Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameAdelaide de MONTGOMERY 
1546
1546Misc. Notes
A descendant of a royal house.
Spouses
Misc. Notes
Henri and Adelaide had a son, Henri.
The Latrobe family has not alone been distinguished in this country [The United States] for a number of generations, in professional life and as statesmen and military commanders, but had earned the same distinction in Europe as far back as the records extend.
The family originally was "de Boneval," located at Villeneuve near Monteauban in Languedoc. The Counts de Boneval belonged to the old French noblesse and acquired the name of La Trove or La Trobe through the successful search for certain papers involving a large accession to their estates. After this event in the family history, they became known as "de Boneval de La Trobe."
The family embraced at an early period the doctrines of the Reformation. During the reign of Henri III of France, they opposed the League and valiantly supported the cause of Henri IV; one of the family distinguished himself by a gallant defense of the strong fortress of Verlhas, near Montaubon, now in ruins.
They continued to take part in the religious wars during the reign of Louis XIII and were involved in the persecution and losses which followed the revocation of the Edict of Nantes* in 1685.
*The Edict of Nantes, issued on April 13, 1598, by Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinistic Protestants of France (also known as Huguenots) substantial rights in a nation still considered essentially Catholic. The main concern was civil unity, and the Edict separated civil from religious unity, treated such Protestants for the first time as more than schismatics and heretics, and opened a path for secularism and tolerance.
In October 1685 Louis XIV, the grandson of Henry IV, renounced the Edict and declared Protestantism illegal with the Edict of Fontainebleau. This act, commonly called the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, had very damaging results for France. While the wars of religion did not re-ignite, as many as 400,000 Protestants chose to leave France, most moving to Great Britain, Prussia, the Dutch Republic, Switzerland and the new French colonies in North America.1580
The Latrobe family has not alone been distinguished in this country [The United States] for a number of generations, in professional life and as statesmen and military commanders, but had earned the same distinction in Europe as far back as the records extend.
The family originally was "de Boneval," located at Villeneuve near Monteauban in Languedoc. The Counts de Boneval belonged to the old French noblesse and acquired the name of La Trove or La Trobe through the successful search for certain papers involving a large accession to their estates. After this event in the family history, they became known as "de Boneval de La Trobe."
The family embraced at an early period the doctrines of the Reformation. During the reign of Henri III of France, they opposed the League and valiantly supported the cause of Henri IV; one of the family distinguished himself by a gallant defense of the strong fortress of Verlhas, near Montaubon, now in ruins.
They continued to take part in the religious wars during the reign of Louis XIII and were involved in the persecution and losses which followed the revocation of the Edict of Nantes* in 1685.
*The Edict of Nantes, issued on April 13, 1598, by Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinistic Protestants of France (also known as Huguenots) substantial rights in a nation still considered essentially Catholic. The main concern was civil unity, and the Edict separated civil from religious unity, treated such Protestants for the first time as more than schismatics and heretics, and opened a path for secularism and tolerance.
In October 1685 Louis XIV, the grandson of Henry IV, renounced the Edict and declared Protestantism illegal with the Edict of Fontainebleau. This act, commonly called the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, had very damaging results for France. While the wars of religion did not re-ignite, as many as 400,000 Protestants chose to leave France, most moving to Great Britain, Prussia, the Dutch Republic, Switzerland and the new French colonies in North America.1580
Family ID9870
ChildrenHenri Boneval (1670-1760)