Family of Rougemont (olim Rogemont)
Arms of the family: family de Rougemont (olim Rogemont)
Blazon	“of golden lion gules” or “gules a lion rampant or armed and langued azure»
Currency	motto: ‘Honos mihi’ CRI: «To Moy!»
Period	XIe century – XXIe century
Country or province of origin	Bugey, Bresse
Allegiance	House of Coligny House of Thoire-Villars House of Baugé  Duchy of Savoy Kingdom of France
Fiefs held	Ambutrix, Bussie, Bussière, Bozas, Chandée, Corcelles, Corlier, Izenave, the Tower of Priay, Lantenay, Outria, Pierreclos, Riverie, Rougemont
Homes	Chandée, Cuchet, Pierreclos, the Veliere, Rougemont, Verneaux
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The House de Rougemont (olim Rogemont), one of oldest families of Bugey and Bresse, is designated indifferently in titles XII^e ,^e XIand XIII^e centuries under the name Rogemont or Rougemont (roge meaning “Red” in Provençal). The knightly nobility of this House was authentically observed at various times on production of titles, and especially by judgments of maintained by the Parliament of Burgundy after the joining of Bresse and Bugey in 1601.

The family of Rougemont door “gules a lion rampant or armed and langued azure’ ; stamp: according to the titles ; Crest: a lion or; Media: two lions; CRI: ‘To Moy!’. The arms original of Rougemont House, as they are cited in a title of the Chartreuse de Portes^[1] and reported by various sources^{[2],[3],[4],[5]}, are: ” the golden lion gules “. ».

Origins[Edit | change the code]

Coat of arms of the House of Rougemont in Bugey.

Some authors such as Samuel Guichenon^[6], Genealogist of the Roy Bresse, Dombes, Bugey, Valromey, had opinion that this House could have a common origin with the County of Burgundy (hereditary Viscounts of Besançon) House of Rougemont , whose weapons are ‘ gold Eagle displayed gules, beaked, Member [and crowned] azure». However, no title “domestic” could not be found to confirm or refute this relationship, for which are nevertheless well presumptions^{[Note 1]}.

The first traces of the Lords of Rogemont date from the end of^e century with the presence of André de Rogemont XI^[6],[7]Knight, vassal of the House of Baugé (Bagé), who is quoted as a witness and guarantee at the signing of a treaty passed to 1106 between Gaulseran IX de Baugé and the Bishop of Mâcon. During the installation of the carthusians at Meyriat^{[Note 2]} near Nantua (Bugey, Ain) in 1116, Rogemont warlords were already owners of their lands^[8] and paid tribute to the House of Thoire.

Through the ages and the wars, the House of Rougemont was successively vassal houses of Coligny, Thoire-Villars, Savoie, and the Kings of France finally.

Note that the Lordship of Rougemont was built first in Barony before be erected in marquisate by letters patent of Louis XIV in June 1696. It depended on the order of Saint-Rambert and was part of the diocese of Lyon, and not from Geneva or Belley as the other villages in the plateau ofHauteville^{[Note 3]}.

Knightly extraction[Edit | change the code]

Pierreclos Castle.

Etching of the castle of Chandée^[9].

In his time, Samuel Guichenon, genealogist of the Roy Bresse, Dombes , Bugey, Valromey, had opinion that the family of Rougemont “is of the rank of those who did not lack preface because his seniority […]» “and other marks of honor speak easy for her. The House of Rougemont in Bugey is nobility of knightly extraction; its quality is so specific to the breed. Evidence of power and wealth in the middle ages, all members of the family were armed knights as shown by the various documents of the time. Some of a Lord of Rougemont in Bugey was first at the beginning of the XII^e century with Guillaume de Rogemont, Knight, probably son of André de Rogemont, Knight, quoted in a treaty in 1106^[6].

Here are some elements of evidence ofknightly extraction of the family^{[Note 4]} :

