Quelques jours avant Noël, le 21 décembre 1793, Jean Antoine de Beauvalet, seigneur de Durécu, est trouvé mort à Valognes, dans une chambre où il s’est réfugié, après avoir été enfermé par les Révolutionnaires dans les geôles du fort de la Hougue. Ainsi s’éteint le dernier représentant mâle de la branche noble des Beauvalet, fondateurs, en 1686, du petit domaine de Durécu qui ne portait pas encore ce nom, anoblis en 1702 par Louis XIV et ayant lutté pendant trois générations, en s’appuyant sur leur richesse, pour conserver cette noblesse chèrement acquise.
Le domaine de Durécu échoit alors à la petite-fille du seigneur de Durécu, Caroline Avice de Sortosville, qui épouse pendant la Terreur, un jeune officier républicain, François Clément Boyer de Choisy, issu d’une famille parfaitement représentative de la noblesse d’épée, car elle s’était constamment consacrée au service des armes.
Les Boyer de Choisy fortifient les îles Saint-Marcouf puis embellissent leur domaine mais s’investissent également dans la vie publique, le premier comme maire de Saint-Vaast, sous l’Empire et la Restauration, et le second, son neveu à qui échoit Durécu, comme maire sous le Second Empire.
Enfin, en 1918, Augustin Vallette, entrepreneur issu d’une très ancienne famille saint-vaastaise de négociants et armateurs, acquiert cette belle propriété.
Edmond Thin, après trois ans de recherches dans les archives nationales, civiles et militaires, départementales (50, 57, 76), municipales et familiales, évoque ici, à partir de l’histoire totalement inédite du domaine de Durécu, une véritable saga se déroulant sur plus de quatre siècles, celle de trois familles, gentilshommes campagnards ou simples citoyens, sans oublier leurs épouses, femmes souvent remarquables et également très impliquées dans la vie sociale de leur temps.
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Hardcover. Etat : new. Hardcover. A few days before Christmas, on 21 December 1793, Jean- Antoine de Beauvalet, the Lord of Durecu, was found dead in a bedroom at Valognes where he had sought refuge after being locked up in the Fort de la Hougue by the Revolutionaries. Thus passed away the last male scion of the noble line of the Beauvalets, ennobled in 1702 by Louis XIV, and who in 1686 founded a the little domain at Durecu, which did not at the time bear that name. For three generations, the Beauvalets struggled using their wealth to hang on to this so dearly acquired nobility. The Lord of Durecu's grand-daughter, Caroline Avice de Sortosville, inherited the Durecu domain, and during the Terreur, married a young Republican officer, Francois Clement Boyer de Choisy, who came from a typically old noble family, since it had always been devoted to serving in the army. The Boyer de Choisys fortified the Saint-Marcouf Islands then improved their domain, but they also took an active part in public life, the first as Mayor of Saint-Vaast during the Empire and the Restoration, and the second, his nephew who inherited the domain, as Mayor during the Second Empire. Finally in 1918, Augustin Vallette, an entrepreneur from a very old Saint-Vaast family of merchants and chandlers, acquired this very beautiful property. After three years' research in the National, Civil and Military, Departmental (departments 50, 57, and 76), Municipal and Family archives, Edmond Thin here brings to life a true family saga spread over four centuries, based on the totally unpublished story of the Durecu domain; the story of three families, country gentlemen or simple citizens, not forgetting their spouses women who were often remarkable and just as involved in the social fabric of their times. Text in French A few days before Christmas, on 21 December 1793, Jean-Antoine de Beauvalet, the Lord of Durecu, was found deadin a bedroom at Valognes where he had sought refuge afterbeing locked up in the Fort de la Hougue by the Revolutionaries. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9782840485179
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