Ancien Régime
Jacqueline Antoinette Marie Catherine Van der Vyvere
⚭Jean Pierre Le Claire
1726, 1789
Heiress of the Van der Vyvere family who brought substantial Flemish wealth into the LeClaire line. Family papers record a dowry of approximately 90,000 livres, exceptional by eighteenth-century standards.
The Name Through History
A single continuous line, recorded under many forms as it passed through Lorraine, France, the Rhineland and Britain.
De Parroye / de Haute-Pierre
before 1310
Seigneurial houses of Lorraine from which the maternal ancestry descends
Moingins dis li clers
c. 1310 – 1400
Lorrain vernacular byname, 1355 charter
Le Clerc · Leclerc
15th – 17th c.
French-Lorraine seigneurial line
Le Claire
late 17th – 18th c.
Transitional French spelling of the direct line
Leclaire
18th – 19th c.
Napoleonic-era French form
Le Clair · Leclair
19th c.
Rhineland branch, German civil registers
Licklär
1880 – 1970
Germanised orthography, 20th-century Rhineland
LeClaire
21st c.
Restored British form, House of Greenland-LeClaire
Family connection
Spouse. Jean Pierre Le Claire (1718, 1793).
Married Jean Pierre Le Claire (1718–1793).
Children. Mother of Théodore François Joseph Leclaire (1752–1811), Louis Jean Baptiste Leclaire (1753–1825) and Marie J. A. Leclaire (1755–1830).
Position in the Direct Line
Jacqueline Antoinette Marie Catherine Van der Vyvere is a collateral figure of the wider House and is not part of the continuous bloodline shown on the home-page pedigree. Their branch descends from Jean Pierre Le Claire, Très Noble Seigneur in the direct line.
Historical context
Jacqueline Van der Vyvere brought substantial wealth and prestige into the LeClaire family. Family papers record a dowry of approximately 90,000 livres, a figure suggesting exceptional resources by eighteenth-century standards. Through her descendants, the Van der Vyvere inheritance became intertwined with the later military and LeClaire family branches.
Born into the Van der Vyvere family in 1726, she was the mother of Général de Division Théodore François Joseph Leclaire and of Louis Jean Baptiste Leclaire, the direct ancestor of the modern House. She died in 1789, shortly before the outbreak of the French Revolution.
Significance & legacy
The Van der Vyvere marriage stands as one of the strongest indicators of wealth within the documented family history. A dowry of approximately 90,000 livres would, in eighteenth-century Europe, have been associated with major merchants, financiers, office-holders or noble families.
Known records & evidence
Biographical, parish, notarial, seigneurial and military records of Lorraine, Alsace and the Rhineland, preserved in the LeClaire Family Historical Archive.[1],[2]
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Citations & sources
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Archives départementales de Meurthe-et-Moselle, de la Moselle, du Bas-Rhin; Landesarchiv
Contemporary RecordFull reference: Parish, notarial and seigneurial registers of Lorraine, Alsace and the Rhineland, Archives départementales de Meurthe-et-Moselle, de la Moselle, du Bas-Rhin; LandesarchivArmorials and genealogical works of record for Lorraine
Published GenealogyFull reference: Published genealogies of the Le Clerc de Pulligny and Leclaire lines, Armorials and genealogical works of record for LorraineHouse of LeClaire
Published GenealogyFull reference: LeClaire Family Historical Archive, House of LeClaire — https://leclaire.co.uk/historical-archiveFrench National Archives, sovereign and noble records of the Ancien Régime and after.
Published Scholarly ResearchFull reference: Archives Nationales (France), French National Archives, sovereign and noble records of the Ancien Régime and after. — https://www.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/Genealogy platform; use only entries that themselves cite primary records.
Published Scholarly ResearchFull reference: Geneanet, Genealogy platform; use only entries that themselves cite primary records. — https://www.geneanet.org/Open-licensed historical images, maps and document scans.
Published Scholarly ResearchFull reference: Wikimedia Commons, Open-licensed historical images, maps and document scans. — https://commons.wikimedia.org/Charles d'Hozier's Armorial général de France (1696), digitised by the BnF.
Published Scholarly ResearchFull reference: BnF, Armorial général de France (d'Hozier), Charles d'Hozier's Armorial général de France (1696), digitised by the BnF. — https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8470253qOpen-licensed reproductions of French armorial bearings.
Published Scholarly ResearchFull reference: Wikimedia Commons, Heraldry of France, Open-licensed reproductions of French armorial bearings. — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Heraldry_of_FranceBelgian State Archives, parish registers and notarial records of East Flanders and the Land van Waas.
Published Scholarly ResearchFull reference: Rijksarchief in België / Archives de l'État en Belgique, Belgian State Archives, parish registers and notarial records of East Flanders and the Land van Waas. — https://www.arch.be/City Archive of Antwerp; civil and parish records relevant to the Van der Vyvere line.
Published Scholarly ResearchFull reference: Felixarchief, Stadsarchief Antwerpen, City Archive of Antwerp; civil and parish records relevant to the Van der Vyvere line. — https://felixarchief.antwerpen.be/
Canonical URL: https://leclaire.co.uk/people/jacqueline-antoinette-catherine-van-der-vyvere