Moncey History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Moncey family

The surname Moncey was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Calvados and held a family seat in the arrondisement of Bayeux and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility. William de Moncels, who held allegiance to the Bishop of Coutances, was himself a Lord of Maers and Monceaux, counts of Nevers. He accompanied William the Conqueror into Normandy and was granted extensive lands in Devon and Somerset in England. The family were descended from Landry, first count of Nevers in 868. They descended Bodo I, seigneur of Maers and Monceaux.

There are three chateaus in Belgium named Monceau Castle, two in the province of Hainaut and one in the province of Luxembourg.

Early History of the Moncey family

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Moncey Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Monceau, Montceau, Moncel, Montcet, Montcelet, Moncelet, Monselet, Monceaux, Montceaux, Moncey, Monels, Monson, Munson, Muncy, Muncie, Mounsie and many more.

Early Notables of the Moncey family

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Migration of the Moncey family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: including many of the name who migrated to the New World from the mid 17th century onward.

Contemporary Notables of the name Moncey (post 1700) +

Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey, Duke of Conegliano, French Marshall of the Empire during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 1

Sources +

Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, May 6) Bon-Adrien Moncey. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html