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Page 1 of 8 Three Enigmas concerning ??? “Les Malartic d’Hurigny” ??? This article is a version (altered for this website, and incorporating the contents of a later Appendix ) of an original document prepared by me for the Château des Poccards, Hurigny, near Macon, Burgundy, for the use of M & Mme Fizaine, the owners, and their guests in a superb Guesthouse, to enable some identification of the heraldry (and a probably related portrait) in their sitting-room. ....0000.... The Identifications & therefore the Argument in this Monograph draw heavily on the following sources: De la Chenaye-Desbois et Badier: ‘Dictionnaire de la Noblesse’ (1770) Rietstap: ‘Armorial Général Vols 1 & 2’ (1965) Renesse: ‘Dictionnaire des figures héraldique’ (1892) Viton de Saint Allais, ‘Nobiliare Universel de France’ (1814) Various Websites but principally ‘Heralogic’ The Identifications of all but the “Three Enigmas” (ie, two of the Shields & the Portrait) in a letter (2005) to M & Mme Fizaine by M Michel Cour-Mach, visitor to the Château (2005) Contents of Article Chapter One : Introducing the Château des Poccards .......... page 2 Chapter Two : The Shields - Images & Notes .......... page 3 Chapter Three : Heraldic identification & description of the “House” Coat of Arms below (from the Château des Poccards website) .......... page 4 Chapter Four : The Portrait in the Salon .......... page 5 Chapter Five: the Family Background .......... page 6 Chapter Six : Further Discoveries? .......... page 7 Chapter Seven : Further Mystery - and Conclusion? .......... page 8 Read on via red "Read..." button below to get full article; then use the red "Next >>" links at bottom left of chapters to reach ensuing chapters (or find individual chapters by using the red links at top of each chapter window)
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