Renaissance
Mengin II Le Clerc
Pulligny, Lorraine
Continuation of the Pulligny line — an important bridge between the early civic family and the later noble branches.
Family connection
Parents. Son of Jehan Leclerc de Pulligney.
Spouse. Mengette.
Married Mengette, mother of Claude Leclerc de Pulligny and Thierry Le Clerc de Roville.
Position in the Direct Line
Generation 4 of 19 in the continuous bloodline shown on the home-page pedigree — from Mengin Le Clerc of Lorraine (c. 1355) to Brandon Noble LeClaire.
- Preceded by
Jehan Leclerc de Pulligny - This generation
Mengin II Le Clerc - Succeeded by
Claude Leclerc de Pulligny
Historical context
Mengin II Le Clerc was one of the great architects of the family's ascent. By the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, the Le Clercs were no longer merely a family of local standing — they were involved in civic government, trade and the financial administration of Nancy.
A 1498–1499 register records the second account of receipts and expenses made by the four governors or sworn officers of Nancy, including Mengin II Le Clerc. His position enabled his sons Claude and Thierry to receive renewed noble recognition under Duke Antoine of Lorraine in 1512.
In family terms, he represents the point at which wealth, office and noble ambition converged.
Known records & evidence
- 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.
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Sources & references
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.
- Parish, notarial, seigneurial and military records of Lorraine, Alsace and the Rhineland preserved in the LeClaire Family Historical Archive.
- 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.
- BnF — Armorial général de France (d'Hozier) ↗
Charles d'Hozier's Armorial général de France (1696), digitised by the BnF.
- Wikimedia Commons — Heraldry of France ↗
Open-licensed reproductions of French armorial bearings.
- 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.
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