Montesquiou family


The de Montesquiou family is a very old French noble family from Gascony.
Its motto is Deo duce et ferro comite.
The family divided in several branches, of which only the branch of d'Artagnan now remains.
Through the centuries, the Montesquiou family produced one field marshal, one admiral, one Cardinal, one archbishop, four generals, four bishops, one minister, several diplomats.
In 1777 Louis XVI allowed the Montesquiou family to change its name as de Montesquiou-Fezensac.
In 2011 certain members of the d'Artagnan branch changed their name to de Montesquiou-Fezesensac d'Artagnan.
The titles of the Marsan line were:
The titles of the d'Artagnan line are:
The title of the Montluc family that maybe came from the Montesquiou family were: