Saintignon

Santignon coat of arms

The Counts of Saintignon were a Lotharingian noble family from Verdun.

History

According to tradition, Jehan Saincte came from the Verdun family of De la Porte, and is supposed to have defended Castle Viumbay successfully against Jacques de Revigny in 1293. Heavily injured, he cried out "d’Ugnon, d’Ugnon", and this cry became his name. Ancherin Sainctignon (died before 1439), alderman of Verdun, married to Jeanne Pierxel, whose son also named Ancherin, esquire, alderman of Verdun, married to Jeanne de Chauldeney, in 1498. It is this date of 1498 that Regis Valette retains in his catalog of the French nobility in the twenty-first century, as the date of the nobility of the family of Saintignon. Claude-Martin Saugrain wrote in 1726, the Saintignons were the most respected family of Verdun due to their age and numerous charitable gifts. The De Saintignon family produced numerous clergymen, noblemen, royals, knights, artisans, and officers up until the 19th century. Now, in the 21st century, the family is involved in politics at home in France and is also prominent in sports (namely basketball) and the arts (stage and screen acting) in the United States of America.

Members

  • Santignon coat of arms, circa 1950 at castle Wolsfeld
    Antonia Luzia of Saintignon, Abbess of Differdange
  • Claude-Christophe de Saintignon, lord at Réding and Eich (now part of Réding).
  • Marie-Joseph de Saintignon (1727–1806), lord at Réding and Eich, builder of the Hôtel de Saintignon in Sarrebourg
  • Eric de Saintignon, lord at Villers-le-Preudhomme
  • Joseph Graf von Saintignon (1720–1779), commander of a dragoon regiment
  • Carl Graf von Saintignon, commander of a cuirassier regiment
  • Franz Graf von Saintignon, imperial Lieutenant-General Field Marshal
  • Joseph de Saintignon (died 1795), Abbot at Notre-Saveur
  • Fernand de Saintignon (1846–1921), iron furnace proprietor and officer of the Legion of Honour
  • Pierre de Saintignon (born 1948), French politician, vice-president of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region
  • Philippe Le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon (born 1949), French politician
  • John Saintignon (born 1965), professional basketball coach and founder of Orange County Magic in Laguna Hills, California, USA. Descendent of the De Saintignon family.
  • Vicente Saintignon (born 1999) Descendent of the De Saintignon family. Film and stage actor, BFA in Acting from the University of Southern California, USC (class of 2021).

Coat of arms

The Coat of arms of the House De Saintignon consist of 3 castle towers in a triangular formation. Many of the estates and chateau's that belong and/or belonged to the De Saintignon's bear some variation of the coat of arms (often altered based on region, owner preference, or socio-political trends of the time). The Lotharingian communes of Hartzviller, Puxe, Vandelainville and the Rhineland-Palatinate municipality of Wolsfeld still show parts of the coats of arms of their former masters, the Saintignon family, on their local coats of arms.

Possessions

Family members were lords of various fiefs in Lotharingia at times under the Ancien Régime:

More information can be found at the original family page (which has more complete images of the coats of arms and contains some of the older members of the family in its list of members. the list is, however, incomplete as it is): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famille_de_Saintignon#Fiefs

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