Direct ancestor

Catherine de Gircourt

Also recorded as Catherine de Girecourt · Catherine de Gircourt de Lorraine

Daughter of Jacques de Gircourt and Catherine de Haute-Pierre, wife of Mengin Le Clerc and mother of Colin Le Clerc. She is the gateway through which the direct pedigree passes from the Le Clerc family into the Gircourt, Haute-Pierre, Toullon and Parroye ancestry of Lorraine.

Dates
c. 1320 to after 1355
House or family
De Gircourt
Children in this pedigree
Relationship to Brandon
Direct ancestor of Brandon Noble LeClaire, 18 generations before him.
Evidence status
Published Genealogy

Historical summary

Her marriage joined the early Le Clerc family to the seigneurial network of Gircourt, Haute-Pierre, Toullon, Nomeny and Parroye.

She was living at the period required by the 1355 act concerning inherited portions of the Gircourt estate at Folz beneath the castle of Faucompierre.

Line to Brandon Noble LeClaire

Direct ancestor of Brandon Noble LeClaire, 18 generations before him, through Le Clerc / LeClaire. Each step below is derived from the archive’s single canonical genealogy; spouses appear on the same generational row as their partner.

  1. Catherine de Gircourt Mengin Le Clercc. 1320 to after 1355
  2. Colin Le Clerc Marguerite PetitgoutDates not established
  3. Jehan Leclerc de Pulligny N. de Pullignyc. 1410 to c. 1465
  4. Mengin II Le Clerc MengetteDates not established
  5. Claude Leclerc de Pulligny Catherine de Trèves de Xirocourtc. 1485 to 1562
  6. Claude II Leclerc de Pulligny Claudon Galland de Pulligny1532 to 1598
  7. Alexandre Le Clerc de Pulligny Madeleine Platel du Plateau1585 to after 1659
  8. Nicolas Le Clerc Anne Fériet de Lézé1624 to 1660
  9. Alexandre II Le Clerc Marguerite Thiery de Saint-Baussant1652 to 1695
  10. François 'Pierre' Le Claire Marie-Anne Du MoineBorn 1684
  11. Jean Pierre Le Claire, Très Noble Seigneur Jacqueline Antoinette Catherine Van den Vyvere1718 to 1793
  12. 'Louis Benjamin' Jean Baptiste Alexis Leclaire Elisabeth J. Grégoire24 June 1754 to 29 July 1825
  13. Johann Baptiste Le Clair Gertrud L. A. de WeelsBorn 1796
  14. Gottfried Leclair Maria E. Maßmann1842 to 1915
  15. Julius Leclair Elisabeth Fitze1880 to 1961
  16. Bernhardine Licklär1920 to 1978
  17. Monika Ute Licklär Anthony Reginald Kwok Cheung TaiBorn 1944
  18. Andrea Michaela Tai-Noble Ian Dennis NobleBorn 1966
  19. Brandon Noble LeClaire Abigail Jane GreenlandBorn 1995

See the generation timeline and the canonical pedigree.

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All 37 recorded ancestors of Catherine de Gircourt

Research history

An earlier version of this archive conflated Mengin Le Clerc with Johann III von Mengen and consequently assigned Catherine de Bauffremont as his wife. The present canonical reconstruction restores Catherine de Gircourt as Mengin's spouse and mother of Colin. Catherine de Bauffremont is a different woman and is not an alias of 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. Primary or contemporary record

    Trésor des chartes de Lorraine, 1355, archival reference under investigation, Duchy of Lorraine, ducal archive tradition, 1355

    • Cited for: Moingins dis li clers, also recorded as Mengin Le Clerc, of Deyvillers
    • Cited for: Sale in 1355 to Jean de Nomeny of two inherited portions from the estate of the late Philippin de Girecourt, écuyer, at Folz beneath the castle of Faucompierre, for 26 petits florins d'or

    The transcription and citation tradition of this act are established; a modern archival shelfmark has not yet been confirmed and none is asserted here. The act does not identify Moingins dis li clers with Johann III von Mengen.

  2. 2. Older Le Clerc genealogical tradition

    Guy de Rambaud, Mengin Le Clerc

    • Cited for: The older Le Clerc genealogical tradition concerning Mengin Le Clerc, also recorded as Moingins dis li clers, of Deyvillers
    • Cited for: The 1355 transaction with Jean de Nomeny over inherited portions of the estate of the late Philippin de Girecourt at Folz beneath Faucompierre for 26 petits florins d'or, attributed to the Trésor des chartes de Lorraine

    Evidence for Mengin Le Clerc and the 1355 transaction only. It is not evidence that Mengin Le Clerc and Johann III von Mengen are the same person.

  3. 3. 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

  • LeClaire.co.uk family archive and existing pedigree
  • Mémoires de l'Académie nationale de Metz

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