Stephen Delancey (other)

Stephen Delancey (other)
Stephen Delancey (french: Étienne de Lancy; October 24, 1663 – November 18, 1741) was a major figure in the life of colonial New York (state), New York. His children continued to wield great influence until the American Revolution. Early life Stephen DeLancy was born in Caen, France, on October 24, 1663Kenneth T. Jackson: ''The Encyclopedia of New York City'': The New York Historical Society; Yale University Press; 1995. P. 324. as ''Étienne de Lancy'', the only son of Jacques de Lancy, Esq. and Marguerite Bertrand. His great-grandfather was Jacques de Lancy, a crown prosecutor, and his 2x-great grandfather was Charles de Lancy, 5th Viscount of House of Laval, Laval and Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache, Nouvion. Ancestors The de Lancy family were minor French nobility (French language, fr: ''la noblesse française'') and, despite being of the Huguenot faith, served the French Crown as administrators and bureaucrats for over two hundred years. Dating back to the early 15th century, s ...
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Caen
Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Comparateur de territoire
INSEE, retrieved 20 June 2022. making Caen the second largest urban area in

Normandy

and the 19th largest in France. It is also the third largest commune in all of Normandy after

Le Havre

and Rouen. It is located inland ...
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