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De Saussure Family
The De Saussure family is a family from the Geneva, Geneva patriciate of Huguenots, Huguenot origins hailing from Lorraine, Lorraine, France but being settled in Switzerland since 1556. An American branch was established in South Carolina in the 18th century by Henri de Saussure; among his descendants were Chancellor Henry William de Saussure and US Senator William F. De Saussure. History The family originally hails from Saulxures-lès-Nancy, Saulxures in the Lorraine, Lorraine region of France. During their service as falconers to the duke he ennobled them in 1506. Due to religious persecution for being Huguenots, Huguenot they emigrated to Lausanne and Geneva, where they became citizens in 1556 respectively 1636. Swiss branch In Switzerland they soon became politically and socio-economically active holding a variety of public offices. Theodore de Saussure, Théodore de Saussure became the mayor of Geneva, his son Nicolas de Saussure, a politician. Horace Bénédict de Saus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrician (post-Roman Europe)
Patricianship, the quality of belonging to a patriciate, began in the ancient world, where cities such as Ancient Rome had a social class of patrician families, whose members were initially the only people allowed to exercise many political functions. In the rise of European towns in the 12th and 13th century, the patriciate, a limited group of families with a special constitutional position, in Henri Pirenne's view, was the motive force. In 19th century Central Europe, the term had become synonymous with the upper Bourgeoisie and cannot be interchanged with the medieval patriciate in Central Europe. In German-speaking parts of Europe as well as in the maritime republics of the Italian Peninsula, the patricians were as a matter of fact the ruling body of the medieval town. Particularly in Italy, they were part of the nobility. With the establishment of the medieval towns, Italian city-states and maritime republics, the patriciate was a formally-defined social class of govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
