Estrées

Estrées is an old French family name and the name of two different communes in the north of France. The etymology of the name is from strata, after the stone-layered Roman roads in the area. Other variations on the family name are: Estrée, d'Estrées, d'Estrée, Destree, D'Estree, de Lestrée, de Tray, and DeTray (the last two being Anglicized versions of d'Estrées).

• One commune, Estrées, is located in the canton of Catelet, Saint-Quentin arrondissement, département of Aisne, in the Picardy région.

• The other commune, Estrées is in the canton of Arleux, Douai arrondissement, département of Nord, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais région.

Other communes in the north of France also have "Estrées" or "Estrée" as part of their names:

• Estrées-Deniécourt, in the Somme département
• Estrées-la-Campagne, in the Calvados département
• Estrées-lès-Crécy, in the Somme département
• Estrées-Mons, in the Somme département
• Estrées-Saint-Denis, in the Oise département
• Estrées-sur-Noye, in the Somme département

• Estrée, in the Pas-de-Calais département
• Estrée-Blanche, in the Pas-de-Calais département
• Estrée-Cauchy, in the Pas-de-Calais département
• Estrée-Wamin, in the Pas-de-Calais département
• Mesnil-sur-l'Estrée, in the Eure département

Also see:

• Hotel d’Estrées (now Russian Ambassador's residence), Paris, France
• D'Estrees Bay aka D'Estree Bay, Kangaroo Island, Australia
• Fort d’Estrées, Algiers, Algeria
• Fort d’Estrée, Goree Island, Dakar, Senegal
• Point d’Estrées, NW of Castries, Saint Lucia

French nobility with the name Estrées originated in Artois.

• Jean Ier d'Estrées, soldier (Aisne, 1486 - Aisne, 1571)
• Antoine d'Estrées, Governor of Boulonnais, lieutenant-general of Île-de-France (died 1609)
• François Annibal, duc d'Estrées, Marshal of France (1573 - Paris, 1670)
• Jean II d'Estrées, Admiral and Marshal of France (Soleure, 1624 - Paris, 1707)

• Victor Marie, duc d'Estrées, Marshal of France (Paris, 1660 - Paris, 1737)
• Louis Charles César Le Tellier, duc d'Estrées, Marshal of France. (Paris, 1695 - Paris, 1771)
• Pierre-Claude, duc et comte d'Estrées, soldier, (Nice, 1928 - Mexico, 1985)
• Claude Philippe, duc et comte d'Estrées, academic and abolitionist (New York, 1952)

Other members of the family include:

• Gabrielle d'Estrée, (1571–1599), sister of François Annibal, lover of Henry IV of France.
• César d'Estrées, (1628 - 1714) brother of Jean II , diplomat and Prelate.
• Jean III d'Estrées, (1666 - 1718), brother of Victor Marie, diplomat, Prelate and Archbishop of Cambrai (1716).

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