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DAVOUS - DAVOUT - DAVOUT - DAVRANGE DU KERMONT - DAZÉMAR - DEBILLY - DEBRY - DECAEN - DECAUX - DECORNOIS
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DAVOUS
Pierre-Louis DAVOUS (1749-????), senator, count of the Empire by letters patent of 26 April 1808. Regulation of coats of arms:
Azure, to the passant Or, langued dog Sable surmounted in chief mullet Or. And for liveries: dark blue, white and yellow chamois.
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BB/29/974 page 64. Title of count granted to Pierre, to Louis Davous. Bayonne (26 April 1808).
BB/29/1060 page 117. Mr. the Davous count.
DAVOUT
Louis-Alexandre-Edme-François DAVOUT (1773-????), one of the colonels attached to the keeps imperial, baron of the Empire by letters patent of 22 November 1808. Regulation of coats of arms:
Quarterly; 1st, Gules to the cross Or charged of five mullets Azure set one, three and one; 2nd, military barons; 3rd, Argent to the anchor with its ring Sable, surmounted of a narrow chief Gules charged with three rosettes Or set in fess; 4th, Or, charged with two lion rampants Gules addorsed holding each one a Polish spear Sable, and accompanied of a bordure companée Or and Gules; and for liveries: red, yellow, white and blue.
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BB/29/966 page 250. Title of baron, granted by decree of 19 March 1808, in Louis, Alexandre, Edme, François Davout. Burgos (22 November 1808).
BB/29/1063 page 152. Mr. the Davout baron.
DAVOUT
Louis-Nicolas DAVOUT (1770-???), marshal of Empire, general colonel of the imperial guard, chief of the 6th troop, commanding the 3rd body of large armed and the troops allied in the duchy of Warsaw, duke of Auerstaedt by letters patent of 2 July 1808. Regulation of coats of arms:
Or; , 2 lion passants rampant Gules, holding of the dextral paw a Polish spear Sable, one in chief in dexter, the second facing the sinister one in base in sinister, Or compony bordure and Gules, chief of duke; and for liveries: colours of the shield.
Prince of Eckmulh by letters patent of 28 November 1809. Regulation of coats of arms:
Or; , 2 lion passants rampant Gules, holding of the dextral paw a Polish spear Sable, one in chief in dexter, the second facing the sinister one in base in sinister, Or compony bordure and Gules, chief of duke; and for liveries: colours of the shield.
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BB/29/1035 pages 24-25. Title of duke of Auerstaedt granted to Louis, to Nicolas Davout, following the decree of 19 March 1808. Bayonne (2 July 1808).
BB/29/1035 pages 41-44. Title of prince of Eckmulh granted to Louis, to Nicolas Davout, following the decree of 15 August 1809. Paris (28 November 1809).
BB/29/1060 page 12. Mr. Davout marshal, duke of Auerstaedt.
DAVRANGE OF THE KERMONT
Jean-François DAVRANGE OF the KERMONT (1753-????), directing commander of the imperial hotel of the Invalids, knight of the Empire by letters patent of May 1808. Regulation of coats of arms:
Azure, a chevron cadenced Or, accompanied of three bezants Or, terrace in base Gules charged of mullet of the Legion of honour in date, and for liveries, the colours yellow, red, blue and white.
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BB/29/970 page 41. Title of knight, granted following the decree naming it members Legion of honour on 4 germinal year XII, in Jean, François Davrange of Kermont. Bayonne (May 1808).
BB/29/1071 page 47. Mr. the Davrange knight of Kermont.
DAZÉMAR
Jean-Jacques DAZÉMAR (1740-????), brigadier general, baron of the Empire by letters patent of 15 June 1812. Regulation of coats of arms:
Azure, a bend Argent charged of three crescents Sable and on the sinister is set of a counter-rampant lion Or; quarter barons prefects, debruising to the ninth of the shield; and for liveries: blue, white, red, yellow.
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BB/29/968 page 153. Title of baron, granted by decree of 15 August 1810, in Baptiste, Pierre, Melchior d'Azemar. Paris (23 December 1810).
