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NOTICE ON THE DU GLAS, FORMER POSSESSORS OF THE CASTLE OF
PRATULO IN CLEDEN-POHER (FINISTïERE).
Glaz (le) or Glas (du) (ramage
de Ch�teaugal), sr. of Kerho�nt parish of Laz, � of Pontpol,
parish of Ch�teauneuf-du-Faou, � of Pratulo, parish of
Cl�den-Poher, � of Ployart and Arrancy, in Picardy , near
Montr�al, in Bugey, reforms and watches from 1427 to 1562, parish of
Laz, Ch�teauneuf and Clé�den, bishopric of Cornouaille. Azure, a
castle of three towers Argent, ma�onn� Sable .
Yvon married
before 1427 Marie de Cl�v�d�; Jean, lieutenant of Ch�teaulin in
1570, author of the branch of Pratulo (there, huge error) founded in
1600 in Muzillac.
Another branch, established in Soissonnais
since 1530, was maintained there in 1668. It produced Valentin, Bishop
Duke of Laon in 1581-1598. This branch charged its arms with those of
the Douglases: argent with a heart gules crowned or; a chief Azure
charged with 3 stars Argent ; Louis, sr. d'Arrancy, Knight of Malta in
1615 ( Armorial de Courcy , latest edition).
If the Du Glas were
Douglases of Scotland; it is difficult to agree with this claim with the
article above which makes them song of Ch�teaugal, and quotes them
with the watches of 1427, finding them Breton alliances before this
date. The memoir on the descendants of Ollivier du Glas in Picardy and
Laonnais establishes their filiation from the kings of Scotland, in the
additional volumes of the Armoriald'Hozier (reprinted in 1872). We will
limit ourselves to showing that in a curious memoir found in the
archives of the Château du Bot [Note: Belonging then to Mr. the Count
and Mrs. the Countess of Saint-Luc] in Quimerc'h, and coming from the
Musuillacs who had an alliance there, this claim of Scottish origin and
of being true Douglases existed from then on, and here are two hundred
years that this genealogical memory was written by the Du Glas
themselves: we reproduce it because it is authentic and has an air of
striking truth.
� Extract from the titles of nobility and
genealogy of the house and family of the du Glas, lords from Scotland, a
branch of whom became accused to Brittany by a cadet named Guillaume who
married Margueritte de Pratulocq Chasteauneuff heiress of the said
house, on condition of bearing and her descendants the arms of the said
house of Pratuloch then in distaff with the arms of Glas and the name
here marked in 1440. Du Glas de Pratuloc door of azure with three towers
doubly donjonn� in a chateau of argent massonnes of sand (which is
Pratuloc); charged with argent with a heart gules crowned royally with
gold on a chief azure charged with three stars of silver (which is Glas)
� .
The house and family of Glas is from Scotland, native and
very illustrious of the alliances of the kings and queens and of the
first charges of the said kingdom, and even now, which would be too long
to detail, I will talk about the branch used in Brittany and the one
coming from Brittany used in Picardy near Laon and Notre-Dame de Liesse.
First of all, you should know that in the time of Charles VII, king
of France, Archambaut Du Glas came to France with Jan Stuart, his
brother-in-law and close relative of the King of Scotland, with 7000
Scots commanded by the said du Glas who brought with him two of his
children, the eldest named Jacques du Glas and the other still young
named Guillaume du Glas gave battle near Paug� for the help of the
said Charles VII, and gained it; the said Jacques, eldest son of the
said Archambaut, was killed and as a reward the said Roy Charles VII
gave the duchy of Touraine to the said Archambaut and gave the constable
the said Jan Stuart by letter sent on April 19, 1422, but two years
later the said Constable and the said Duke of Touraine and his eldest
son Jacques du Glas were killed at the Battle of Verneuil in the year
1424,and are buried in the church of Sainte-Croix d'Orl�ans.
Archambaut du Glas escaped from the battle having always served in the
armies of France retired to Brittany with the count of Penthi�vre,
prince of Bretaigne, who gave him his life during the lordship of
Chasteauneuff where he remained some time, then married in 1440
Margueritte, daughter and heiress of the house of Pratulo de
Chasteauneuff, which house and seigneury is located in the parish of
Cléden, �vesch� de Cornouaille, between Carhaix and Ch�teauneuff.
