The family of Faucogney is an extinct noble family that came from Faucogney in

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in France. The family divided in four branches in the middle of the 12th century and became extinct in the 14th century.Roger de Lurion, ''Nobiliaire de Franche-Comté'', Besançon, 1890, pages 309-310.
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History

The family took its name from the

seigneury ''Seigneur'' is an originally feudal title in France before the Revolution, in New France and British North America until 1854, and in the Channel Islands to this day. A seigneur refers to the person or collective who owned a ''seigneurie'' (or ...

of Faucogney in

. Its filiation goes back to Gislebert landlord of Faucogney and viscount of Vesoul who founded in 1092 a priory near Vesoul.Jean-Baptiste Guillaume, ''Histoire généalogique des sires de Salins au comté de Bourgogne'', chez Jean-Antoine, 1757, page 96.
/ref>Jules Finot, ''Les sires de Faucogney, vicomtes de Vesoul'', H. Champion, 1886, page 65.
/ref> The Faucogney family was divided in four branches in the middle of the 12th Century.Jean-Baptiste Guillaume, ''Histoire généalogique des sires de Salins au comté de Bourgogne'', chez Jean-Antoine, 1757, page 65 (4 branches)
/ref> In addition to the seigneury of Faucogney, the Faucogney family owned many seigneuries in the surrounding villages. Jean de Faucogney married before 1336 Isabelle de France, daughter of King Philippe V and widow of Guigues VIII de La Tour du Pin (1309-1333), they didn't have any children. The Faucogney family became extinct in the 14th century in the de Longwy family with the marriage in 1370 of Jeanne de Faucogney with Henri de Longwy, lord of Rahon.Jules Finot, ''Les sires de Faucogney, vicomtes de Vesoul'', H. Champion, 1886, page 165.
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References

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Bibliography

Jean-Baptiste Guillaume, ''Histoire généalogique des sires de Salins au comté de Bourgogne'', chez Jean-Antoine, 1757, pages 96-100 Family de Faucogney

Roger de Lurion, ''Nobiliaire de Franche-Comté'', Besançon, 1890, pages 309-310. Family de Faucogney

Jules Finot, ''Les sires de Faucogney, vicomtes de Vesoul'', H. Champion, 1886.

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