"The family of Douglas, say the French writers,
were on account of their high feats of arms, honoured, ennobled, and
raised to the dignity of Dukes of Touraine, and marshals of France, a
post which no coward can fill, and few amongst the valiant obtain.
However no report of this encomium may appear, it is far inferior to
what the services of the house of Douglas to the French nation deserved,
as will appear in the sequel.”
Motto: Tendre et Fidèle
Places associated with the
Douglas family in France:
Places that feature in Douglas heraldry
Research by John Tepper Marlin has revealed three interesting
groupings of Douglas-related arms by canton (county):
• Ardennes (on
the border with Belgium, east of Pas de Calais) – Amblimont, Doux and
Lametz.
• Corrèze (interior southwest France, the Dordogne) –
Beaumont (gold stars), Margerides (1986), St Remy and St Fereole.
•
Pas de Calais (northwest France near Belgium; Flanders territory) –
Leulinghem (red stars and stripes) and Sibiville (post-Sir James Douglas
heart included in the arms, so clearly the link is from Douglas to
Sibiville). The Comtes de Douglas apparently had lived for generations
as seigneurs of Sibiville in 1747 (when their arms were
recorded).
This page forms part of the France section
of the Douglas Archives.
See also:
•
People in France
•
Douglas heraldry in France
•
Douglas titles in France
• Douglas
in Brittany, Haute-Picardie and Bugey
•
Map of Douglas places
|
