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FONTANELLI - FONTANES - FORBIN - FORESTIER - FORESTIER - FORGEOT - FORMER D'ALBE - FORTIA D'URBAN - FOSSOMBRONI - FOUCHÉ
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FONTANELLI (Achilles), major general, commanding the Italian guard of the Emperor, count of the Empire by letters patent of 26 April 1810. Regulation of coats of arms:
Per pale; 1st, barry Argent and Sable of six pieces, 2nd, couped, 1°. barons drawn from the houses of the princes from our family; 2°. Azure, a bend Or couped Or to the tower Sable; and for liveries: colours of the shield.
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BB/29/967 page 332. Title of baron, granted by decree of 14 April 1810, in Eugene, Jean, Baptiste, Joseph, Louis, Marie, Gabriel Fontanella of Baldissero. Saint-Cloud (11 June 1810).
BB/29/1065 page 53. Mr. Fontanella of Baldissero.
FONTANES (Jean-Pierre-Louis), large Master of the imperial University, president of the legislative Body, count of the Empire by letters patent of May 1808. Regulation of coats of arms:
Sable charged of a fountain Argent on a terrasse of the same, quarter of the count-presidents of the legislative body; liveries: Sable: blue, yellow and white.
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BB/29/974 page 113. Title of count granted to Jean, to Pierre, to Louis Fontanes. Bayonne (May 1808).
BB/29/1061 page 106. Mr. the Fontanes count.
FORBIN (Louis-Nicolas-Philippe-Auguste), captain of cavalry, chamberlain of the princess Pauline, duchess of Guastalla, baron of the Empire by letters patent of 31 January 1810. Regulation of coats of arms:
Or, a chevron Azure accompanied of three heads of leopard Gules; quarter military barons; and for liveries: colours of the shield.
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BB/29/967 page 2. Title of baron, granted by decree of 3 December 1809, in Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste Forbin. Paris (31 January 1810).
BB/29/1064 page 34. Mr. the Forbin baron.
FORESTER (François-Louis), adjudant-commanding, baron of the Empire by letters patent of 29 August 1810. Regulation of coats of arms:
Per fess 1st, per pale Or, 3 roundles Azure; in dexter and in sinister of the military barons; 2nd, Azure to the bendy lion Argent and Gules of eight pieces. For liveries: colours of the shield.
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BB/29/967 page 421. Title of baron, granted by decree of 15 August 1809, in Francois, Louis Forestier. Saint-Cloud (29 August 1810).
BB/29/1065 page 103. Mr. Forestier.
FORESTER (Gaspard-François), brigadier general, baron of the Empire by letters patent of 25 November 1813. Regulation of coats of arms:
Quarterly, 1st, Azure to the flag in bend sinister, Argent, cravatté, bâtonné and fringed Or, held about the middle of the barrel by a dexter arm Argent issuing from sinister, which removes it, with another dexter arm also Argent, issuing from dexter; 2nd, military barons; 3rd, Or to a wood of fir trees Vert on a terrasse of the same; 4th, Argent, 2 mountains Sable, separated by a procession and moving from the two flanches of the shield; for liveries colours of the shield, the green one in bordure only.
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BB/29/969 page 185. Title of baron, granted by decree of 20 May 1811, in Gaspard, François Forestier. Tileries (25 November 1813).
BB/29/1067 page 114. Mr. Forestier, brigadier general.
FORGEOT (Nicolas), major to the 48e of line, knight of the Empire by letters patent of 2 August 1811. Regulation of coats of arms:
Or, a fess Azure charged of two mullets, that in dexter Or, that in sinister Argent, 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, and for liveries: colours of the shield.
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BB/29/972 page 373. Title of knight granted to Nicolas Forgeot, following the decree of 23 July 1809 appointing it Officer of the Legion of Honour. Saint-Cloud (2 August 1811).
BB/29/1075 page 61. Mr. Forgeot, major to the 48e of line.
FORNIER Of ALBA (Gaspard-Hilarion), adjudant-commanding, baron of the Empire by letters patent of 2 July 1808. Regulation of coats of arms:
Per pale Or and Gules, per fess Azure; Or to the passant lion Gules, Gules, mark barons military, and Azure to three mullets Argent set two and one. And for liveries: yellow, red, blue and white.
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BB/29/966 page 113. Title of baron, granted by decree of 19 March 1808, in Gaspard, Hilarion, Fornier of Alba. Bayonne (2 July 1808).
BB/29/1063 page 244. Mr. the Fornier baron of Alba.
FORTIA Of URBAN (Agricol-Joseph-François-Xavier-Pierre-Spirit-Simon-Paul-Antoine), member of the body of electors of the department of Vaucluse, knight of the Empire by letters patent of 2 May 1811. Regulation of coats of arms:
Azure to the rock with seven mounts Vert towered of a tower embattled of four pieces Argent, opened, windows and masoned Sable: the whole supported of a terrace in base of the third of the shield Gules, mark of knights of the Legion of Honour and for liveries: colours of the shield, the green one in bordure only.
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BB/29/972 page 345. Title of knight granted Agricole, to Joseph, to Francois, to Xavier, to Pierre, Spirit, to Simon, to Paul, Antoine Fortia d' Urban, following the decree of 26 March 1811 naming it members Legion of honour. Saint-Cloud (2 May 1811).
BB/29/1075 page 20. Mr. Fortia d' Urban, member of the body of electors of the department of Vaucluse.
FOSSOMBRONI (Victor-Marie-Joseph-Louis), senator, count of the Empire by letters patent of 20 August 1809. Regulation of coats of arms:
Azure to the fortress turretted of three towers the whole Argent, masoned, port and windows Sable supported of a rock Vert: quarter counts senators to the bordure Or; for liveries colours of the shield, the green one in bordure only.
More precise Information on http://chan.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/BB/29/974 page 209. Title of count granted to Victor, to Marie, to Joseph, to Louis Fossombroni. Schoenbrunn (20 August 1809).
BB/29/1060 page 75. Mr. the Fossombroni count.
FOUCHÉ (Joseph), Minister for the general police, count of the Empire by letters patent of 24 April 1808. Regulation of coats of arms:
Azure, semy of five Ermines Argent, two, two and one; to the column Or, accompanied of a snake of the same. Liveries: Or, blue, white, red, colours moderate.
Titular Senator of the senatorery of Aix, duke of Otranto by letters patent of 15 August 1809. Regulation of coats of arms:
Azure to the column Or, conjoined of a snake of the same, semy of five spots Ermine Argent, two, two and one; quarter Counts Ministers, chief of the dukes of the Empire, debruising on quarter; and for liveries: Or, blue, white and red, moderate colours.
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BB/29/974 page 6. Title of count granted to Joseph Fouché. Bayonne (24 April 1808).
BB/29/1060 page 50. Mr. the Fouché count.
BB/29/1035 pages 39-40. Title of duke of Otranto granted to Joseph Fouché, following the decree of 15 August 1809. Schoenbrunn (15 August 1809).
BB/29/1060 page 27. Mr. Fouché, duke of Otranto.