House of Estampes

The House of Estampes is a surviving family of the French nobility, originally from Berry, which distinguished itself through significant political, military and ecclesiastical positions.

[1] The best known figure today family is Jacques d'Étampes, Marquis of la Ferté-Imbault (1590–1668), Marshal of France in 1651.

[2] This family is originally from Berry and has no connection with the ancient lords of the town of Étampes in Hurepoix .

The family lineage goes back to Jean de Bas, known as d'Estampes, keeper of the gold and silver jewels of Jean de France, Duke of Berry, in the second half of the 14th century, who married to Guillemette Duplessis.

His son, Robert I d'Estampes, Lord of Salbris, captain of the Grosse Tour de Bourges, married to Jacqueline Rolland, daughter of a doctor of the Duke of Berry, was ennobled by letters patent of 4 December 1392.

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