BB/29/1065 page 287. Mr. the baron of Azemar.
DEBILLY
Charles-Louis DEBILLY (1790-????), captain helps of camp, knight of the Empire by letters patent of 1 January 1813. Regulation of coats of arms:
Argent, a bend Azure charged of three mullets Or, traversed in pale high sword, Gules: bordure of the third of the shield Gules charged in the 2nd point in chief of the mark of knights of the Legion of Honour; for liveries: colours of the shield.
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BB/29/972 page 475. Title of knight granted to Charles, Louis Debilly, following the decree of 11 January 1812 naming it members Legion of honour. Paris (1 January 1813).
BB/29/1075 page 216. Mr. Debilly, captain, assistance of camp
DEBRY
Jean-Antoine-Joseph DEBRY (1760-????), prefect of Doubs, knight of the Empire by letters patent of 27 July 1808. Baron of the Empire by letters patent of 3 May 1809. Regulation of coats of arms:
Quarterly 1st and 4th, Argent to a rose Purpure, stalked and with leaves Vert; 2nd, barons drawn from the administrative bodies, who is Gules to the embattled wall Argent; 3rd, Gules charged of the cross of the legion of honour Argent; for liveries: colours of the shield; the green one in bordure only.
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BB/29/966 page 357. Title of baron, granted by a decision of 31 March 1809, in Jean, Antoine, Joseph Debry. Ebersberg (3 May 1809).
BB/29/1063 page 140. Mr. the Debry baron.
DECAEN
Charles-Mathieu-Isidore DECAEN (1769-????), major general, governor of Catalonia, count of the Empire by letters patent of 25 February 1813. Regulation of coats of arms:
Quarterly, 1st, of the military counts; 2nd, Argent to the palm tree on a terrasse Vert; 3rd, Or, 3 heads of negro Sable; 4th, Azure to the lion rampant Argent, holding in dexter hand a sword of the same hilted Or, and the sinistral one pressed on one shield Or, 5 pales Gules; for liveries colours of the shield, the green one in bordure only.
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BB/29/969 page 42. Title of count, granted by decree of 16 February 1812, in Charles, Mathieu, Isidore de Caen. Paris (25 February 1813).
BB/29/1066 page 276. Mr. de Caën, major general.
DECAUX
Louis-Victor DECAUX (1775-????), chief of battalion of the imperial body of the genius, chief of division of the ministry for the war, knight of Blacquetot by letters patent of 2 July 1808. Regulation of coats of arms:
Gules per pale Sable; Gules, a chevron Or accompanied of two mullets in chief and of a rose in heart, the whole Argent; the Sable to the high sword Argent, to the keeps Or, accosted in chief of two alerions Argent; the whole supported of a terrace in base Gules, mark of the knights; Liveries: colours of the shield.
Baron by letters patent of 29 December 1812. Regulation of coats of arms:
Per pale Gules and Sable; Gules, a chevron Or accompanied in chief of two mullets; and in base of a rose; the whole Argent; Sable, 2 alerions in fess, Argent; quarter military barons; debruising to the ninth of the shield; for liveries colours of the shield.
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BB/29/970 page 107. Title of knight under the denomination of knight of Bloquetot, granted following the decree naming it members Legion of honour on 25 meadow year XII, in Louis, Victor Decaux. Bayonne (2 July 1808).
BB/29/969 page 177. Title of baron, granted by decree of 29 December 1812, with Louis, Victor de Caux, knight of Blaquetot. Saint-Cloud (11 November 1813).
BB/29/1067 page 105. Mr. de Caux of Blanquetot, colonel of the genious.
DECORNOIS
Nicolas-François DECORNOIS (1765-????), captain to the 2nd cuirassiers, baron of the Empire by letters patent of 30 September 1810. Regulation of coats of arms:
Or, a bend Azure charged of three heads of horse Argent; quarter military Barons and for liveries: colours of the shield.
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BB/29/968 page 84. Title of baron, granted by decree of 15 August 1809, in Nicolas, François Decornois. Fontainebleau (30 October 1810).
BB/29/1065 page 235. Mr. the baron of Cornois.