Tercillat
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Tercillat is a commune
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Creuse
Creuse
Creuse is a department in central France named after the Creuse River.-History:Creuse is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from the former province of La Marche....

 department in the Limousin
Limousin (région)
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 region
Régions of France
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 in central France
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The seignurie of Tercillat was held by the noble family "de Noblet" from approximately 1576 to 1720 or more.

Noblet-DE-TERSILLAC : noble family of Berry, which is written in the Armorial de France, Volume I, part. II, page 413.

Nicolas De Noblet, married Germaine de la Porte, had the following children: - 1. Fabien, then following: - 2. Jean De Noblet.

Fabien De Noblet, Squire, Lord of Villermont (Villermon), in Beauce, married on 12 May 1551 Marguerite des Moulins, daughter of Jacques, Squire, Lord of Tersillac, in Berri, including:

ANNET De Noblet, Squire, of Lord of Villermont Tersillac, Archer Company of the Duke of Montpensier and Man of Armes of that of Mr. de Rocheposay. He married December 23 1576, Antoinette Bertrand, daughter of Claude, Squire, and of Jeanne Bertrand had the following children: - i. JEAN, and follows- 2. Nicolas de Noblet, Knight of the Order of Saint-Jean-de-Jerusalem.

JEAN DE Noblet, Squire, Lord of Tersillac, etc. married, July 3, 1616, Margaret Passac, daughter of Francis, Squire, of Gilberte de la Roche-Aimone. This alliance emerged:

Charles De Noblet, Squire, Lord of Tersillac, St. Paul, Malleville, etc. married, 16 August 1645, Marie Volpilliere, daughter of Hugues, Squire, of Joan Astaut. Their children were:

JACQUES DE Noblet, Squire, Lord of Tersillac, maintained in his nobility since 1550, married July 1, 1609, Catherine Bertrand, daughter of Jean-Batiste, Squire, & Louise de la Garde. From this marriage comes:

Charles De Noblet, born July 4, 1701, Page received by the King in his large stable, 30 August 1717, as proof of his nobility.

Armes: Gules, a gold Chevron a sheaf of wheat placed under the same chevron.

Claude de Noblet was buried in the chapel of St. Paul Parish Tercilhac (4), May 13, 1667

Noblet Genealogy Website

Tercillat (Tercilhac or Tersillac in Occitan) is a French commune, located in the department of Creuse and Limousin region. The feudal castle of Tercillat medieval town of 7,000 inhabitants 6, Tercilhac in Occitan, in a place called Viviers, this Chateau was a Commandery of the Knights Templar and the Order of Malta, consisting of conventual buildings, stables, oven, backyard , a fortified enclosure, towers, pits with the water, a drawbridge, a commnandeur lodgings, a chapel, flanked by moats and dungeons. It was destroyed in the French Revolution. The ruins of the castle tower only remains. Le Chateau du Puy was built with stones from the castle.

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 16 miles (25.7 km) northeast of Guéret
Guéret
Guéret is a commune and the prefecture of the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:A light industrial town, the largest in the department, with a big woodland and a little farming not far from the town centre...

, at the junction of the D2, D88 and the D3a roads. The commune borders the Indre
Indre
Indre is a department in the center of France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are called Indriens.-History:Indre is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...

 département.

Population

Sights

  • The church, rebuilt in the nineteenth century.
  • The eighteenth-century Château du Puy.
  • The ruins of the fourteenth-century chapel of Mas-St-Paul.
  • The tower of the castle of Tercillat.

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