Direct ancestor

Mengin II Le Clerc

Continuation of the Pulligny line, an important bridge between the early civic family and the later noble branches.

Dates: Dates not established
House or family: Le Clerc / LeClaire (Le Clerc)
Father: Jehan Leclerc de Pulligny
Mother: N. de Pulligny
Spouse: Mengette
Children in this pedigree: Claude Leclerc de Pulligny
Relationship to Brandon: Direct ancestor of Brandon Noble LeClaire, 15 generations before him.
Evidence status: LeClaire Family Archive

Line to Brandon Noble LeClaire

Direct ancestor of Brandon Noble LeClaire, 15 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.

Mengin II Le Clerc MengetteDates not established
Claude Leclerc de Pulligny Catherine de Trèves de Xirocourtc. 1485 to 1562
Claude II Leclerc de Pulligny Claudon Galland de Pulligny1532 to 1598
Alexandre Le Clerc de Pulligny Madeleine Platel du Plateau1585 to after 1659
Nicolas Le Clerc Anne Fériet de Lézé1624 to 1660
Alexandre II Le Clerc Marguerite Thiery de Saint-Baussant1652 to 1695
François 'Pierre' Le Claire Marie-Anne Du MoineBorn 1684
Jean Pierre Le Claire, Très Noble Seigneur Jacqueline Antoinette Catherine Van den Vyvere1718 to 1793
'Louis Benjamin' Jean Baptiste Alexis Leclaire Elisabeth J. Grégoire24 June 1754 to 29 July 1825
Johann Baptiste Le Clair Gertrud L. A. de WeelsBorn 1796
Gottfried Leclair Maria E. Maßmann1842 to 1915
Julius Leclair Elisabeth Fitze1880 to 1961
Bernhardine Licklär1920 to 1978
Monika Ute Licklär Anthony Reginald Kwok Cheung TaiBorn 1944
Andrea Michaela Tai-Noble Ian Dennis NobleBorn 1966
Brandon Noble LeClaire Abigail Jane GreenlandBorn 1995

See the generation timeline and the canonical pedigree.

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Paternal line

Jehan Leclerc de Pulligny

Maternal line

N. de Pulligny

All 43 recorded ancestors of Mengin II Le Clerc

Jehan Leclerc de Pullignyc. 1410 to c. 1465
N. de PullignyDates not established
Colin Le ClercDates not established
Marguerite PetitgoutDates not established
Mengin Le Clercc. 1310 to after 1355
Catherine de Gircourtc. 1320 to after 1355
Jacques de GircourtBorn fl. c. 1300 to c. 1340
Catherine de Haute-PierreBorn late 13th / early 14th century
Thiébaud (Liébaud) de Toullonlate 13th century to c. 1343
Jean II de ToullonDates not established
Marguerite de Haute-PierreDates not established
Liébaud de Haute-PierreDied 1281
IsabelleDates not established
Albert de Haute-PierreDied 20 October 1231
Albert de Haute-Pierrec. 1172 to c. 1222
Albert de ParroyeDates not established
Simon I de ParroyeDates not established
MathildeDates not established
Simon de FrovilleDates not established
Mathilde de ParroyDates not established
Odon II de FrovilleDates not established
Adélaïde de NeuvillerDates not established
Odoin I de FrovilleDates not established
Sicard (Simon II) de ParroyeDates not established
Simon de ParroyeDates not established
Gottfried of MetzDates not established
Folmar of Metzc. 963 to 1029
Gerberge of VerdunDates not established
Godfrey "the Captive" of Verdunc. 935 to c. 1005
Mathilde of Saxonyc. 941 to c. 1008
Gozlin of Bidgauc. 910 to c. 943
Oda of Metzc. 909 to c. 967
Wigeric of LotharingiaDied before 922
CunigundaDates not established
Ermentrude of the CarolingiansDates not established
Louis II, King of West Francia1 November 846 to 10 April 879
Adelaide of Parisc. 850 to c. 901
Charles II, Holy Roman Emperor13 June 823 to 6 October 877
Ermentrude of Orléans27 September 823 to 6 October 869
Louis the Pious16 April 778 to 20 June 840
Judith of Bavaria, Empressc. 797 to 19 April 843
Charlemagne2 April 747 or 748 to 28 January 814
Hildegard of the Vinzgauc. 754 to 30 April 783

Further references

Documented record, 1498–1499 register of the four governors of Nancy.
Documented record, 1512 letters patent of ennoblement of Claude and Thierry, sons of the late Mengin II.