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Gottfried Leclair
1842 – 1915
⚭ Maria E. Maßmann1845 – 1915
A nineteenth-century representative of the Leclair spelling within the family's period of German-speaking assimilation.
Gottfried Leclair (1842–1915) lived through the unification of Germany under Bismarck, the founding of the German Empire, and died on the eve of the Great War. By his generation the family was wholly integrated into German civic life — though the French origin of the name remained visible in every parish register.
Direct Line
5 generations to Brandon Noble LeClaire
Story Mode
Their chapter in the dynastyGottfried Leclair belongs to the Long 19th Century. Born around 1842 in Lorraine, the line continued through their hand. They stand at generation 14 of 19 in the documented bloodline that leads to the present House of Greenland-LeClaire.
The long 19th century shaped every aspect of Gottfried's world — its laws of inheritance, its wars, its faith and its limits.
Marriage to Maria E. Maßmann bound the line to a wider noble network.
In France, Louis-Philippe I ruled.
Through Gottfried, the House continued — its name, its arms and its memory carried forward to every generation that followed, down to Brandon Noble LeClaire.
The World They Lived In
Gottfried's lifetime · 1842–1915
Who governed their world
- King of FranceLouis-Philippe I
- Monarch of UKVictoria
Contemporary figures
- Victor HugoNovelist · 1802–1885
- Auguste RodinSculptor · 1840–1917
- Kaiser Wilhelm IIGerman Emperor · 1859–1941
- Marie CuriePhysicist · 1867–1934
- Charles de GaulleStatesman · 1890–1970
Major events during their life
- Franco-Prussian War1870–1871 · France
Alsace and part of Lorraine annexed by the German Empire.
- First World War1914–1918 · Europe
Picardie battlefields — Somme, Amiens, Saint-Quentin.
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How Did I Get Here?
Path from Gottfried to Brandon