House of Sabran

Arms and device

• Arms : De gueules, au silver lion
• * The arms of William Ist of Sabran: de gueules, au lion of gold, different than those of his descendants, are in the Salle des croisades  of the château de Versailles. They are the same as those of the city of Ansouis.
• : Noli irritare leonem ou Immobilis intermobilia nixus
• Sobriquet : Simplicité de Sabran.

  House of Sabran in history

• Their grand daughter Avigerne the wife of Aigulfe de Maguelone gave birth to the famous Benedict of Aniane, whose son Amicus de Maguelone married a countess of Avignon whose daughter N Amicus d'Avignon would be the mother of Pierre Amic, who in turn was the father of Rostaing I de Sabran, the husband of Belletrude de Tresques who received the village and the château from whence he drew his name.
• son Emmenon I of Sabran would carry the name of Aimeri de Roca who would marry Emmengarde de Béziers would receive as his heritage the château and the village of la Roque as well as its dependencies 
• Rostaing II the son of Emenon would receive the château of Sabran
• Emenon de Sabran was present on 18 December 1029 with the Count of Toulouse William III Taillefer and several great lords when of the Saint-Pierre-de-Sauve monastery.
• Rostaing II would marry Simone de Posquières who gave him Emenon II de la Roque who assisted in 1066 with his son  Hugues de la Roque bishop of Uzès born of N de Savoie and husband to Guillemette de Nîmes, à l'acte passé dans l'église Saint-Baudile, de Nîmes, by Raymond IV, in favor of the abbey of Saint-Gilles du Gard, Gibelin de Sabran and William 1st of Sabran.
• William I of Sabran would marry his cousin Adalasie Amic, daughter of Pierre Amic and Agnès of Avignon, the descendant of Louis Boson the Blind, King of Provence, and great-granddaughter ofLouis the Pious and of Anne of Constantinople. William I is known for having had la chartreuse de Valbonne with the Burgundy roofs built, whichis in a forest between la Roque and Goudargues, where he owned goods.
• The son of William I, called William of Châteauneuf, married Constance Amic, the granddaughter of Pierre Amic and Agnes of Avignon. Their son Rostaing III of Sabran would marry Roscie of Uzès, who would bring part of that city en héritage  to the Sabran family, whose son Rainon II of Uzès married Garsinde de Forcalquier and their grandson Guiraud Amic II de Sabran would wed Alix de Forcalquier. Their son William IV of Sabran in turn wed Guillemette Amic, daughter of Guiraud Amic I and Galburge du Caylar and granddaughter of William of Châteauneuf and Constance Amic.
• William of Châteauneuf and Constance Amic had another son, William IV of Sabran, who married Emmengarde Mévouillon; their descendants would have ties aux seigneurs des Baux, de De Banne, aux Sabran et aux de Nicolaï
• Leur fils Pierre de Castelnau, légat du pape, married in turn Dauphine of Sabran de la Roque, daughter of Raimond Bernard de la Roque, himself the son of Hugues of la Roque, Bishop of Uzès.
• Guillaume de Sabran, fils de Géraud Amic et d'Adélaïde de Forcalquier.
• À la mort de Guillaume II de Forcalquier, il s'appuie sur le non-respect des dispositions testamentaires de Bertrand de Forcalquier pour en revendiquer l'héritage. Il prend le titre de comte de Forcalquier en 1202-1204, réussit à s'emparer de Forcalquier et d'une partie importante du domaine. Il accorde des franchises à Sisteron, avant que Raymond Bérenger de Provence ne s'échappe de Catalogne et n'obtienne reconnaissance de fidélité de ses sujets. In 1220, he obtained the southern half of the county.

