Joussineau de Tourdonnet

The Joussineau de Tourdonnet family is a French noble family from Limousin dating back to the 12th century.

History

De Joussineau de Tourdonnet is a family of the French nobility of knightly extraction. The name of this very old family from the Limousin region is mentioned as early as the beginning of the 12th century in documents relating to the Abbey of Vigeois, in Limousin. The family started using the name Joussineau, replacing the original surname, around the mid-13th century. For a time, the family was known as Joussineau-Fressinet, and the surname later became Joussineau de Tourdonnet with the addition of the name of the lordship of Tourdonnet. Some family members continued to bear the title Lord of Fressinet until the 18th century.
Members of the family use titles as Marquis and Counts, confirmed by Louis XIV in 1680. The Joussineau de Tourdonnet family was admitted to the honors of the court in 1771, 1773, 1779, 1786 and 1788.
A branch of the family settled in Sweden in 1936, where it was officially recognized as noble. This branch today forms part of the country's unintroduced nobility.

Notable members of the family

Over the centuries, the family has produced numerous men of arms, clergymen, and knights of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and Malta. In the 15th century, Boson de Joussineau was Abbot of Solignac in Limousin and Prior of Saint-Martin-des-Champs in Paris. In the 16th century, Pierre de Joussineau served the king against the League by defending the town of Saint-Yrieix, and he rallied to Henry IV after the king’s conversion. The family also included two Premier Valets de la Garde-Robe to the Count of Artois, a royal bodyguard, an officer in the French Guards, and a Maréchal de camp who was sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Tribunal in 1794.