Brunstatt

Brunstatt (French pronunciation: [bʁunʃtat]; Alsatian: Brunscht) is a former commune in the Haut-Rhin department in north-eastern France.

The rich and powerful family from Solothurn had considerable influence in the royal court of France.

An impressive example of this is that the King of France erected the de Besenval's possession of Brunstatt into a French barony on 11 August 1726.

One of the most prominent members of the family was Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brunstatt, a Swiss military officer in French service and a favorite of Queen Marie Antoinette.

The baron's former residence in Paris, the Hôtel de Besenval, has housed the Embassy of the Swiss Confederation since 1938.

The alliance coat of arms of the families de Besenval and Bielińska. The Barony of Brunstatt is represented by the horseshoe in the coat of arms of Jean Victor de Besenval de Brunstatt (1671–1736). The silver doe stands for Riedisheim and the silver mermaid for Didenheim , the two other possessions of the family de Besenval in the Alsace .