Carpentier family

The Carpentier family is a noble family of French origins. One of its branches moved to the kingdoms of England and Scotland in the 15th century.[1] Another branch, the Carpentier de Changy family, has been part of the Belgian nobility since 1892.[2]

Carpentier family
Current regionKingdom of Belgium
Place of originDecize, County of Nevers, Kingdom of France
TitlesCount (Belgium; current)
Count (French Empire)
Baronet (England; extinct)
Seigneur (Kingdom of France; extinct)
DistinctionsOrder of Saint Louis
Estate(s)Machy, Marigny, Ratilly, Changy, les Pavillons, Vanzé, Beaudéduit.
Cadet branchesde Changy
de Marigny

Branches

  • Carpentier de Changy
  • Carpentier de Marigny

Origins

This family descends from Colinet Carpentier, notary, attorney and manufacturer in Decize. He married Jehanneton de Savigny there on 28 February 1442

Notable members

Baronetcy

The Carpentier Baronetcy, of France, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created under the reign of Richard Cromwell on 9 October 1658 for Arthur Marigni Carpentier, a gentleman of French origin. Nothing further is known of him or the title.[3] The Baronetcy is now extinct.

Carpentier baronets, of France (1658)

  • Sir Arthur Marigni Carpentier, 1st Baronet

Heraldry

Coat of arms of the Carpentier family
Escutcheon
Azure, a mullet or between three crescents argent.[1]
Previous versions
These were the primitive arms of the Carpentier family as well as the arms of the Carpentier Baronets, of France : Azure, a chevron or between three crescents argent.[1]

Allied families

  • d'Astier
  • de la Bussière
  • de Cavailhès de Prébens
  • de Chazal de Chamarel
  • van Dievoet
  • Gaignault
  • Leyniers
  • de la Maisonfort
  • de La Poëze
  • de Savigny
  • Terlinden
  • de Villebois-Mareuil
  • du Verne de Marancy
  • de Vynck

See also

Notes and references

  1. Claude Drigon, Quatrième registre du Livre d'Or de la Noblesse, Paris, 1847, p. 117.
  2. Jean-François Houtart, Anciennes familles de Belgique. Bruxelles, 2008, p.89. (anno 1442)
  3. "Baronetage". www.leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

Further reading

  • État présent de la noblesse belge, 1986, pp. 52–59. et 2019, pp. 87–97.
  • Paul Janssens et Luc Duerloo, Armorial de la noblesse belge. Tome A-E. Bruxelles, 1992.
  • Jean-François Houtart, Anciennes familles de Belgique. Bruxelles, 2008, p. 89. (anno 1442)
  • Hervé Douxchamps, Les quarante familles belges les plus anciennes subsistantes : Carpentier de Changy, dans Le Parchemin, 1998, p. 210 et 2000, p. 456.
  • Claude Drigon, Quatrième registre du Livre d'Or de la Noblesse, Paris, 1847, p. 117.
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