From the said Marriage came Yvon du Glas who married Plaisou de
Co�tbihan, from whose marriage came Allain du Glas, squire, sr. de
Pratulo, who married damsel Jeanne Provost de la Haye, daughter of
nobleman Guillaume Provost and Jeanne du Bot, sr. and lady of the Hague,
from whom came Gilles du Glas who married Plaisou de Co�tqu�v�ran,
from whom came Guillaume du Glas, son eldest of Gilles, lord of Pratulo,
and Olivier du Glas, his younger brother, lord of Arancy and Ployart,
near Laon and Notre-Dame de Liesse, two leagues from each other, and
Nicolas du Glas who was prior of Isle-Sian.The said Guillaume du Glas,
eldest son of Gilles cy above dict and lord of Pratulocq, lived at the
said Pratulocq in Brittany, took a wife in the house of Vieux-Chastel
[Note: Like the seigniory of Cran, in Sp�zet,was brought by the Vieux-Chastel
to the du Glas, and by them to the Musuillac, we think we are not
mistaken in saying that it was the Vieux-Chastel or the du Glas who
founded the chapel of Notre-Dame du Cran, in Sp�zet, where the two
foundresses are represented in one of the very remarkable stained glass
windows of this large chapel: they date from 1548 and 1550] from which
Jan du Glas left, who took a wife in the house of Plessis de Nizon from
which came Jean du Glas, second of the name, who took a wife in the
house of Chastel from which came Catherine and Anne du Glas, heirs of
the house of Glas-Pratulocq, whose one married the lord of Musuillac, in
Brittany, and the other was a nun [Note: Her name was rather Jacquette,
and she married a Kerguz, lord of Kerstang, near Gourin. (Old registers
of Gourin)].
There were letters from the said two daughters
addressed to the lord of Glas d'Arancy, cy-named Philippe, by which they
qualify him as their uncle, he was ayeul of sr. Glas d'Arancy now alive.
All that above said of the house and alliance of the du Glas de
Pratulocq was taken from the depositions of several neighboring
gentlemen of Pratulocq and relatives of whom there were three parchment
inquiries signed by the judges of Monseigneur le Duc and the seal of
Brittany which is a sem� d'ermines, the first of February 24, 1541,
the other of 1553, all of which mark the filiation of the said Olivier
du Glas, son of Gilles, and all his kinship in Brittany, and as he left
his father's house, a young boy, and followed the King to the
And
after having still served the King until 1529 he married (September 23,
1530) to damsel Isabeau de Vignacourt, daughter of Maurice and niece of
Alope de Vignacourt; when Grand Master of Malta in 1530, after having
purchased the lands and seigneuries of Arancy and Ployart and Ham from
Messrs. des Ursins, whose marriage there were four boys and one girl.
The aisn�, named Louis du Glas, knight of the order of the King, lord
of Ployart, of Arancy, Longueval, Hamet, Esleu, captain of a company of
one hundred foot soldiers. The second son was Philippe du Glas, knight
lord of Arancy, ordinary gentleman of the King's chamber, and captain of
a galley.
The third son was Valentin du Glas, Bishop and Duke of
Laon, Peer of France, Count of Ainzy-le-Chasteau and Abbot of
Saint-R�mi-l�s-Sens, died in 1598 du Glas was Jan du Glas, Knight of
the Order of the King, Lord of Longueval and Ham, and Governor of
Soissons, and Ambassador of the King to Venice [Note: He married Claude
des Hayes, lady of Fontenailles]. The daughter, Charlotte du Glas,
married to Jan de Courcelles, Knight of the Order of the King, etc., and
two other nuns. Louis du Glas, knight of the order of the King, eldest
son of Olivier du Glas, lord of Arancy and Ployart and governor of the
strongholds of Reims by letter signed with the large yellow wax seal of
22 February February 1530, married Isabeau de Mandy , daughter of Jan de
Mandy, Lord of Arthaire,governor of Mouzon, knight of the order of the
King, from whom came Louis du Glas also knight of the order of the King,
lord of Ployart, captain and commander of the regiment...died in the
armies without hour, and the right of the d'Arancy returned to Philippe
du Glas, second son of Olivier, who first married Fran�oise de Fay
d'Athies, of the house of Soissons Moreuil, and did not only had four
daughters. The said Philippe married as his second nuptials Lady Marie
des Cognets, heir to the house of Saint-Aubin, and Lady of Clayes and
Pontchartrain in Beausse, who has a large number of children including
three captains and two lieutenants died in armies without hours, and
three married boys, and two girls, a knight of Malta. The oldest of the
four boys was Marc du Glas,knight lord of Arancy, Saint-Jacques,
Longueval, la Suze, gentleman of the King's chamber, leader of
men-at-arms, who married damsel Jeanne de Brouilly Pienne, daughter of
Charles de Brouilly, lord of Balaguy, etc. ., and Lady Jeanne de la
Fontaine. From which Marc du Glas came three children whose eldest was
Charles du Glas, knight, lord of Arancy residing there, and now alive
and aged 73 years. He is lord of Ployart in part, lord of Suze,
Saint-Jacques d'Aranso la ville, Longueval, de Bleucourt, lord and
viscount of Amy Fontaine, captain cy-devant of a company of light
horses. He married damsel Fran�oise de Brodart from whom 23 children
were born; and there are still eleven left, of whom the aisn� who has
recently died is armed,Corneste of the light horse company of his uncle,
Louis de Brodart, in the Br�tillac regiment. The second son dud.
