Dupuy (surname)

Dupuy (surname)

Dupuy may refer to:

  • Dupuy (surname)

Dupuy, also spelled DuPuy, and in its noble form du Puy (variant: du Puis) is a popular Francophone surname rich in history and peerage, dating back to medieval times. Translated the name means "of Puy", Puy being a commune in the Haute-Loire, Auvergne region of France. Another translation is "Of The Height" [Southern French Puy, a height; Latin podi-um, a balcony, elevated platform]. [1]

Persons named du Puy include:

  • Raymond du Puy de Provence (1083–1160), a French knight and second Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem
  • Lord of Rochefort Hughes Du Puy, 1055. He died in 1110. Hughes founded the Abbey d'Aiguebelle, Order of Saint Bernard. He went to the Crusades with three of his children and his wife. He was one of the Generals of "Godofroi de Bouillon, and for bravery was granted the Souverainete la ville d'Acres.
  • Lord Alleman (Moiran) Du Puy II was born in 1170. He died in 1229. He was also known as Montbrun. Alleman II du Puy, knight, Lord of Pereins, Rochefort, Apifer and Montbrun, was known as Montbrun. He rendered homage, in 1229, to Aimar de Poitiers, count of Balentinois and Diois. He acquired fiefs and other grants near Pereins, from his uncle Guillaume Du Puy. He was married to Princess of Dauphine Alix DAUPHINE in 1205. Princess of Dauphine Alix DAUPHINE was born about 1180.
  • Lord Alleman (Artod) Du Puy IV was born in 1250. He died in 1329. Alleman IV, Knight, Lord of Pereins, Rochefort, Apifer, Ansenis=x and Consrien. He was with the Count of Valentinois under King Phillipe V, who marched against the people of Flamaus in 1316. He was routed in 1329 on the journey to Cassel.
  • Lord Jaques (Bellecombe) Du Puy was born in 1436. He died in 1505. Jacques DePuy, Knight, Lord of Rochefort, Roche-fur Grane, Anti-champ, accepted the givt that was made to him by Aimer DuPuy, his father, on January 18, 1475. He married first, 2-4-1476, Froancois Astraud, daughter of N. Astraud, Lord of Marsane. He was married the second time to Jeanne de Vesc, daught of Talabard of the city of Ambrun, and of Catherine de Sademand. He made his will July 19, 1505; in it he mentions his mother Catherin de Bellecomb and his second wife. They had left Pegrins (sic) and lived at Chabillan.
  • Lord of Cabrielles Bartholomy Du Puy, was born in 1581.
  • Jean DuPuy (or John), Lord of Haauteville, who rendered homage to the King Dauphin 9-10-1541. Jean DuPuy married Peronne de Mantonne, by whom he had no children. He afterwards married again and had several sons, Peter Dupuy and Raymond Dupuy. Jean Dupuy was an ancient notary of Revel.

Contemporary:

  • Marquis and Marquise du Puy (nee Madeleine Coyreau des Loges)
  • Charles Dupuy, (5 November 1851 - 23 July 1923) French statesman and three time Prime Minister of France
  • Bob DuPuy, President and Chief Operating Officer of Major League Baseball
  • Raymond du Puy de Provence, a French knight and second Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem
  • Claudius Du Puy, an Anglo/French Collector
  • Jean Baptiste Édouard Du Puy,(1770 – April 3, 1822) was a Swiss -born singer, composer, director and violinist.
  • Philippe du Puy de Clinchamps, French writer and social commentator
  • Gérard du Puy (died February 14, 1389) was a French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Claude Dupuy (1545–1594), a Parisian jurist, humanist and bibliophile
  • Claude-Thomas Dupuy (1678–1738), Intendant of New France from 1726 to 1728
  • Charlotte Dupuy, African American, enslaved by Henry Clay
  • Dominique Dupuy (biologist) (1812–1885), French zoologist and botanist
  • Dominique Dupuy (1957), race driver
  • Jean Dupuy (disambiguation), various persons
  • Michel Dupuy, Canadian diplomat, journalist, academic and politician from Quebec
  • Paul Dupuy, history lecturer at the Ecole Normale
  • Philippe Dupuy of Dupuy and Berberian, French cartoonist and co-creator of Monsieur Jean
  • Pierre Dupuy (scholar) (1582–1651), a French scholar
  • Trevor N. Dupuy, American military historian
  • Tina Dupuy, An American syndicated political columnist, humorist and writer.

Notes

  1. ^ Surnames of the United Kingdom, A Concise Etymological Dictionary; Henry Harrison; Vol.1 & 2.; The Eaton Press, 190 Ebury Street, London, S.W; 1912.

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