Direct ancestor

Claude II Leclerc de Pulligny

Argentier to the Duke of Lorraine and Treasurer to the Count of Vaudémont's company, the height of the Le Clerc de Pulligny family's political and financial influence, whose conversion to Protestantism brought the confiscation of the family's nobility and lands, and one of the defining crises in the history of the House.

Dates
1532 to 1598
Titles and offices
  • Argentier of the Duke of Lorraine
  • Treasurer of the Company of the Count of Vaudémont
  • Valet de Chambre of Duke Charles III
  • Secretary to Charlotte Catherine de La Trémoille, Princess of Tarente
  • Seigneur in part of Pulligny
House or family
Le Clerc / LeClaire (Leclerc)
Children in this pedigree
Relationship to Brandon
Direct ancestor of Brandon Noble LeClaire, 13 generations before him.
Evidence status
LeClaire Family Archive

Line to Brandon Noble LeClaire

Direct ancestor of Brandon Noble LeClaire, 13 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. Claude II Leclerc de Pulligny Claudon Galland de Pulligny1532 to 1598
  2. Alexandre Le Clerc de Pulligny Madeleine Platel du Plateau1585 to after 1659
  3. Nicolas Le Clerc Anne Fériet de Lézé1624 to 1660
  4. Alexandre II Le Clerc Marguerite Thiery de Saint-Baussant1652 to 1695
  5. François 'Pierre' Le Claire Marie-Anne Du MoineBorn 1684
  6. Jean Pierre Le Claire, Très Noble Seigneur Jacqueline Antoinette Catherine Van den Vyvere1718 to 1793
  7. 'Louis Benjamin' Jean Baptiste Alexis Leclaire Elisabeth J. Grégoire24 June 1754 to 29 July 1825
  8. Johann Baptiste Le Clair Gertrud L. A. de WeelsBorn 1796
  9. Gottfried Leclair Maria E. Maßmann1842 to 1915
  10. Julius Leclair Elisabeth Fitze1880 to 1961
  11. Bernhardine Licklär1920 to 1978
  12. Monika Ute Licklär Anthony Reginald Kwok Cheung TaiBorn 1944
  13. Andrea Michaela Tai-Noble Ian Dennis NobleBorn 1966
  14. Brandon Noble LeClaire Abigail Jane GreenlandBorn 1995

See the generation timeline and the canonical pedigree.

Explore their ancestry

Both parents of every person are independently explorable. Follow either line upwards as far as the evidence runs.

All 49 recorded ancestors of Claude II Leclerc de Pulligny

Further references

  • Lorraine ducal records, appointments as Argentier and Treasurer of the company of the Count of Vaudémont.
  • Records of the household of Charlotte Catherine de La Trémoille, Princess of Tarente.
  • Parish register of Pulligny, burial 1598.
  • Genealogical source tradition, Guy de Rambaud and associated Lorraine genealogical compilations.

Claude II Leclerc de Pulligny is recorded in the ancestry of the House of LeClaire alongside 176 other identified individuals.