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COATS OF ARMS DESCRIPTION
DECOURS - DECRÈS - DECREST DE SAINT GERMAIN - DECRÉTOT - DEDELAY D'AGIER - DEDOUAL - DEFERMON - DEFERMON - DEFOURCROY - DEFRANCE
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DECOURS
Pierre DECOURS, colonel of the 21e of line, baron of the Empire by letters patent of 27 November 1808. Regulation of coats of arms:
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DECRÈS
Denis DECRÈS (1761-????), vice-admiral, large officer of the Empire, chief of the 10th troop of the legion of honour, Minister for the navy and the colonies, count of the Empire by letters patent of the June 1808. Regulation of coats of arms:
Azure, to three crescents Argent set two and one, an anchor Or with its ring, debruising on the crescent of base; quarter count-ministers debruising over all; liveries: blue, white and yellow.
Duke of the Empire by letters patent of 28 April 1813. Regulation of coats of arms:
Azure, 3 crescents, two and one, Argent, charged of a ringed anchor, Or, set in pale, and debruising on the crescent of base; the whole surmounted of the chief of the dukes of the Empire; and for liveries: colours of the shield.
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BB/29/974 page 144. Title of count granted to Denys Decrès. Bayonne (24 June 1808).
BB/29/1035 pages 61-62. Title of duke of Crès granted to Denis de Crès, following the decree of 13 April 1813. Erfurt (28 April 1813).
BB/29/1061 page 5. Mr. the Decrès count.
BB/29/1060 page 42. Mr. the duke of Crès, Minister for the marine.
DECREST OF SAINT-GERMAIN
Antoine-Louis DECREST OF SAINT-GERMAIN (1768-????), brigadier general, baron of the Empire by letters patent of 15 January 1809. Regulation of coats of arms:
Or; , a fess checky Sable and Azure, accompanied in base of three cranes Sable holding each one in dexter hand their vigilance Argent and supported of a terrasse Vert, quarter of the military barons; and for liveries: colours of the shield; the green one in bordure only.
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BB/29/966 page 298. Title of baron, granted by decree of 19 March 1808, in Antoine, Louis Decrest of German Saint. Valladolid (15 January 1809).
BB/29/1063 page 110. Mr. the Decrest baron of Saint-Germain.
DECRÉTOT
Jean-Baptiste DECRÉTOT (1743-????), administrator of the sinking fund, knight of the Empire by letters patent of 18 June 1809. Regulation of coats of arms:
Or, a fess Gules of the third of the shield, mark of the knights, accompanied in chief of a shuttle Sable and in base of a fleece Azure; for liveries: colours of the shield.
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BB/29/970 page 448. Title of knight, granted to Jean, Baptiste Décretot, following the decree of the 14 brumaire year XIII naming it members Legion of honour. Schoenbrunn (18 June 1809).
BB/29/1072 page 143. Mr. the Decretot knight.
DEDELAY OF AGIER
Claude-Pierre DEDELAY Of AGIER (1750-????), senator, count of the Empire by letters patent of 15 June 1808. Regulation of coats of arms:
Azure, to the lion rampant Or, between two pales of the same debruising on the end of the paws and the tail of the lion; to the quarter of the count-senators debruising on the pale in dexter; liveries: blue, yellow and white.
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BB/29/974 page 135. Title of count granted Claude, to Pierre Dédelay d' Agier. Bayonne (15 June 1808).
BB/29/1061 page 60. Mr. the count Dedelay d' Agier.
DEDOUAL
Otto-Antoine DEDOUAL (1770-????), chief of light battalion to the 28e, knight of the Empire by letters patent of 3 February 1813. Regulation of coats of arms:
Tierced per fess, 1st, Gules supported Azure, the Gules to the demy figures vetu of a Swiss, holding in sinister hand halbert, on the dexter is set costume of a cock and on the sinister is set of a mullet, the whole Or; 2nd, Argent wavy; 3rd, Gules, mark of knights of the Legion of Honour; for liveries: colours of the shield.
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BB/29/972 page 476. Title of knight granted Otto, to Antoine Dedoual, following the decree of 18 September 1811 appointing it Officer of the Legion of Honour. Paris (3 January 1813).
BB/29/1075 page 217. Mr. Dedoual, chief of battalion to the 28e of infantry of line.
DEFERMON
Jacques DEFERMON (1752-????), State counsellor for life, president of the section of finances, Minister of State, count of the Empire by letters patent of the May 1808. Regulation of coats of arms:
Argent, moucheté Ermine to the wild stock Sable, 2 claws, half senextre with leaves and apples Argent, the dexter half with leaves and apples Or; to the quarter of count-minister; & for liveries: Or, blue, liveries: Or, blue & Sable.
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BB/29/974 page 103. Title of count granted to Jacques Defermon. Bayonne (May 1808).
BB/29/1060 page 102. Mr. the count of Fermon.
DEFERMON
Jean-François DEFERMON (1762-????), prefect of Hautes-Alpes, member of the body of electors of Mayenne, baron of the Empire by letters patent of 14 April 1810. Regulation of coats of arms:
Ermine, to the wild stock Sable, 2 Clerc's Offices, that in dexter with leaves and apples Or, that in sinister with leaves and apples Argent; quarter barons prefects; for liveries: colours of the shield.
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BB/29/967 page 147. Title of baron, granted by decree of 3 December 1809, in Jean, François Defermon. Compiegne (14 April 1810).
BB/29/1064 page 217. Mr. the Defermon baron.
DEFOURCROY
Charles-Louis DEFOURCROY (1770-????), consul to the Corogne, knight of the Empire by letters patent of 14 June 1810. Regulation of coats of arms:
Azure, a chevron Or, accompanied of three crescents Argent; terrace in base Gules of the third of the shield, mark of the knights; for liveries: blue, yellow, white, red.
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BB/29/972 page 9. Title of knight granted to Charles, Louis Defourcroy, following the decree of 24 April 1810 naming it members Legion of honour. Cloud Saint (14 June 1810).
BB/29/1073 page 18. Mr. the Defourcroy knight.
BB/29/1052 10-10B pages. Nicolas Defourcroy, successor to the possession of the goods affected to the emolument of the majorat attached to title of count granted to his/her father, the director of the Instruction publiqueAntoine, François Defourcroy.
DEFRANCE
Jean-Marie-Antoine DEFRANCE (1771-????), squire of the Emperor, - brigadier general, count of the Empire by letters patent of 2 July 1808. Regulation of coats of arms:
Per pale Azure and Gules, per fess Argent; Azure, mark of the military counts; Gules to the cock Or; Argent, 3 irons of halbert Azure set two and one; and for liveries colours of the shield.
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BB/29/966 page 112. Title of count, granted by decree of 19 March 1808, in Jean, Marie, Antoine Defrance. Bayonne (2 July 1808).
BB/29/1062 page 39. Mr. the Defrance count.