Francoisse Beatrice d'Anstrude de Bierry

• Name	Francoisse Beatrice d'Anstrude de Bierry
  Gender	Female
  Person ID	I195495	First tree
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. Alexandre Jerome de Douglas-Kretzinger,   b. 9 Apr 1745, Rheims, Marne, Champaigne, France d. 26 Aug 1832, St Petersburg, Russia (Age 87 years)   2. Louis Jacques Douglas,   b. 2 May 1737   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Jean Baptiste Douglas,   b. 21 Apr 1742   d. May 1796, Kingdom of Sardinia (Age 54 years)   4. Francois Beatrice Douglas,   b. 14 Jun 1740   d. 1789 (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F47435	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The family of d'Anstrude in France has been established in the Duchy of Bourgogne sinee the reign of Francois I«, and is a branch of the family of Anstruther of that Ilk. The connection between Scotland and France has always been a very close one, England being in olden times the common enemy of the two eountries, and as early as the year 1419 Scottish troops were landed in France under the command of Sir WiUiam Douglas to assist Charles VI. of France in his wars against Henry V. of England. The Barony of Anstrude was erected out of the seigneurie de Bierry, Bourgogne, the name of which was in consequence changed to Anstrude by letters patent signed by Kang Louis, and communicated to the parhament of Bourgogne for registration and pubhcation in 1738. During the French Revolution the name was changed back to Bierry, and later again to Anstrude. The official name is now Bierry les Belles Fontaines, and the place is said to be best known locally by that name. The present chateau was built in 1710, but two towers of the sixteenth century have been preserved (Guides Joanne). The old mediaeval castle of Bierry stood immediately to the east of the present mansion-house, where now stand the village church and the " Home-Farm." FRANgois C^SAR, Baron d'Anstrude, son of Andr4 Frangois (16 F).^ Bom in 1703. He was Sub-lieutenant of the infantry regiment of Thi^rache 1713, Lieutenant of the Militia Battalion of Damoiseau, Dijon, 1719. He obtained from King Louis XV. in 1737 letters patent creating the lands of Bierry into a barony imder the name of d'Anstrude, after furnishing documents produced by the elder branch of the " Barons d'Anstruther " in Scotland, showing the identical origin of the two families.