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From: "Leo van de Pas" <>
Subject: Resseguier de Miremont puzzle
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 17:07:33 +0800


Sir Iain Moncreiffe of That Ilk, the very well known genealogist, described his own ancestry and this description can be found in "Lord of the Dance" A Moncreiffe Miscellany, edited by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd.

He tells how he descents from a natural son of a dashing Austrian count, called Resseguier de Miremont. He does not give us the first name of this count, but this count's mother is Countess Amelie Festetics de Tolna 1798-1872.

This Amelie and her husband, Roger, Graf Resseguier, Marquis de Miremont 1806-1887, had at least two sons, Adrian 1833-1901 and Olivier 1837-1916.

Adrian 1806-1887 married in 1859 and Olivier 1837-1916 married in 1868. Both had time to father a child before settling down, but which one is the father of that elusive ancestor of Sir Iain Moncreiffe? Does anyone know?
Many thanks
Leo van de Pas
Canberra, Australia

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