nicolas de Peuchet and Barbe-Marie d'Orcy. They had issue:
1.1. Christophe de la Lance.
1.2. Pierre de la Lance.
1.3. Perrin de la Lance, married Jeanne de Humont.
1.3.1. Henri de la Lance, seigneur de la Neuville, married 20 March 1622 Anne de l'Isle.
1.3.1.1. Claude-Ancelin de la Lance, seigneur de la Neuville, married 3 February 1654 Barbe de Vanesson.
1.3.1.1.1. Claude de la Lance, seigneur de la Neuville. 1.4. Nicolas de la Lance, died after 8 March 1604, married 15 Februaryr 1596 Nicole de Blanchi.
1.4.1. Nicolas II de la Lance, seigneur de Moranville, married 20 April 1626 Marguerite de Grèz, daughter ot Jacques de Grèz and N. de Saint-Remi.
1.4.1.1. Mathieu de la Lance, seigneur of part of Moranville, died after 5 December 1681, married 1stly 18 February 1653 Jeanne de Clairette. He married 2ndly 20 January 1666 Françoise des Oudets. 1.4.1.1.1. *by 1* Nicolas de la Lance.
1.4.1.1.2. *by 1* Christophe de la Lance.
1.4.1.1.3. *by 1* Elisabeth.
1.4.1.1.4. *by 1* Claude de la Lance.
1.4.1.1.5. *by 2* François de la Lance.
1.4.1.1.6. *by 2* Louis de la Lance.
1.4.1.1.7. *by 2* Jacques de la Lance, married 16 February 1696 Françoise de Pérelle, daughter of Alexandre de Pérelle, seigneur of Tillot and Claude de Grèz.
1.4.1.1.7.1. François-Florimond de la Lance, seigneur of the fief de la Lance and de Villers, married 14 July 1744 Marie-Louise Frédérice de la Marche, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Nicolas-Alphonse-François de la Marche and Euphrosine de Reïssen [von Reissen? -ed.].
1.4.1.1.7.1.1. Paul-Joseph de la Lance, seigneur of the fife de la Lance, de Villier, de Tillot and de la Chaussé, married 4 July 1772 Françoise-Henriette-Catherine de Fériet, daughter of Jean-Nicolas de Fériet, seigneur de Crévie and Elisabeth de Montauban.
1.4.1.1.7.1.1.1. Nicolas-Joseph-Louis de la Lance, born 1775, married 1798 Charlotte Mathieu de Dombasle.
1.4.1.1.7.1.1.1.1. Paul-Eugène de la Lance, born 1802.
1.4.1.1.7.1.1.1.2. several other children unknown.
1.4.1.1.7.1.1.2. Joseph-Gabriel-Henri de la Lance, born 1778, married 1801 Marie-Anne-Thérèse Mathieu de Dombasle, sister of his brother's wife.
1.4.1.1.7.1.1.2.1. Joseph-Gustave de la Lance, born 1802.
1.4.1.1.7.2. Annde de la Lance.
1.4.2. Charles de la Lance.
1.5. Jaques de la Lance.
1.6. François de la Lance.
2. Gèrard, seigneur of part of Moranville, married Antoinette de Peuchet, sister of Nicole, wife of Robert de la Lance, his brother germain.
2.1. Nicolas de la Lance.
2.2. Mathieu, seigneur de Moranville and Souilly, granted by the Lorraine herald on 7 May 1601 arms as follows, and recognised as of the ancienne noblesse: d'azur, three annulets argent, two in chief, one in base, and for a crest and annulet of the shield with a panache of three argent. He died without issue 1602 at Valladolid, Spain.
2.3. Claude de la Lance.
2.4. Robert de la Lance, seigneur de Moranville, Monthairon and castle d'Ancemont, married 17 March 1599 Barbe de Bardelet, daughter of Sébastien de Bardelet, seigneur of lesser Monthairon and Catherine des Gabets.
2.4.1. Honoré-Seigneur-Mathieu, Baron de la Lance, knight, seigneur of Moranville, Fromeréville, Germonville and castle d'Ancemont, married 16 February 1632 Catherine de Pérignon, daughter of Mathieu de Pérignon, seigneur de Fromeréville and Germonville, and Anne-Reine de Romé.
2.4.1.1. François I, Baron de la Lance, knight, seigneur de Moranville, Fromeréville, Saint-André, Choatel, and the castle d'Ancemont, married 8 February 1685 Gabrielle de Gestas de la Lanne, daugther of Nicolas, Comte de Gestas, knight, seigneur de la Lanne, Comté de Comminge.
2.4.1.1.1. Claude-Antoine de la Lance.
2.4.1.1.2. François-Nicolas de la Lance.
2.4.1.1.3. Marie-Thérèse de la Lance.
2.4.1.1.4. Antoine, Baron de la Lance, knight, seigneur de Fromeréville, Choatel and castle d'Ancemont, married 30 April 1715 Marie-Anne-Scolastiqu de Janson.
2.4.1.1.4.1. Jean-François, Baron de la Lance, seigneur of castle d'Ancemont, knight of the order of Saint-Louis, married 1751 Marie-Françoise-Henri d'Aulnois.
2.4.1.1.4.1.1. a daughter.
2.4.1.1.4.1.2. a daughter.
2.4.1.1.4.2. Maria-Anne, married 1766 Ignace, Comte de Bermond du Caylar, seigneur d'Espondeilhan in Languedoc.
2.4.1.1.4.3. Gabriel-Antoine, chevalier de la Lance, knight, seigneur de Choatel, Villers, Nouillonpont, married 1763 Marie-Claire Taboüillot, daughter of Claude de Taboüillot and Elisabeth de Bignicourt.
2.4.1.1.4.3.1. Jean-François, Baron de la Lance, seigneur d'Autrécourt, born 1764, knight of the order of Saint-Louis, married 1786 Marie-Victoire-Antoinette-Regnault de Raulecourt.
2.4.1.1.4.3.1.2. Marie-Claire-Elisabeth de la Lance, married 1808 Charles-Louis-Nicolas du Mesnil de Fienne.
2.4.1.1.4.3.2. Claude de la Lance, chevalier de la Lance, married 19 February 1797 @ Falkenberg, Germany Marie-Anne-Philippine-Népomucène-Caroline-Vilhelmine, Baroness von Stentzsch.
2.4.1.1.4.3.2.1. Guillaume de la Lance, born Verdun, 14 August 1809.
2.4.1.1.2.3.2.2. Henriette-Caroline-Eugénie, born Castle Falkenberg 29 November 1797.
2.4.1.1.2.3.2.3. Jeanne-Florianne-Joséphine-Eustache, born Castle Freideck 3 March 1801.
2.4.1.1.2.3.2.4. Marie-Anne-Claire, born at Verdun, 1 August 1810.
2.4.1.1.2.3.2.5. Marie-Mathilde, born at Verdun 5 November 1812.
2.4.1.1.2.3.3. François de la Lance de Villers, born 1768.
2.4.1.1.2.3.4. Marie-Françoise de la Lance.
2.4.1.1.2.3.5. a child, died young.
2.4.1.1.2.3.6. a child, died young.
2.4.1.1.4.4. Claude-Nicolas, knight of the order of Saint-Louis, married Anne-Marie-Françoise du Bois de Riocour, daughter of Nicolas-Joseph, Baron du Bois de Riocour.
2.4.1.1.5. a child, died young.
2.4.1.1.6. a child, died young.
2.4.1.2. Claude-Thérèse de la Lance.
2.4.2. Catherine de la Lance.

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