De Mercy
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De Mercyis aFrenchlocational surname,derived from places calledMercyinFrance.[1]
Origins
[edit]The De Mercy family rose to increasing power during the Middle Ages in the region of what is now southernBelgium,LorraineandLuxembourg.By the fifteenth century Jean de Mercy was lord of Clémarais (1422); in 1477, Roger de Mercy ( "the Valiant" ) was appointed Captain and Provost ofLongwybyRené II, Duke of Lorraine.
The family progressively expanded their domain, incorporating parts of Aix-sur-Cloie, Battincourt and Piémont. A castle named Claimaraix is mentioned in a document dated 3 March 1612, as a possession of Anne de Landres, widow of Jean de Mercy. By the sixteenth century they owned substantial land near Esch, including the castle at Mittenthal and the important mill atBergem.
People
[edit]- Count Claudius Florimund de Mercy(1666-1734), French general
- Eugène-Guillaume Argenteau,comte de Mercy (1743–1819), Austrian general
- Florimond Claude, comte de Mercy-Argenteau(1727–1794), Austrian diplomat
- Marie-Clotilde-Elisabeth Louise de Riquet, comtesse de Mercy-Argenteau(1837–1890), Belgian noblewoman
References
[edit]- ^Dictionary of American Family Names."Mercy Family History",Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 21 January 2016.
- Mercy-Argenteau (comte de), François Joseph Charles Marie (1917).Memoirs of the Comte de Mercy Argenteau, Napoleon's chamberlain and his minister plenipotentiary to the king of Bavaria.G. P. Putnam's sons. p. 219.