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![Show Contents]() Castex History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 France
The Castex surname is derived from the same roots as the French word "château", which means "castle". Early Origins of the Castex familyThe surname Castex was first found in Artois, a former province of northern France where this illustrious family held a family seat with lands and manor for many centuries. Chastel, Haute-Loire, is in the Haute-Loire department; Chastel, Haute-Loire, is in the Haute-Loire department; Chastel-Arnaud, is in the Drôme department; Chastel-Nouvel, is in the Lozère department; and Chastel-sur-Murat, is in the Cantal department. Guigo I also known as Guigues du Chastel, Guigo de Castro and Guigo of Saint-Romain, (1083-1136), was a Carthusian monk and the 5th prior of Grande Chartreuse monastery in the 12th century. Tanneguy III du Chastel (or Tanguy du Châtel) (1369-1449) was a French military leader of the Hundred Years' War. he was so well regarded the King Louis XI had him buried at the Basilique Notre-Dame de Cléry-Saint-André (Loiret), where Louis XI himself was later buried in 1483. Early History of the Castex familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Castex research. Another 101 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1274, 1616, 1618, 1635, 1644, 1681, 1683, 1684, 1694, 1703, 1712, 1716 and 1749 are included under the topic Early Castex History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Castex Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Castel, Castet, Castets, Castex, Castelli, Ducastel, Delcastel and many more. Early Notables of the Castex familyAnother 50 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Castex Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Castex RankingIn France, the name Castex is the 2,271st most popular surname with an estimated 2,832 people with that name. 1 Migration of the Castex familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Pierre Castel, who arrived in Louisiana in 1720; another Pierre Castel, on record in New Orleans in 1837; Augustin Castel, who arrived in New Orleans in 1837.
| Contemporary Notables of the name Castex (post 1700) | + |
- Bertrand Pierre Castex, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 2
- Brigadier-General Marcel Castex (1892-1950), French Commanding Officer during World War II 3
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