Genealogy
of the Lanoues
Sources
of the Lanoue family
(There are many
variations in the name shown as Noüe, Noe, Noa, Ney and Nay)
The following
document regarding the French origins is based on "Le Précis
généalogique de la
Maison de la Noüe "
by the Viscount Oscar de Poli, to which a part is added by Pierre du Vair, John L
Redmond, compared with information according to Chesnaye Desbois from
the castle of Quintin sent by
Philippe Lanoue of Clion France, in the searches by Basile Lanneau of Washington D.C. A
selection of
Grand Armorial, La Messelière, Régis Valette were
consulted. The family de la
Noue is of old Breton
extraction and counted several branches: Bogard,
Passy, Vair, Vieuxpont,
Briord, des Aubiers.
Vivant and Solomon
de la Noue lived around 1085. They were witnesses for a sentence in
favor
of the abbey of
St-Serge of Angers.
I-
Garnier de la Noue
lived in 1152 can be supposed father of the following.
II-
Guillaume, Lord de
la Noue, Knight, deceased in 1200, and buried in the church of Fresnay
in Retz,
Episcopate of
Nantes, where his tomb still existed in 1661 and believed father of the
following:
III-
Jean, Lord de la
Noue, Knight, finalized a testament in March 1246, that included a
donation to the
Monastery of
Geneston and believed father of the following.
IV-
Jean II, Lord de la
Noue, is noted as son of late Jean de la Noue in a 1263 investigation
by the
Abbot of Geneston
and believed father of the following.
V-
Jean III, Lord de
la Noue, squire deceased in 1286 and believed father of the following.
VI-
Guillaume II, Lord
de la Noue, squire, lived in 1308, and believed father of the
following.
VII-
Guillaume III, Lord
de la Noue, deceased in 1371. Goods were confiscated by Charles V.
Testament: 1372.
Children: Olivier who follows, Jean, Girard, Gilles, Maurice.
VIII-
Olivier, Lord de la
Noue appears in the titles of this Seigniory in 1365 and believed
father of
Guillaume who
follows, Jean, Maurice, Marie, Jamette, Tiphaine.
By followed
filiation
IX
Guillaume IV, Lord
de la Noue, who was a noble of Baronnie de Retz gave oath to the Duke of
Brittany in1384. He
received the Guibretoux grounds in Châtellenie of Huguetières plus his
title of
nobility in 1402.
He deceased in 1417, leaving only one daughter listed below :
X
Jeanne, Lady de la
Noue, married Jean de Basoges. Deceased before 1453. No children..
She bequeathed her
cousin to Maurice de la Noue.