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Early Origins of the Renaux family

The surname Renaux was first found in Dauphiny (French: Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois), a former province in southeastern France, where this illustrious family held a family seat from ancient times.

This noble family owned the land of la Chaume and many distinguished Knights, Captains, and Soldiers were descended from this family. The members of this family were the Lords of Soirans and Fouffrans, such as Louis who was also a Knight, a Councillor, a Chamberlain to the King and he was appointed Magistrate of Amont in 1490. In the military he was Lieutenant in the Châtel-Guyon company in 1481.

Early History of the Renaux family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Renaux research. Another 86 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1220, 1400, 1583, 1613, 1614, 1663 and 1677 are included under the topic Early Renaux History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Renaux Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Renard, Renarde, Renardes, Rennard, Rennarde, Rennardes, Renart and many more.

Early Notables of the Renaux family

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Renaux Ranking

In France, the name Renaux is the 1,175th most popular surname with an estimated 4,710 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Renaux family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Martin Renare, who arrived in New York with his wife and child in 1663; Hans Adam Renart, who settled in Philadelphia in 1741; Antoine Renard, who settled in Louisiana in 1757.



  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/


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