The Parthon de Von family is a Belgian noble family of French origin.^, Its members rose to prominent positions in administration, justice, and diplomacy. The family is documented since

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in the duchy of

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, where it acquired the land of Von in

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.Archives départementales du Cher et de l'ancienne province du Berri E 1628^,''Collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, arrêtés et règlements généraux qui peuvent être invoqués en Belgique'', E. Bruylant., 1882, page 408.
/ref> It emigrated to

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following the

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of university

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, unwilling to serve the liberal regime of

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. An

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was conceded to the family by

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. The current holder is François (b. 1964) and

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Gautier Parthon de Von (b. 1996).

History

Origin in Berry

The proven filiation of the Parthon family go back to the 16th century in

, where its members held some offices in the judiciary and in the duchy's Waters and Forests.''Grands notables du Premier Empire : Indre'', Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1994, page 203.
/ref> Estienne Parthon, living in 1575, is lawyer in parliament and spouse of Marguerite de Billon. * Pierre Parthon (1649–1727), spouse of Anne Basset, mayor of

in 1689. * Sulpice Parthon (1714-1793), spouse of Marie Pelletier,

King's Advocate The King's Advocate (or Queen's Advocate when the monarch was female) was one of the Law Officers of the Crown. He represented the Crown in the ecclesiastical courts of the Church of England, where cases were argued not by barristers but by ad ...

in 1776. Michel Parthon, one of the leaders of the bourgeois militia of Châteauroux, acquired the land of Von in Saint-Victor, a small town near Châteauroux.

Establishment in Belgium

The Knight Parthon de Von (1788-1877), appointed consul of France in

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circa

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, attaché to the military household of the King of France, made Knight of the French

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in 1827, he was appointed consul of France in

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in 1829. After the

in 1830, he refused to serve the new liberal government and resigned as consul of France.Charles Poplimont, ''La Belgique héraldique'', volume 8, 1866, page 266.
/ref> He settled near

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at the Château de Middelheim and he devoted himself to horticulture and writing. He published a book of fables in 1843. The Belgian horticulturist Charles Morren dedicated to him the ''Orchiaceae Parthoni''. From his marriage on May 31, 1813 to Jeanne van de Velde:^, * Édouard Parthon de Von (1814-1897), married to Countess Amélie de Coopmans-Yoldi in 1849, daughter of Christian XII's

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, and of Pépita de Yoldi, Countess of Castille. * Henri Parthon de Von (1819-1892), no posterity. * Jeanne Parthon de Von (1822-1911), married to the Baron Charles de Vivario de Ramezée and of the

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Genealogy

The ''Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique'' (1851) gives the following filiation: * Sulpice Parthon (1714–1793), King’s Advocate, ∞ Marie Pelletier.''Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique'', Volume 5, 1851, page 248.
/ref> ** François Parthon de Von (1753–18..), artillery officer, ∞ Andrée Thoinet alias Thoinnet de la Turmelière. *** Knight Édouard Parthon de Von (1788–1877) ∞ Jeanne Catherine Victoire van de Velde. **** Knight Édouard Parthon de Von (1814-1897) ∞ Countess Amélie de Coopmans-Yoldi. The ''État présent de la noblesse du royaume de Belgique'' (1960) gives the following filiation: * Knight Édouard Parthon de Von (1814-1897), ∞ Countess Amélie de Coopmans-Yoldi. ** Knight Alphonse Parthon de Von (1858-1932),

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, ∞ Marie Fontaine de Ghélin. *** Knight Édouard Parthon de Von (1881-1945),

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of France, then of Spain, ∞

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Yvonne de Séjournet. The ''État présent de la noblesse belge'' (2002) gives the following filiation: * Knight Édouard Parthon de Von (1881-1945),

of France, then of Spain, ∞

Yvonne de Séjournet. ** Knight Étienne Parthon de Von (1916-1945) ∞ François de Bonnières.^, *** Knight François Parthon de Von (°1964) ∞ Sophie de La Peschardière. ****

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Gautier Parthon de Von (°1996).

Nobility

An exchange dated July 19, 1843 between the French government, through its Minister of Foreign Affairs

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, and the Belgian ambassador to France, the

Prince of Ligne Prince of Ligne is a title of Belgian nobility that belongs to the House of Ligne, which goes back to the eleventh century. It owes its name to the village in which it originated, between Ath and Tournai. The lords of Ligne belonged to the ent ...

, allowed the family to obtain a confirmation and concession of nobility on January 2, 1845 by

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of Leopold I. Two titles of knights, transmissible by order of masculine primogeniture, were granted by

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s dated September 26, 1856 in favor of Édouard (1814-1897) and Henri Parthon de Von (1819-1892). The latter died without posterity, therefore one title subsists today in favor of the elder branch.

Heraldry

Sepulture

It holds a perpetual concession for its members in the

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since the mid-19th century. File:Concession perpétuelle de la famille Parthon de Von au cimetière de Laeken (Bruxelles, Belgique).jpg File:Sépulture de la famille Parthon de Von, concession perpétuelle, au cimetière de Laeken (Bruxelles, Belgique).jpg

Alliances

Bilhon, Catherinot (1643), Basset, Thoinnet de La Turmelière (1779), Van de Velde (1813), de Coopmans(1849), Cogels, Fontaine de Ghélin (1880), du Bois (1880), de Séjournet de Rameignies (1905), de La Kethulle de Ryhove (1928), de Bonnières (1962), Béchet de La Peschardière (1984), d'Eimar de Jabrun, Thélot (2012), Fayet (2013), Bernard, etc.

References

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Resources

Bibliography

''Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique'', Volume 5, 1851, page 248.

Charles Poplimont, ''La Belgique héraldique,'', tome 8, 1866, page 266.
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La noblesse belge, Partie 1, 1893, page 234.

baron Fernand de Ryckman de Betz, ''Armorial général de la noblesse belge'', H. Dessain, 1957, page 356.
* Oscar Coomans of Brachène, ''this State of the Belgian nobility,'' the 1979 Yearbook, second part P-Pos, Brussels, 1979.
''Grands notables du Premier Empire : Indre'', Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1994.
* Jean-François Houtart, ''Belgium Old families,'' LXI Collection of the Royal Family Office Association and heraldry of Belgium, Brussels, 2008. * ''Directory of Belgian nobility,'' 1851. Surnames Belgian noble families French noble families