Charles is presently a cornet in the regiment of Marshal Humi�res. The
third son is a Knight of Malta received ten years ago and is presently
in Malta. The fourth is first lieutenant in the King's regiment. The
fifth first, lieutenant in the regiment of Provence. The sixth in the
companies of noble cadets etc.The said Charles du Glas had six daughters
of whom there are four nuns and two royal abbesses, a daughter residing
in Arancy with her father Charles and who is a widow and whom he
withdrew from the court where she was close to the late queen who was
last dead, and another married to the Comte de Monceau for seven years,
who has children. The second son of Philippe du Glas, named Lionel du
Glas, was an infantry lieutenant and died, left a son and two daughters
from his marriage to damsel Margueritte de Cailloy, who served in the
army ½es du Roy for a long time and is called Jacques du Glas, who
married Lady Marie de Marle (?), widow of the lord of Ruoultz and is
without heirs. The third son of Philippe was Gabriel du Glas lord of
Bugny, Sainte-Sophie and Ployart in part.He served 30 years captain of
infantry, married lady Marie de la Haye lady of Coulon and Bugny. He has
a son named Jan Louis du Glas married to damsel Suzanne de Mazancourt.
He lives in Ployart and is also without hours; for a long time he was a
captain of infantry, much traveled at sea and in America in that
capacity. The fourth son of Philippe was Jan du Glas who was a Knight of
Malta and after fifteen years of caravan he became a Capuchin, and died
in a convent in Paris. The two daughters of the said Philippe, one
married Jacques de Bar de B�thancourt, captain, died child. The other
daughter married Octavien d'Hesselin, lord of Saubzy, to whom remained a
living and unmarried son called Antoine d'Hesselin; escaped from France
for a fight and retired to Holland where he is captain of light horses.
The du Glas Family Lineage – A Simplified Account
Valentin du Glas, the third son, held esteemed titles including Bishop and Duke of Laon, Peer of France, Count of Ainzy-le-Chasteau, and Abbot of Saint-Rémy-lès-Sens. He died in 1598.
His brother, Jan du Glas, was a Knight of the Order of the King, Lord of Longueval and Ham, Governor of Soissons, and Ambassador to Venice. He married Claude des Hayes, Lady of Fontenailles.
Their sister, Charlotte du Glas, married Jan de Courcelles, another Knight of the Order. Two other daughters became nuns.
Louis du Glas, the eldest son of Olivier du Glas (Lord of Arancy and Ployart, and Governor of Reims), was a Knight of the Order and married Isabeau de Mandy, daughter of Jan de Mandy, Lord of Arthaire and Governor of Mouzon. From them came another Louis du Glas, also a Knight and captain, who died in military service. Upon his death, the rights to Arancy passed to Philippe du Glas, the second son of Olivier.
Philippe married first Françoise de Fay d'Athies of the house of Soissons Moreuil, with whom he had four daughters. His second marriage was to Marie des Cognets, heir to the house of Saint-Aubin and Lady of Clayes and Pontchartrain in Beausse. They had many children, including:
- Three captains and two lieutenants, all of whom died in military service.
- Three sons who married, and
- Two daughters,
including a Knight of Malta.
Among these children, the eldest son, Marc du Glas, was a knight and Lord of Arancy, Saint-Jacques, Longueval, and La Suze. He served as a Gentleman of the King’s Chamber and led men-at-arms. He married Jeanne de Brouilly Pienne, daughter of Charles de Brouilly, Lord of Balaguy, and Jeanne de la Fontaine. They had three children, including:
- Charles du Glas, the eldest, a Knight and resident Lord of Arancy, Ployart (in part), Suze, Saint-Jacques d’Aranso-la-Ville, Longueval, Bleucourt, and Viscount of Amy Fontaine. A former captain of light cavalry, he married Françoise de Brodart and had 23 children. Of these, 11 survived:
- The eldest son recently died in military service.
- The second son is a cornet in Marshal Humières’s regiment.
- The third is a Knight of Malta, currently in Malta.
- The fourth and fifth sons are lieutenants in the King’s and Provence regiments, respectively.
- The sixth serves in the noble cadet companies.
- Of his six daughters, four became nuns and two became royal abbesses. One daughter, once a courtier close to the late queen, now lives as a widow with her father in Arancy. Another has been married for seven years to the Comte de Monceau and has children.
