French Empire Nobility n°4

AMIRA
Jean-Baptiste AMIRA (1766-????), knight of the empire by letters patent of August 17th, 1810, chief of battalion, Knight of the Legion of Honor. Regulation of coats of arms :

Azure, a garb Or, accompanied of two high swords hilted Argent, set in chevron, on the dexter of the whole, a tierce Gules in pale, charged of the mark of the knights. Liveries : colors of the shield. 

AMORETTI D'ENVIE
Eugène-Ignace-Hyacinthe AMORETTI D'ENVIE (1774-????), knight of the empire by letters patent of October 4th, 1810, adjudant-commanding, Knight of the Legion of Honor. Regulation of coats of arms :
Tierced per fess Azure, Gules and Argent : Azure charged in dexter of three stars in fess Argent, in sinister of a lion holding in dexter hand a sword Or ; Gules, mark of knights of the Legion of Honor ; Argent, a courant greyhound Sable holding in its mouth an arrow in bend sinister of the same. Liveries : colors of the shield. 

AMY

Joseph AMY (1765-1820), baron of the empire by letters patent of November 2nd, 1810, colonel of infantry, officer of the Legion of Honor. Regulation of coats of arms :

Or fretty of six pieces Sable, semy in the spaces of grenades Gules ; a quarter military barons debruising over all. Liveries : colors of the shield. 

ANDLAU

Armand-Gaston-Félix d'ANDLAW (1779-1860), count of the empire by letters of April 14th, 1810, peer of France, November 6th, 1827, chamberlain of Napoléon Ier, marshal of camp, Officer Of The Legion Of Honor, knight of Saint-Louis. Regulation of coats of arms :

Or, a cross voided throughout Gules ; a quarter counts officers of the house of the emperor. Liveries : red, yellow.

Title of hereditary peer in favor of Armand-Gaston-Felix count of ANDLAU, by ordinance of November 5th, 1827, confirmed to the title of hereditary baron-peer on majorat of peerage, by letters patent of November 15th, 1828. Regulation of coats of arms :

Or, a cross Gules.

Hardouin-Gustave d'ANDLAW (1787-1850), baron of the empire by letters patent of October 6th, 1810, squire of the empress, colonel-marshal of camp, deputy. Regulation of coats of arms :

Or, a cross voided throughout Gules ; a quarter of the barons officers of the house of the emperor. Liveries : colors of the shield.

ANDRÉ

Claude ANDRE (1743-????), baron of the empire, with transmission to one of its nephews, by letters patent of September 16th, 1808, bishop of Quimper. Regulation of coats of arms :

Gules, a passant greyhound Argent, collared and ringed Or, a narrow chief Azure charged of a sun Or ; quarter of the barons bishops. Liveries : red, white, blue and purple.

ANDRÉ DE LA FRESNAIE

Noël-Urbain ANDRE DE LA FRESNAYE (1811-1818), baron of the empire with majorat by letters patent of April 13th, 1811. Regulation of coats of arms :

Azure, a swan, Argent supported by a terrace in base river Vert and surmounted of a narrow chief Or charged of a cinquefoil Gules between two stars Azure ; quarter of the barons owners. Liveries : colors of the shield, the green one in bordure only.

Title of hereditary baron and transmission of majorat, in favor of Noël-Charles-Antoine ANDRE de LA FRESNAYE, son of the baron of the Empire, by ordinance of May 21st, 1819. Title of hereditary baron and new transmission of the majorat, in favor of Noël-Frédéric-Armand ANDRE de LA FRESNAYE, son of the precedent, by ordinance of April 16th, 1825.

ANDRÉOSSY

Antoine-François ANDREOSSI (1761-1828), count of the empire by letters patent of February 24th, 1809, major general, State counsellor, ambassador. Regulation of coats of arms :

Or, a oak with 4 branches Azure, surmounted of a star Gules ; quarter of military counts. Liveries : colors of the shield.

