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MONTMORENCY (FAMILY) - LoveToKnow Article on MONTMORENCY (FAMILY) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | MONTMORENCY, the name of one of the oldest and most distinguished families in France, derived from Montmorency, now in the department of Seine-et-Oise, in the immediate neighborhood of Enghien and St Denis, and about 9 m. |
 | | From the barons of Fosseux, a branch of the Montmorency family established in Brabant in the isth century, sprang the seigneurs de Boutteville, among whom was the duellist Francois de Montmorency-Boutteville, who was beheaded in 1627. |
 | | MONTMORENCY, ANNE, Due DE (1493-1567), constable of France, was born at Chantilly, and was brought up with the future King Francis I., whom he followed into Italy in 1515, distinguishing himself especially at Marignano. |
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