Le Claire

Collateral blood relative

Catherine de Bauffremont

Also recorded as Catherine de Beauffremont

Daughter of Pierre I de Bauffremont and Jeanne de Ray; wife of Sir Johann III von Mengen by marriage contract of 27 January 1340, and the maternal gateway through which the imperial, ducal and Franche-Comté ancestry enters this pedigree.

Dates
Died made her will in 1367
House or family
De Bauffremont
Father
Pierre I de Bauffremont
Mother
Jeanne de Ray
Spouse
Sir Johann III von Mengen

Marriage contract with Sir Johann III von Mengen, 27 January 1340

Children in this pedigree
Relationship to Brandon
Research record only. She is the wife of Sir Johann III von Mengen, a separate man from Mengin Le Clerc, and she is not the mother of Colin Le Clerc nor an ancestor of Brandon Noble LeClaire.
Evidence status
Published Genealogy

External noble genealogies establish the 1340 marriage of Johann III von Mengen and Catherine de Bauffremont. That couple is recorded here as separate research history: they are not part of the direct pedigree of the House of LeClaire.

Historical summary

She is identified specifically and only by her 1340 marriage contract with Sir Johann III von Mengen and by her will of 1367.

She must not be merged with the Catherine de Bauffremont who married Henri du Bois or de Fiennes, nor with the Catherine de Bauffremont associated with Ferry de Ludres. Several medieval women bore this name.

Collateral blood relative. Research record only. She is the wife of Sir Johann III von Mengen, a separate man from Mengin Le Clerc, and she is not the mother of Colin Le Clerc nor an ancestor of Brandon Noble LeClaire.

Line to Brandon Noble LeClaire

This person is a collateral blood relative. No line of descent runs through them.

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Paternal line

Pierre I de Bauffremont

Maternal line

Jeanne de Ray

All 69 recorded ancestors of Catherine de Bauffremont

Research history

Catherine de Bauffremont and Catherine de Gircourt are two different women. The canonical pedigree of this archive records Mengin Le Clerc's wife as Catherine de Gircourt.

Sources for this record

Sources are listed in order of evidential weight. A contemporary record outranks a printed reference work; a printed reference work outranks a derivative pedigree or an online database.

  1. 1. Major published genealogical reference

    Wilhelm Karl, Prinz zu Isenburg, Europäische Stammtafeln, Volume VII, Tafel 33

    • Cited for: Sir Johann III von Mengen and his Mengen ancestry
    • Cited for: His marriage to Catherine de Bauffremont

  2. 2. Major published genealogical reference

    Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln, Neue Folge, Volume XXVI, Tafel 74

    • Cited for: Sir Johann III von Mengen and Catherine de Bauffremont
    • Cited for: Pierre I de Bauffremont and the Bauffremont relationships
    • Cited for: Catherine de Bauffremont as daughter of Pierre I de Bauffremont and Jeanne de Ray

  3. 3. Accessible derivative pedigree

    Our Royal, Titled, Noble and Commoner Ancestors — Sir Johann III von Mengen and Catherine de Bauffremont

    • Cited for: Sir Johann III von Mengen, Herr zu Dalheim, Burgvogt zu Neu-Warsberg, justice of German Lorraine, died after 1378
    • Cited for: His parents Sir Johann II the Tall von Mengen and Adelaide de Parroye
    • Cited for: Marriage contract with Catherine de Bauffremont dated 27 January 1340
    • Cited for: Catherine de Bauffremont as daughter of Pierre I de Bauffremont, Sire de Vauvillers and Ruppes (died 1347), and Jeanne de Ray; her will of 1367
    • Cited for: Anna von Mengen, living after 17 January 1409

    A derivative compilation. It is cited here because it reproduces and references the printed Stammtafeln tables listed above; the printed works remain the authority.

  4. 4. Accessible derivative pedigree

    Our Royal, Titled, Noble and Commoner Ancestors — Jeanne de Ray

    • Cited for: Jeanne de Ray as daughter of Aimé, Sire de Ray (died June 1327), and Étiennette de La Roche (died 1305)
    • Cited for: Her marriage to Pierre I de Bauffremont, Sire de Vauvillers and Ruppes
    • Cited for: Their children including Catherine de Bauffremont, Huart II de Bauffremont and Liébaud de Bauffremont

    A derivative compilation, citing Europäische Stammtafeln XIII Tafel 43, III Tafel 442 and Schwennicke XXVI Tafel 74.

  5. 5. Corroborating genealogical database

    Stromsnes genealogical database — Catherine de Bauffremont / Beffroimont

    • Cited for: Catherine de Bauffremont, will or probate 1367
    • Cited for: Her marriage to Johann III von Mengen on 27 January 1340
    • Cited for: Anna von Mengen and Johann IV von Mengen as her children

    Corroborating only; not the authority for Catherine's mother.

  6. 6. Corroborating genealogical database

    Stromsnes genealogical database — family record of Johann III von Mengen

    • Cited for: Independent corroboration of the marriage of Johann III von Mengen and Catherine de Bauffremont (Beffroimont) on 27 January 1340
    • Cited for: Anna von Mengen and Johann IV von Mengen as their children

    This database gives Catherine's mother as Anna von Parvys, conflicting with the Stammtafeln-derived pedigree followed here, which gives Jeanne de Ray. It is not used as an authority for Catherine's parentage; the conflict is preserved in the research ledger.

  7. 7. LeClaire family archive, internal research

    LeClaire Family Historical Archive and research ledger, House of LeClaire

    • Cited for: The reconstruction of the pedigree and the reconciliation of competing identifications

Further references

  • Wilhelm Karl, Prinz zu Isenburg, Europäische Stammtafeln, Volume VII, Tafel 33
  • Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln, Neue Folge, Volume XXVI, Tafel 74

Catherine de Bauffremont is recorded in the ancestry of the House of LeClaire alongside 176 other identified individuals.