Bazoilles, church - tombstone
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Church of St. Martin
Tombstone of the Church of St. Martin.
HERE LIES THE POWERFUL LORD MESSIRE
JAQUE DE LUX KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF
THE KING, LORD OF BAZOILLE DE NEUFVILLE IN
VERDUNOIS, BARON OF S. REMY AND OF
MONTETTE, AND POWERFUL LADY
MADAME MICHELLE DU FAY HIS WIFE,
LADY AND BARONESS OF SAID PLACE SHE
AND SOLE HEIR OF FIRE HAPPY
MEMORY OF THE HIGH AND POWERFUL LORD
MESSIRE ANTHOINE DU FAY KNIGHT
AND OF MADAME CATHERINE DE VILLE HIS
WIFE, FATHER AND MOTHER OF SAID LADY
MICHELLE DU FAY. DURING THEIR LIVING
LORD AND LADY OF THE LANDS AND LORDSHIPS
OF THE SAID BAZOILLE AND HAVING BEEN AFTER
THEIR DEATHS BY SUCCESSION THE SAID
LANDS AND BARONY TO THE SAID MADAME
MICHELLE DU FAY AND LAST OF THE NAME
DU FAY IN DAULPHINÉ OF THE HOUSE
SAINCT JEHAN IN DAULPHINÉ WHICH
HOUSE OF DU FAY FORMERLY POSSESSED
THE GREATEST PART OF THE SAID DAULPHINÉ AND
STILL POSSESS THE TOWN OF LACOSTE,
S. ANDRE AND OTHER LANDS. WHICH MR.
DE LUX DIED ON MARCH 12, 1599.
MICHELLE DU FAY, HIS WIFE, ON ...
MAY THEY BE ONE OF THE HAPPY.
This long inscription commemorates Sir Jaque de Lux and his wife Michelle du Fay, members of the nobility who owned vast lands and baronies. The epitaph details the family alliances, successions and ancient nobility of the House of Fay in Dauphiné, testifying to the importance of the lineage.