• February 5, 1230, the recognition of Garnier de Rougemont made at Philippe the bold through the Amédée County of Savoy confirms that this family is ‘Noble origin ‘.^[10].
• A Charter of April 1247 shows Josserand de Rougemont hired in the chapter of the Church of Saint-Paul de Lyon, sixth of the tithes of Aranc, renewed convention in 1248. Another Charter was signed between Guy de Rougemont and the chapter of St. Paul about the tithe of Aranc between 1248 and 1265.
• In 1254, Garnier de Rougemont ceded land owned within Meyriat, Corcelles and Ferrières in these same chartreux. The tribute will be followed in 1273 by Guillaume de Rougemont, for its houses Rougemont and 60 floors of Vienna’s annual pension.
• Tribute to Guillaume de Rougemont is renewed in 1301. with more that of Bartholomew of the June 3, 1301 with “reserve of what he owed the overlord” and then Bo de Rougemont 20 June 1301. Jean recognised at the same date lige man of the sires de Thoire-Villars, and then followed the brothers Guillaume and Jean 18 October 1301. 1^er may 1311, Bartholomew is also recognized lige man of the same sires.
• By letters patent of November 9, 1319^[11]Humbert de Thoire-Villars granted to Bartholomew de Rougemont, with all justices on its men and its land, to develop sinister forks. In 1336, Pierre de Rougemont made tribute to Humbert for the castle of the Veliere to Izenave. March 23, 1343, Bartholomew de Rougemont gave his strong House to his Overlord and received the allegiance.
• 12 February 1392, Jean de Rougemont, Knight, made tribute to Humbert de Thoire-Villars to his Castle and village of Rougemont with all justices. etc.

In addition, the book catalogs and arms of gentlemen who attended the holding of the States General of Duchy of Burgundy, approved on the last page by Messire d’Hozier, referred to the nobles from 1548 to 1682. It is in 1626 is present for the first time the family of Rougemont, Bugey and Pays de Gex was attached to the Duchy as in 1601. Evidence of nobility of the family are made repeatedly in 1618, 1668 and 1670^[12]. On June 28, 1618, the confirmation of nobility of the family of Rougemont is established including from documents dating back to 1466, citing among other members of the family, Rogemont Aymé, Knight, entitled to justice on the parishes ofAranc and Corlier.

The various branches[Edit | change the code]

Coat of arms of the various branches of the House de Rougemont in Bugey.

The main branches of the House de Rougemont in Bugey.

Some filiation is known from 1144 with Guillaume de Rogemont^[13]Knight, Lord of Rogemont^{[Note 5]}which is mentioned in various deeds. He was probably the son of André de Rogemont^[6], vassal of the House of Thoire. His offspring is not known in its entirety, but the House provides several branches including:

• the eldest branch that gave including two Knights cross during the^e II(1147) and VI^e (1240) Crusades^[14],[15] before blend at the beginning of the XVI^e century with Huguette de Rogemont the Rougemont de Pierreclos-branch;

• the branch of The Horn which are from Lords Lantenay and the Veliere Izenave (Bugey, Ain) and some of whom distinguished themselves in XIV^e century against the Maréchal de Vergy of the Duchy of Burgundy^[16]. By testament, the seigneurie de Lantenay was reinstated to the elder branch;

• the branch by venom, the Lords of Viry and Rathore en Genevois (Soral, Geneva), at the XIII^e and XIV^e siecless, vassals of the counts of Geneva, lost the seigniory of Viry (Savoie) and its castle^{[Note 6]} for the benefit of a cadet branch of the House of Sallenôves, their creditor, who took the name then^{[Note 7]} ;

• the branch of the Planet, Lords of the Planet (Matafelon, Ain) in Bugey who died at the beginning of the XV^e century in Rogemont Simone,

• the branch of Verneaux, which are from the Lords of Verneaux Ambutrix (Bugey, Ain) last Vidame (Vidomnes) of Bugey and who wore “of gules a lion rampant or, armed and langued azure” (has)^[17]. She died in 1620 in Hugues de Rogemont without posterity;

• branch of The Tower of Priay (Bugey, Ain), Lords of the Tower of Priay, from the previous died probably before the end of the^e century XVIin Guy de Rogemont, without posterity;

• the branches of Bennett and the runtof the same shoot as the Verneaux and the Tower of Priay, settled in Geneva where the first seems to have played an important role in the postage of the city of Geneva in the person of noble Philibert Berthelier, “martyr of freedom”.^[18],[19]. These two branches were received B.G from^e century XVand were both off in the XIX^e century;

• Pierreclos branch which are from the Lords of Pierreclos, Bussy, Bussière and the toll of Menon (Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire), baron of Chandée near Bourg en Bresse (Vandeins, Ain) and count of Rougemont. She swooped in 1503, by dispensation of his Holiness Pope Julius II, in the eldest branch that brought him various Lordships of the Val de Rougemont (seigneuries of Rougemont, Lantenay, Corcelles, Izenave, etc.) (Bugey, Ain). She was carrying broken weapons: “of the Lion d’Or, armed, langued gules and azure vilene” (b)^[6] (likely condition to this alliance). She carried to the XVI^e century the load of the lieutenancy of the Dombes and gave two Knights of theorder of the King. This branch became extinct at the beginning of the XVIII^e century Guillaume and Bertrand de Rogemont, canons-counts of Lyon in 1645^[20] ;

