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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 3855217, member: 111"]Really, kind of a wonderful piece...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The coat of arms depicts merlettes/martlets (no feet, small or missing beaks) rather than ducks, the horizontal hatching on the shield indicates the color azure/blue, the horizontal/vertical cross-hatching on the martlets indicates they're sable/black in color. There is a very similar French coat of arms associated with a Charles de Louvencourt, now used as the coat of arms for the village of Blangy-Tronville, but the fess and croissants/crescents on that coat of arms are gold, and they're left without hatching on the reliquary, indicating silver in color rather than gold, which would have dotting. The coronet indicates a French marquis, and an old book on French nobility mentions the de Louvencourt family held that hereditary title.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]319238[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://armorialdefrance.fr/page_blason.php?ville=2314" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://armorialdefrance.fr/page_blason.php?ville=2314" rel="nofollow">https://armorialdefrance.fr/page_blason.php?ville=2314</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]319239[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.heraldica.org/topics/martlet.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.heraldica.org/topics/martlet.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.heraldica.org/topics/martlet.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]319240[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Coronet of a French marquis/marquise:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]319249[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the excerpt from the book on French nobility:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]319253[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Annuaire_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral_heraldique_pour_1904/kHBUAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Annuaire_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral_heraldique_pour_1904/kHBUAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/books/edition/Annuaire_général_heraldique_pour_1904/kHBUAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Marie-Joachim-Elisabeth de Louvencourt, mentioned last above, was the founder of the 'Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament' in the chapel of the convent of the Poor Clares of Amiens:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couvent_des_Clarisses_d%27Amiens" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couvent_des_Clarisses_d%27Amiens" rel="nofollow">https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couvent_des_Clarisses_d'Amiens</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A book written about her shortly after her death:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Abr%C3%A9g%C3%A9_de_la_vie_et_des_vertus_de_Made/5ti-EraaMeEC?hl=en&gbpv=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Abr%C3%A9g%C3%A9_de_la_vie_et_des_vertus_de_Made/5ti-EraaMeEC?hl=en&gbpv=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/books/edition/Abrégé_de_la_vie_et_des_vertus_de_Made/5ti-EraaMeEC?hl=en&gbpv=0</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Also found there was a convent <i>"founded in 1641 by Elisabeth de Louvencourt, widow of Antoine Trudaine, Treasurer of the Kingdom, and mother of a Carmelite nun", </i>where <i>"The Blessed Martyrs of Compiègne"</i> were executed in 1794:</p><p><a href="https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/articles/item/806-the-blessed-martyrs-of-compiegne" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/articles/item/806-the-blessed-martyrs-of-compiegne" rel="nofollow">https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/articles/item/806-the-blessed-martyrs-of-compiegne</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pretty much all I've got, and am done looking around...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 3855217, member: 111"]Really, kind of a wonderful piece... The coat of arms depicts merlettes/martlets (no feet, small or missing beaks) rather than ducks, the horizontal hatching on the shield indicates the color azure/blue, the horizontal/vertical cross-hatching on the martlets indicates they're sable/black in color. There is a very similar French coat of arms associated with a Charles de Louvencourt, now used as the coat of arms for the village of Blangy-Tronville, but the fess and croissants/crescents on that coat of arms are gold, and they're left without hatching on the reliquary, indicating silver in color rather than gold, which would have dotting. The coronet indicates a French marquis, and an old book on French nobility mentions the de Louvencourt family held that hereditary title. [ATTACH=full]319238[/ATTACH] [URL]https://armorialdefrance.fr/page_blason.php?ville=2314[/URL] [ATTACH=full]319239[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.heraldica.org/topics/martlet.htm[/URL] [ATTACH=full]319240[/ATTACH] Coronet of a French marquis/marquise: [ATTACH=full]319249[/ATTACH] Here is the excerpt from the book on French nobility: [ATTACH=full]319253[/ATTACH] [URL='https://www.google.com/books/edition/Annuaire_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral_heraldique_pour_1904/kHBUAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0']https://www.google.com/books/edition/Annuaire_général_heraldique_pour_1904/kHBUAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0[/URL] Marie-Joachim-Elisabeth de Louvencourt, mentioned last above, was the founder of the 'Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament' in the chapel of the convent of the Poor Clares of Amiens: [URL='https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couvent_des_Clarisses_d%27Amiens']https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couvent_des_Clarisses_d'Amiens[/URL] A book written about her shortly after her death: [URL='https://www.google.com/books/edition/Abr%C3%A9g%C3%A9_de_la_vie_et_des_vertus_de_Made/5ti-EraaMeEC?hl=en&gbpv=0']https://www.google.com/books/edition/Abrégé_de_la_vie_et_des_vertus_de_Made/5ti-EraaMeEC?hl=en&gbpv=0[/URL] Also found there was a convent [I]"founded in 1641 by Elisabeth de Louvencourt, widow of Antoine Trudaine, Treasurer of the Kingdom, and mother of a Carmelite nun", [/I]where [I]"The Blessed Martyrs of Compiègne"[/I] were executed in 1794: [URL]https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/articles/item/806-the-blessed-martyrs-of-compiegne[/URL] Pretty much all I've got, and am done looking around... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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