House of Potier

The House of Potier was a noble house in Ancien Régime France. Members of the Potier family were Nobles of the Robe who gained their prominence through serving the King of France.

List of Members of the House of Potier

Simon Potier, seigneur de Groslay et de Blanc-Mesnil (fl 1395/1420)
- Nicolas I Potier, seigneur de Blancmesnil, Groslay, La Grange, Courberon et Courbevoie (d. 1501)
  - Nicolas II Potier, seigneur de Blancmesnil et de Groslay
    - Jacques Potier, seigneur de Blancmesnil et Plessis-Gassot (d. 1555)
      - Nicolas III Potier, seigneur de l’arrière-fief du Petit-Coudray à Blanc-Mesnil [fr] (c.1541-1635)
        René Potier [fr] (c.1576-1616), Bishop of Beauvais
        
        Bernard Potier, seigneur de Silly (ca. 1578–1610)
        
        Nicolas IV Potier, seigneur d'Ocquerre [fr] (d. 1628)
        René Potier, seigneur de Blancmesnil [fr] (d. 1680)
        Marie-Renée Potier, dame de Blanc-Mesnil et du Bourget (1678-1700)
        
        Augustin Potier, seigneur d'Ocquerre (d. 1704)
        
        Jeanne Potier (d. 1681) - married Michel de Marillac, seigneur d'Ollainville
        
        Madeleine Potier (c.1623-1705) - married Guillaume de Lamoignon, marquis de Basville
        
        André Potier, seigneur de Novion (d. 1645)
        Nicolas Potier, seigneur de Novion (c.1618-1694)
        André Potier, marquis de Novion (d. 1677)
        André Potier de Novion, marquis de Grignon (1659-1731)
        Nicolas Potier de Novion, marquis de Grignon (1685-1720)
        André Potier de Novion, marquis de Novion et de Grignon (1711-1769)
        Anne Marie Gabrielle Potier de Novion (b. 1747) - married Alexandre Guillaume de Galard de Béarn, comte de Brassac
        
        Philippa-Léontine Potier de Novion (b. 1748) - married Aimar-Charles-Marie de Nicolaï,
        
        Antoinette Potier de Novion (c.1687-1726) - married Charles-Adolphe des Lions, comte d'Epaux
        
        Louis-Nicolas Anne Jules Potier de Novion, marquis de Novion (c.1666-1707)
        Nicolas Potier de Novion, comte de Montauglan (d. 1706 at the Battle of Ramillies)
        
        Antoinette Potier de Novion (1685-1754) - married Marshal of France Gaspard de Clermont-Tonnerre, marquis de Vauvillers
        
        Marie Potier de Novion (d. 1747) - married Jean-Baptiste Louis Berryer, seigneur de La Ferrière
        
        Jacques Potier de Novion [fr] (c.1647-1709), Bishop of Sisteron and then Bishop of Évreux
        
        Catherine-Madeleine Potier de Novion (c.1646-1709) - married Antoine de Ribeyre, seigneur d'Homme
        
        Marthe-Agnès Potier de Novion (d. 1686) - married Arnaud de Labriffe, marquis de Ferrières
        
        Augustin Potier [fr] (d. 1650), Bishop of Beauvais
        
        Renée Potier - married Oudart Hennequin, seigneur de Boinville
        
        Madeleine Potier (c.1587-1671) - married Théodore Choart, seigneur de Buzenval
      - Louis Potier [fr], Count of Tresmes (d. 1630)
        René Potier, Duke of Tresmes (c.1579-1670)
        Louis Potier, marquis de Gresves (c.1612-1643), killed at the Siege of Thionville
        
        François Potier, marquis de Gesvres (c.1612-1646), killed at the Siege of Lleida
        
        Léon Potier, Duke of Gesvres (c.1620-1704)
        François-Bernard Potier, Duke of Gesvres (1655-1739)
        François-Joachim Bernard Potier, Duke of Gesvres (1692-1757)
        
        Louis-Léon Marie Potier, Duke of Gesvres [ru] (1695-1774)
        Louis-Joachim Paris Potier, Duke of Gesvres [ru] (1733-1794), guillotined.
        
        Étienne-René Potier de Gesvres (1697-1774) - Abbot of Orcamp and cardinal
        
        Marie-Françoise Potier de Gesvres (1697-1715) - married Louis-Marie Victor de Béthune
        
        Léon Potier de Gesvres (1656-1744) - Abbot of St-Géraud d'Aurillac and cardinal
        
        Charlotte-Julie Potier de Gesvres (1669-1752) - married Charles-Amédée de Broglie, marquis de Revel, son of François-Marie, comte de Broglie
        
        Louise-Henriette Potier (d. 1680) - married (1) Emmanuel de Faudoas-Averton, comte de Belin; (2) Jacques de Saulx-Tavannes, comte de Tavannes et Buzançais
        
        Marguerite Potier (d. 1669) - married Henri de Saulx-Tavannes, marquis de Mirebel
        
        Renée Louise Potier (d. 1681) - Abbess of La Barre
        
        Anne-Marie Madeleine Potier, marquise de Blérancourt (1623-1705), never married
      - Madeleine Potier (d. 1603) - married Bernard Prévost, seigneur de Morsan
      - Françoise Potier (d. 1618) - Abbess of Longchamp
      - Marie Potier (d. 1630) - married Claude Le Roux, seigneur de Bourgtheroulde
      - Françoise Potier - Abbess of Trois-Fontaines
      - Marthe Potier - married Nicolas Moreau, seigneur d'Auteuil et de Thoiry
    - Marie Potier (d. 1535) - married Louis de Besançon, seigneur d'Orvilliers

References

History of the Potier family