• the branch of The Liègue, installed in drill since the end of the^e century XIV, which are from Lords of La Liègue, comte de Bozas and baron of Riverie (Forez, Loire). She burst into the House of Bron (Lyon, Rhône) which she had to bear the name and arms. She wore torn: “1 and 4, Gold Fess wavy of sand (the Liègue); 2 and 3, or Fess gules, issuant in Chief lion (from Bron)’ (c). A few times, we find the addition of a shield “gules a lion d’Or» or «of gules a lion rampant or armed and langued azure» «who is Rougemont en Bresse»^[4],[21]. It provides including two Canon-counties in Lyon, Antoine and Guillaume de Bron – Liègue in 1573^[20]. This branch died in 1673 in Claude-Charles de Bron (or Bron-Rougemont), without issue;

• the branch of Mongefond (Bresse), remaining, interchangeably with “gules a lion d’Or» or «of gules a lion rampant or armed and langued azure”, among others gave many Knights and squires.

Notable characters[Edit | change the code]

The ruins of Rougemont Castle.

• Geoffroy de Rogemont, Knight crossed II^e crusade. He was a younger son of Guillaume de Rogemont, Knight and Lord of Rogemont. He followed his Overlord, Amédée III, count of Savoy, in 1147.

• Geoffroy de Rogemont, Knight crossed the^e crusade VI (different from the previous one). A letter from the month of March 1240 tells us that, at this date, ‘ located at Ascalon in a pressing need for money, he solicited with four other Knights the guarantee of Thibaud, count of Champagne, for a sum of 300 pounds that them was André Canali, merchant Genoese, which was given to them by this prince »^[14] ;

• Philibert of Rogemont, alias Philibert Berthelier, Damoiseau, bourgeois of Geneva and Fribourg, hero of the Genevan independence, “martyr of freedom”. He was received as a noble in the chapter of St. Peter of Geneva in 1503. Installed in Geneva, he was appointed in 1505, Captain of the archers company and member of the Council of fifty, and then to 1512, Captain-General and member of the small Council. He was the architect of the city Treaty passed between the cities of Geneva and Fribourg to 1518. Wrongly accused of plotting against the Bishop of Geneva, Jean de Savoie, he was tortured and then beheaded on August 23, 1519 to the castle of the island, although he was acquitted by the trustee in Geneva a few months earlier. a statue in his likeness was erected in front of the Tower of the island on May 30, 1909 ;

• Antoine de Rougemont, Knight of theOrder of the King. He was captain of an army of fifty men at arms. It is equipped with the 2 September 1562 by letters patent of the Duc de Nemours, Lieutenant-General to the King in Burgundy and Lyon, of the lieutenancy of the Dombes. He built the fortifications of Trévoux and other cities of the Dombes. He is buried with his wife, Claudine de Clugny, Église Saint-Vincent de Mâcon, at the tomb of the Bletterans.

• Balthazar de Rougemont, Rougemont (ca 1570-1635) and DUELIST called «franc eclaircisseur» County in the Court of the King. His conversion was one of the first miracles of saint Vincent de Paul then Abbot of Châtillon-les-Dombes (Dombes, Ain) in 1617, as reported in the various biographies of the saint^{[22],[23],[Note 8]}. He transformed his castle of Chandée in hospital for the body and for the soul, and obtained permission to expose the Blessed Sacrament in the chapel from the chapter of Saint John (Lyon). He made numbers donations to the convents and monasteries of the region. He wore for the rest of his life the habit of Capuchin with whom he was buried^{[Note 9]} ;

• Antoine de Bron de Rougemont, Lord of Bellegarde Liègue, in the County of Bozas and other places (circa 1604), Knight of theOrder of the King, Captain of an army of fifty men at arms. He married Jeanne de Sassenage^{[Note 10]} ;

• François de Rougemont, baron of Chandée. He voluntarily served during three campaigns in the armies ofGermany and Flanders under the orders of the Grand Condé. In 1645, he was the cornet of the light horse company of this same prince that he commanded at the battle of Mardyck where he was wounded in the head and shoulder a musket and had a horse killed. He served also in Catalonia^[24].