Monluc

Monluc, or Montluc, the name of a French family. The house of Lassran-Mansencomme, which possessed the estate of Monluc in Agenais, and took its name in the 16th century, is held to be a branch of the family of Montesquiou.

Lineage

• Unknown
  • Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur de Montluc (d. 1577), Marshal, author of the Commentaires
    • Pierre Bertrand, called the Capitaine Peyrot, who perished in an expedition to Madeira in 1566,
    • Fabien de Monluc
      • Unknown
        • Jeanne de Monluc (d. 1657), countess of Carmaing, princess of Chabanais, brought the estates of her house to the family of Escoubleau by her marriage with Charles d'Escoubleau, marquess of Sourdis and Alluyes.
  • Jean de Monluc (?-1579), the marshal's brother, bishop and ambassador
    • Jean de Monluc (d. 1603), seigneur de Balagny, the bishop's natural son

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.