Seydoux family

Seydoux
Coat of Arms of the French branch
CountryFrance
Place of originVaulruz
TraditionsProtestantism

The Seydoux family is a prominent French family descended from François Seydoux (1767–1819), from Vevey, Switzerland, and originally from Vaulruz, in the canton of Fribourg.

Since the 19th century, members of the Seydoux family have distinguished themselves in the fields of industry and finance, but also in diplomacy, and, more recently, in cinema:

History

The Seydoux family descends from François Seydoux (1767–1819), a bourgeois originally from the Swiss town of Vaulruz, canton of Fribourg. His father, André Seydoux (1732–1795), was the first to come to France. Originally Catholic, François returned to Switzerland where he converted to Protestantism to marry Angélique Brelaz; he then returned to Paris to engage in various businesses. In the 19th century, his sons Charles (1796-1875) and Auguste (1801-1878) developed a textile company in northern France. Its original location was in Le Cateau-Cambrésis. Their descendants have distinguished themselves in various fields.

In 1902, the Seydoux family joined the Fornier de Clausonne family through the marriage of Jacques Seydoux to Mathilde de Clausonne. During the 1930s, their children, René, François, Georgette and Roger Seydoux, were authorized by a decree of 27 July 1934 to add the name "Fornier de Clausonne" to their own.[1]

René Seydoux (Fornier de Clausonne) joined the Schlumberger family through his marriage to Geneviève Schlumberger. She created the Fondation René-Seydoux to "develop and reinforce the solidarity that unites the countries of the Mediterranean".[2] Their son, Jérôme (born 1934), became manager of the Pathé film company.[3]

Selected members

  • François Seydoux (1767–1819), bourgeois of Vevey
    • Charles Seydoux (1796–1875), promoter of the wool industry in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, deputy of Nord, Commandeur of the Legion of Honour, married to Louisa Gourgas
    • Auguste Seydoux (1801–1878), manufacturer, mayor of Le Cateau, general councilor of Nord.
      • Angélique Seydoux (1823–1883), wife of Henri Sieber, regent of the Bank of France.
      • Charles Seydoux (1827–1896), textile industrialist, president of the General Council of Nord from 1892 to 1896
        • Ernest Seydoux (1860–1942), husband of Lucie Ducimetière-Monod, industrialist.
        • Alfred Seydoux (1862–1911), husband of Alice de Mallmann, industrialist, regent of the Bank of France, general councilor of the North.
          • Marie-Louise Seydoux (1891–1938), wife of Pierre Mussat.
          • Jeanne Seydoux (1893–1961), wife of Jean Poron.
          • Gisèle Seydoux (1898–1983), wife of André Doé de Maindrevile.
          • Henri Seydoux (1900–1965), husband of Marie Olivier, industrialist, general councilor of the Nord department.
          • Jaqueline Seydoux (1901–1977), wife of Donatien de La Roche Fordière.
            • Maurice Seydoux (1904–1944), husband of Christiane Duvette, secretary general of the Conseil d'État.
        • Hélène Seydoux (1864–1930), wife of Ferdinand Roy (1856–1927), president of the Union des syndicats patronaux des industries textiles de France (son of Gustave Emmanuel Roy)
        • Albert Seydoux (1866–1918), husband of Emma Krug, Saint-Cyrien, industrialist, deputy of Nord.
        • Georges Seydoux (1869–1928), husband of Louisa Krug.
          • Roland Seydoux (1917–1944), agricultural engineer, resistance fighter of the Réseau Alliance, died in deportation[4] to Natzweiler-Struthof.
        • André Seydoux (1871–1927), husband of Renée Bovet, centralien, industrialist, chairman of the board of directors of the Caisse d'épargne du Cateau, general councillor of the Nord, vice president of the Union des syndicats patronaux des industries textiles de France.
        • Madeleine Seydoux (1877–1939), wife of James Carmichael
  • Charles Seydoux (1796–1875)
    Charles Seydoux (1796–1875)
  • Jacques Seydoux, 1924
    Jacques Seydoux, 1924
  • Henri Seydoux, 2016
    Henri Seydoux, 2016
  • Léa Seydoux, 2014
    Léa Seydoux, 2014

See also

Citations

  1. ^ Pierre-Marie Dioudonnat, Le Simili-nobiliaire français, Sedopolis, 2002, p. 491
  2. ^ Fondation René-Seydoux, on www.euromed-france.org.
  3. ^ Bacqué, Raphaëlle; Schneider, Vanessa (17 July 2022). "Jérôme Seydoux, le patriarche de Pathé qui n'imagine personne lui succéder". Le Monde. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  4. ^ Notice, on Le Maitron

Bibliography

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