List counts de Girecourt

the seigniory of Girecourt is a seigniory of old the Duché of Lorraine located on the current territory of the the Vosges. It is centered on the village of Girecourt-on-Durbion, between Épinal and Bruyères, with like principal remaining witness of this past, the castle and its dependences.

The Humbert branch

It is mainly represented by a personality which strongly marked the history of its field:

Jean-François Humbert (1663 - 1754), lord of Girecourt and the Low-Vosges; baron (1722), then count de Girecourt (1737), Secretary of State, chief of the Council of Finances of the duchy under the duke Léopold Ier, chancellor and regent (1739 - 1744) of the Principality of Commercy.

Its descendants are little known:

Dieudonné-Gabriel Humbert, count de Girecourt (+ 1795 with Nancy), wire of the precedent, officer in the regiment of Roy Infantry, and author of a Test on the history of the House of Austria (1778 - 1786).

Marguerite-Suzanne Humbert de Girecourt, girl of Jean-François, countess of Bourcier de Villers by its marriage with the count Charles-Dieudonné de Bourcier.

Its descendants emigrated with the the United States, probably following the Révolution

Sources

Acts of the Vosgean Days of study of Heathers (28, October 29th, 30th and th 2005)
municipal Files of Deycimont

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