Title of hereditary count and transmission of emoluments by ordinance of April 8th, 1829, in favor of Etienne-Auguste ANDREOSSY, son of the count of the Empire.

Victor-Antoine ANDREOSSI (1747-1819), baron of the empire by letters patent of April 26th, 1808, donee on Westphalia on March 17th, 1808, brigadier general, inspector of the genious, commander. Regulation of coats of arms :

Or, two palm trees Vert crossed and surmounted of a star Azure ; a quarter of military baron debruising over all. Liveries : red, green and blue, the green one in the stripes only.

Joseph-Pierre-Claude ANDREOSSI (1744-????), baron of the empire by letters patent of April 8th, 1813, engineer in chief, member of the body of electors of the Aude. Regulation of coats of arms :

Or to the oak, 4 interlaced branches, supported of a terrasse, Proper, surmounted of a star Gules at 2nd point in chief : quarter barons members of the body of electors debruising to the 9th shield. Liveries : colors of the shield, the green one in bordure only. 

ANGOSSE

Pierre-Constant-Charles-Joseph d'ANGOSSE (1774-1835), count of the empire by letters patent of February 14th, 1810, chamberlain of the emperor (1808), prefect (1820). Regulation of coats of arms :

Azure, 3 high swords in pale Argent hilted Or, set in fess, a narrow chief Or, charged of a heart Gules, accompanied of two martlets Sable, surmounted each one of a demy-star Azure; a quarter of the counts officers of the house of the emperor. Liveries : colors of the shield.

Title of hereditary peer (without majorat of peerage) by ordinance of March 5th, 1819, in favor of Pierre-Constant-Gabriel-Joseph, marquis of ANGOSSE. Titles of peer, by ordinance by October 3rd, 1835 and July 9th, 1845, in favor of the two brothers of the precedent. Coats of arms :

Azure, 3 swords Argent, set in pale ; a chief Or, charged of a heart Gules, accosted of two affrontee martlets Sable.

ANGOT DARSONVAL

Jean-François ANGOT-DARSONVAL (1762-????), knight of the empire by letters patent of September 27th, 1810, donee on Mount-of-Milan on September 8th, 1808 and Erfurt on August 15th, 1809, adjudant-commander, Knight of the Legion of Honor. Regulation of coats of arms :

Argent, a chevron checky Or and Azure, accompanied in chief of two moor heads Sable wreathed Or and in base of a high sword in pale Sable : terrace in base Gules of the third of the shield, mark of knights of the Legion of Honor. Liveries : colors of the shield. 

ANGUISSOLA D'ALTOË

Ferrand ANGUISSOLA D'ALTOE (1772-????), baron of the empire by letters patent of March 26th, 1811, member of the body of electors of Taro. Regulation of coats of arms :

Quarterly : 1st, Or, 2 branches of laurel Vert set in saltier through a coronet of stars Argent ; 2nd, barons member of body of electors ; 3rd, Argent, a couped leg Gules ; 4th, dancetty per fess Argent and Azure. Liveries : colors of the shield, the green one in bordure only. 

ANGUISSOLA DE GRASSANO

Ranucci-Charles-Joseph-Marie-François-Paul-Louis-Balthasard-Melchior-Gaspard ANGUISSOLA DE GRASSANO (1752-1823), count of the empire by letters patent of September 29th, 1809, senator, March 18th, 1809. Regulation of coats of arms :

Tierced per fess : the first, checky Argent and Sable, charged of quarter of the counts senators ; the second, per pale, 1st, Argent, a fortress Sable and 2nd, Azure, a bend sinister Argent accompanied of two stars of the same ; the third, per pale, Azure, a dancetty grass snake Proper, vomitting a child of the same, and Purpure, a two hands clasped Proper, turned up in dexter Azure and in sinister Vert, supporting a padlock Or attached to 2 rings of the same ; over all, Gules, a terrace in base dancetty Argent, surmounted of a branch of oak and a palm leaf Argent set in an annulet Or. Liveries : colors of the shield, the green one in the bordures only.