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unusual facts about Seigneury



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Château d'Agassac

In 1357, the seigneury was sold to the lordship of Albret and some members of the family came to Agassac as Arnaud Amadieu I, Charles II of Albret or Jean II of Albret.

Château Grand Corbin-Despagne

The estate consists of the largest portion of the historic Corbin seigneury which during the Middle Ages belonged to The Black Prince and was second in importance only to Château Figeac.

Eustache Chartier de Lotbinière

He had inherited the Seigneury of Lotbinière, rendering fealty and homage in 1724, and he also held land in the Seigneury of Maure.

Henri Desrivières

The son of François Desrivières, he acquired the seigneury of Montarville with François-Pierre Bruneau in 1819.

Joseph Périnault

In 1765, with Montreal merchant Pierre Foretier, he purchased a large part of the seigneury of Île-Bizard and the sub-fief of Closse, later selling his share to Foretier.

Louis Gugy

From 1792 to 1794, he lived in Switzerland; Gugy then went to Quebec City on inheriting his uncle Conrad Gugy's seigneuries of Grandpré and Dumontier and part of the seigneury of Yamachiche, Quebec.

Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière

On his return to Canada in 1760, Lotbinière immediately set about developing his seigneury at Vaudreuil.

As some form of compensation his cousin, Governor-General Vaudreuil, gave him the seigneury of Alainville.

Robert Giguère

The apothecary and surgeon, Robert Giffard de Moncel in the Perche, was the first to acquire a Quebec seigneury.

Seigneury of Villena

Less central were the towns of Iniesta, the Land of Jorquera, Hellín, Tobarra, Almansa, Yecla, Sax and Villena, which, despite giving the name to the seigneury, was territorially peripheral.

Soulanges Canal

The Soulanges Canal was named after the Soulanges Seigneury which was granted in 1702 by Governor Louis-Hector de Callière to Pierre-Jacques de Joybert, Knight and Lord of Soulanges.


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