Berthault History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Berthault family

The surname Berthault was first found in Forez, a former province of France, now part of the modern Loire département, the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme départements, where the family held a family seat since ancient times.

Bertha, Bercta or Adilberga (d. before 616) was the daughter of Haribert, King of the Franks, reigning in Paris and his wife Ingoberg. "The dates of her birth and her marriage are not known. married Æthelberht, king of Kent. Bertha's parents are said to have consented to her marriage on the condition that she and the bishop who should come over with her should be allowed the free exercise of the rites of Christianity. " 1

Early History of the Berthault family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Berthault research. Another 68 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1660, 1685, 1691, 1698, 1727, 1732, 1750 and 1771 are included under the topic Early Berthault History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Berthault Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Berthelot, Berthelo, Bertheloe, Berthelos, Berthelod, Bertelot, Bertelo, Berteloe, Bertelos, Bertelod, Berthelaut, Berthelau, Berthelaud, Bertelaud, Bertelau, Bertelaut, Berlot, Berlo, Bertlot, Bertlo, Berlod, Bertlod, Berthold, Bertholt, Bertold, Bertolt, Berthod, Berthaud, Berthot, Berthau, Berthaut, Berthault, Berthauld, Berthol and many more.

Early Notables of the Berthault family

Notable amongst the family name at this time was Martin Berteau (1691-1771), a French cellist, cello teacher, and composer; and Jeanne Agnès Berthelot de Pléneuf, Marquise de Prie (1698-1727), French noblewoman during the reign of Louis XV. Charles Bertheau (1660-1732) was a French pastor in London, born at Montpelier, and educated partly in France...
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Berthault Ranking

In France, the name Berthault is the 4,261^st most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 2

Migration of the Berthault family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: François Berthelot, aged 48, who settled in Louisiana in 1719; Thomas Bertholt settled in Philadelphia in 1750; Johann Georg Berthold settled in America in 1781.

Contemporary Notables of the name Berthault (post 1700) +

Jacques Berthault, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3

Citations +

Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 11) Jacques Berthault. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html