Pulligny
Pulligny is documented in the LeClaire family record through the following ancestors:
Jehan Leclerc de Pulligny
c. 1410, c. 1465
Ennobled by letters patent on 3 January 1464. Through him the House enters the recognised noble and seigneurial order of Lorraine.
Mengin II Le Clerc
Continuation of the Pulligny line, an important bridge between the early civic family and the later noble branches.
Claude Leclerc de Pulligny
c. 1485, 1562
A major patriarch of the House of Le Clerc. Merchant of silk and wool cloth, valet de chambre to Duke Antoine, Conseiller and Auditeur at the Chamber of Accounts under Charles III, and seigneur of multiple lordships in Lorraine.
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Authoritative archives, libraries and reference collections that hold — or can be used to verify, records of this entity. External sources are cited only where they genuinely support the historical record; not every claim on this page is yet matched to a digitised primary source.
- Archives Nationales (France) ↗
French National Archives, sovereign and noble records of the Ancien Régime and after.
- Geneanet ↗
Genealogy platform; use only entries that themselves cite primary records.
- Wikimedia Commons ↗
Open-licensed historical images, maps and document scans.
- Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France) ↗
Digitised primary sources of the BnF, including charters and registers of Lorraine.
- Archives départementales de Meurthe-et-Moselle ↗
Parish, notarial and seigneurial registers for Nancy and the former Duchy of Lorraine.
- Archives départementales des Vosges ↗
Parish and notarial records covering the Pulligny / Xirocourt area.
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Catalogue général ↗
Bibliographic catalogue of printed and manuscript holdings.