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⚜️ LAROQUE ⚜️
GENEALOGY
St. Pons, Hérault, France
⭐ LAROQUE ARCHIVES ⭐
Title of Baron de Laroque
Membre du Collège Électoral
du Département du Tarn
Blazon of Baron de Laroque
⚜️ MONTFORT ⚜️
GENEALOGY
Bawn, Longford, Ireland
LAROQUE LINEAGE
Following the death in 1815 of Jean-Salomon de Laroque, Baron de Laroque, who left no living male heir, the lineage of this French family, whose pedigree has now been traced back for over 500 years, became extinct in France.
However, their descendants continue on through Captain Pierre de Laroque, Sieur de Montfort, a Huguenot soldier from Castres, who following his arrival in Ireland in 1699, was later to marry and settle at Bawn, Co. Longford (read the following Account below of his incredible adventures!).
Whilst serving in the Army, the true name of « Pierre de Laroque, Sieur de Montfort », somehow became abbreviated to « Pierre (later Peter) Montfort », and so it is that to this day, his descendants in Ireland, Australia and the United States of America, still use the surname of Montfort or de Montfort instead of Laroque.
= Account =
The Life and Times
of
PIERRE de LAROQUE,
Seigneur de Montfort
of Castres, Tarn, France,
a.k.a.
PETER MONTFORT,
of Bawn, Co. Longford, Ireland
1667 - 1744
⭐ MONTFORT ARCHIVES ⭐
De Montfort Coat-of-Arms painted in 1814 for Henry Montfort
Montfort Coat-of-Arms
Though now it may be difficult to believe, all knowledge of the origins and true name of Captain Peter Montfort, were completely lost to his descendants in Ireland for over 300 years. The only evidence that survived from those early years was this painting of the De Montfort coat-of-arms (see left), made in 1814 for Henry Montfort, the grandson of Captain Pierre Montfort.
It wasn't until the year 2022, after a lifetime of unrelenting but fruitless research, that a fortuitous discovery established the connection between Captain Peter Montfort, the Huguenot soldier who settled in Ireland, and Pierre de Laroque, Sieur de Montfort, the Huguenot noble who left France after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1695.
This connection was irrefutably proved by the fact that the families of both Laroque and Montfort used exactly the same coat-of-arms (see ACCOUNT above). This unique heirloom, now over 200 years old, provided the ironclad evidence that Pierre de Laroque, Sieur de Montfort, and Captain Peter Montfort, of Bawn, Co. Longford, were in fact one and the same person.
"History of the de Montfort family,
for a period of 200 years
from the time of their settlement in Ireland, after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes"
Written by
Mrs. Mary Montfort White
Printed: 15th March 1893
"The de Montfort Family
from c. 1700 to 2010"
Written by Henry de Montfort and Martin Morris
Published in 2011; 280 pp
Copies are still available for the price of:-
£25 + postage
Please Contact Us (below) for further details
⭐ OTHER FAMILIES ⭐
⚜️ LA ROQUE ⚜️
Aude, France
⚜️ LAROQUE ⚜️
Tarn, France
LAROQUE LINEAGE
No conclusive evidence has yet been found to prove a connection between the La Roque family of Arzens,
with its three branches (see above), and the Laroque family of Le Travet & Provillergues (see below),
but it is considered almost irrefutable that the latter are descended from the former.
⚜️ LAROQUE ⚜️
Tarn, France
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