Duchâteau History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Duchâteau

What does the name Duchâteau mean?

The Duchâteau surname is derived from the same roots as the French word "château", which means "castle".

Early Origins of the Duchâteau family

The surname Duchâteau 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 Duchâteau family

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Duchâteau Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Castel, Castet, Castets, Castex, Castelli, Ducastel, Delcastel and many more.

Early Notables of the Duchâteau family

François Duchatel (Du Chastel), (1616-1694), a Flemish painter, born at Brussels; and Guillaume Chasteau (1635-1683), a French engraver. Peter Casteels (1684-1749), was a Belgium painter and engraver, born in Antwerp in 1684 and emigrated to England in 1703, and revisited Antwerp in 1716...
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Duchâteau Ranking

France, the name Duchâteau is the 2,940^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. 1

Duchâteau migration to the United States +

Duchâteau Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Lena DuChateau, aged 10, who immigrated to America, in 1904
Henry Duchateau, aged 29, who immigrated to the United States from Wignehies, France, in 1908
Albert Duchateau, aged 2, who settled in America from Fournies, France, in 1908
Emile Duchateau, aged 27, who immigrated to the United States from Wignehies, France, in 1908
Marie Duchateau, aged 21, who immigrated to the United States from Fournies, France, in 1908
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Contemporary Notables of the name Duchâteau (post 1700) +

Eugene “Gene” DuChateau (b. 1954), retired American soccer goalkeeper
André-Paul Duchâteau (b. 1925), Belgian comics writer and mystery novelist

Sources +

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