• ** Louis Hector Honoré Maxime de Sabran, the last Bishop of Laon, grand almoner of Queen Marie-Antoinette, Deputy of the clergy to the Estates-General of 1789, opponenet of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. Died in 1811. If the name of Sabran remains attached to the domain of Ansouis in the Luberon, il peut se targuer d'être liés aux great families of Europe. Philippine de Sabran woul be the grandmother of the princes de Monaco and the queen of England spoke of the Sabrans as her cousins since Garsinde de Sabran, wife of Ildefonse of Provence, had a son named Raymond Béranger whose wife, Beatrice of Savoy, would give him four daughters married to the kings of France, of Cornwall and of England.
• ** One of the descendants of Garsinde de Sabran would be the Prince of Conti, Procureur of the king and Baron of Bagnols, qui à ce titre pretended to the domain of la Roque aux fils du capitaine Guillaume de la Gorce, whose wife, Catherine Blisson, was a descendant of Rostaing II of Sabran by his son Rostaing de Posquières.
• ** La famille de Sabran saw its descendant ainsi que le fameux Urbain V,.
• ** Over time and by inheritance the domaine of Sabran became divided, il comprenait tout le nord-est du Gard depuis le Mas Sabin to the south of Meynargues, comprenant les villes connues de Pont-Saint-Esprit, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, Tavel connu pour ses vins,Lirac, Saint-Victor-la-Coste, Lussan, Vallérargues et toutes les parties des domaines apportés par leurs épouses comme Uzès, Posquières, le Caylar, les Baux, Forcalquier etc.
• ** Le, le domaine ancestral, propriété indivise depuis 1973, a quitté le patrimoine des Sabran-Pontevès par une vente judiciaire ordonnée par le tribunal de grande instance de Paris, à la requête de la seule cohéritière, la princesse Jacques d'Orléans,  duchess of Orléans, née Gersende de Sabran-Pontevès, in litigation avec ses trois frères et qui, souhaitant sortir de 25 ans d'indivision, a provoqué le partage et la vente des biens constituant le patrimoine familial.

List of Dukes of Sabran

• Elzéar Louis Zozime, first duke of Sabran in 1825. He adopted the twins Marc Edouard and Joseph Léonide of Pontevès, nephews of his wife, and transmitted the title to them.

• Marc Edouard of Sabran-Pontevès,, nephew of his predecessor, Duke of Sabran-Pontevès by letters patent of July 18, 1829  authorising him to pick to pick up the title from his uncle.
• Elzéar Charles Antoine of Sabran-Pontevès,, son of his predecessor
• Edmond Marie Zozime de Sabran-Pontevès,, brother of his predecessor, husband of Charlotte de la Tullaye, with whom he inherited the château de Magnanne à Ménil in 1883. He was mayor of that village from 1883 to 1896
• Hélion Louis Marie Élzéar of Sabran-Pontevès,, son of the 4th
• Amic René Louis Marie Élzéar de Sabran-Pontevès,, frère du précédent, maire de Ménil de 1908 à 1912
• Marie Joseph Elzéar Gustave Jean Foulques de Sabran-Pontevès,, cousin of the precedings, descendant de Joseph Léonide de Pontevès.
• Charles Elzéar Marie Joseph Adrien de Sabran-Pontevès,, son of his predecessor

  Other members

• Gersende de Sabran-Pontevès, mayor of Tramayes, daughter of Amic de Sabran-Pontevès, 1^re de Sabran and wife of Amaury de Chansiergues d'Ornano then Christian de Quatrebarbes. Legitimist, she was from the 1940s on a faithful supporter of the Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia and his descendants. Gersende de Quatrebarbes was présidente d'honneur of the Vendée Militaire association, succeeding Gonzalve de Bourbon, Duke of Aquitaine.
• Gersende de Sabran-Pontevès, her cousin, daughter of Foulques de Sabran-Pontevès, de Sabran and wife of Jacques d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans.
• Jean Henri, count of Sabran-Pontevès, brother of the preceding, had four daughters.
• Géraud Marie de Sabran-Pontevès, vicomte de Sabran , brother of the preceding, mayor ofAnsouis, had four sons.
• Delphine de Sabran, French society hostess and daughter of Joseph, comte de Sabran.

  Family tree