Le Claire

LeClaire Family Members by Century

Summary

This page arranges every documented member of the LeClaire, Le Clerc, Leclerc de Pulligny, Van der Vyvere and Greenland lines by the century in which they lived, from the first recorded appearance of Mengin Le Clerc in fourteenth-century Lorraine to the present House of Greenland-LeClaire. Each entry gives the person's name, recorded dates and place of association, with a link to their full profile. The century notes below are drawn directly from the recorded offices, places and events associated with the family in each period, and are intended as a quick chronological index rather than a substitute for the individual biographies.

Fourteenth century

In the fourteenth century the family first appears in the documentary record of Lorraine, France, holding property and forming noble alliances.

Fifteenth century

The fifteenth century brought the family's ennoblement by letters patent and its establishment as the Sieurs de Pulligny in Pulligny, Lorraine.

Sixteenth century

Across the sixteenth century the family held office at the ducal court and in the finances of Lorraine, based principally around Lorraine and the Rhineland.

Seventeenth century

The seventeenth century saw the restoration of the family's nobility, service as goldsmiths and treasurers, and continued presence in Lorraine / Alsace frontier, Lorraine.

Eighteenth century

In the eighteenth century the family name is consistently recorded as Leclaire, with members active in Dendermonde, East Flanders.

Nineteenth century

The nineteenth century carried the family into the Rhineland and beyond, with civil and military records fixing its members in Lorraine and the Rhineland.

Twentieth century

During the twentieth century the family's documented members are found in Lorraine and the Rhineland, bridging the historic and modern branches of the House.

Twenty-first century

The twenty-first century records the present House of LeClaire and the emerging House of Greenland-LeClaire, associated with Lorraine and the Rhineland.

Undated records

Members of the family for whom no year of birth, death or documented event survives in the archive, listed here rather than assigned to an approximate century.