Marquis de Contades (French pronunciation: [maʁki də kɔ̃tad], lit.

[1] The Contades family is a French noble family, originally from Béarn, which settled in Narbonne in the fifteenth century, before settling in the Duchy of Anjou around 1600.

[2] The family was first ennobled as Lord de La Roche-Thibault in 1619.

[1] The family was further elevated when General Louis Georges Érasme de Contades was made Marquis de Contades.

[1] Excerpt of some family members:[2]