Philippe’s second son, Lionel du Glas, served as an infantry lieutenant. He died young, leaving behind a son, Jacques du Glas, and two daughters. Jacques married Marie de Marle (widow of the Lord of Ruoultz) but had no children.
The third son, Gabriel du Glas, Lord of Bugny, Sainte-Sophie, and part of Ployart, served 30 years as an infantry captain. He married Marie de la Haye, Lady of Coulon and Bugny. Their son, Jan Louis du Glas, married Suzanne de Mazancourt. He lived in Ployart, served as an infantry captain, and had extensive sea and American campaigns, but died without heirs.
The fourth son, Jan du Glas, became a Knight of Malta, then entered a Capuchin order after 15 years of military service. He died in a Parisian convent.
Philippe had two daughters:
- One married Captain Jacques de Bar de Béthancourt but died childless.
- The other married Octavien d’Hesselin, Lord of Saubzy.
Their son, Antoine d’Hesselin, fled France after a duel and became a cavalry captain in Holland.
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Here is the detail of the du Glas de
Pratulocq family in France and Picardy now residing the three branches
of Arancy, Ployart and Rugn, in the vicinity of each other near Laon,
two of which branches are without tops. There is only Charles du Glas,
lord of Arancy, he who is alive at the age of 73, of whom there are
still eleven children as above said, five of whom are in the service of
the King in the armed forces today. servants. This branch of du Glas
d'Arancy not having a perfect knowledge of the Bretaigne branch of the
du Glas de Pratulocq, nor of the alliances and arms of it except by
genealogies and some old titles and certificates of gentlemen neighbors
and relatives of the said branch who are in the titles and genealogy of
the castle ofArancy, of which communication will be given to all the
relatives of the said branch of Du Glas de Pratulocq, if they so desire,
and begging them to do the same with their title and genealogies in the
said . sr. Charles du Glas d'Arancy, residing there, in order to put
their descendants there and that he can be informed by article of the
whole truth of their alliances, names and arms, and to correct them in
his genealogies from Arancy, if indeed there are any faults in the
exposition that is made of them above and in the instructive memoir
[Note: They did better still: the lord d'Arancy himself came to visit
his parents at Pratulo, in August 1599, and had all the Musuillacs
introduced to him, of whom a memoir similar to that of the du Glas was
made at also, and allowed us toestablish more surely the filiation of
Musuillac. Three letters from the lord of Arancy, son of Olivier du Glas,
are also in the archives of Le Bot, and are addressed to Catherine du
Glas, lady of Musuillac, dated from 1599 to 1606, he recalls all his
past, his father's alliance with the Vignacourts, the recent death of
his brother, Bishop of Laon, and testifies to his desire to combine
again the du Glas to the Musuiliac by his own sons (Countess du Laz).
On the Du Glas de Pratulocq Family of France and Picardy
The du Glas de Pratulocq family currently maintains three branches in the regions of Arancy, Ployart, and Rugn, all situated near Laon. Of these, only the Arancy branch remains active; the other two are now extinct. The current patriarch, Charles du Glas, Lord of Arancy, is still living at the age of 73. As previously noted, he has eleven surviving children, five of whom are presently serving in the King’s army.
The Arancy branch lacks a full understanding of its relations to the Breton (Bretaigne) branch of the du Glas de Pratulocq family. Knowledge of the family’s Breton alliances, heraldry, and lineage is drawn only from scattered genealogies, antiquated titles, and certificates provided by local gentry and relatives. These documents are preserved among the genealogical records at the Castle of Arancy.
Charles du Glas of Arancy invites any relatives of the du Glas de Pratulocq line to share their own genealogical records and titles so they might be compared and harmonised with those in Arancy’s possession. His hope is to ensure that the shared lineage, family names, and heraldic arms are accurately traced and any errors in the current genealogical account may be corrected.
Indeed, an effort toward reconnection has already occurred.
In August 1599, Lord Charles du Glas of Arancy travelled to Pratulocq to meet his relatives in person. During this visit, he became acquainted with the Musuillac family, who had a similar family memoir drawn up. This valuable encounter allowed a clearer understanding of the Musuillac lineage.
Three letters written by Charles, son of Olivier du Glas, are preserved in the archives of Le Bot. Addressed to Catherine du Glas, Lady of Musuillac, and dated between 1599 and 1606, they recall his family’s past—his father's alliance with the Vignacourts, the recent death of his brother, Bishop of Laon
- and express his earnest wish to renew familial ties between the du Glas and Musuillac branches through the marriages of his own sons (notably one intended for the Countess du Laz).
Notes:
• Guillaume (William) Douglas married Marguerite de
Pratulo and had a son, Jean (John) who was an 'Archer of the Scottish
Guard' of King Louis XI (1638-1713)
See also:
• Chateaux
Patulo
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