Le Normand de Bretteville family

The family originates in Normandy, where they were lords of Bretteville, Trassepied, Bossy and Tertre.

The family is first mentioned in 1470 with the Norman knight Jean Le Normand.

Marquis Louis Claude le Normand de Bretteville (1744–1835) left France during the French Revolution, became a Danish Major-General and was naturalized as a Dano-Norwegian nobleman in 1804.

He was married to Catherine-Thérèse Vedastine van den Driesch and has several descendants in Denmark and Norway.

Louis Claude's daughter Louise-Joséphine was a lady-in-waiting to Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark.