Saintignon

The Counts of Saintignon were a Lotharingian noble family from Verdun.

According to tradition, Jehan Saincte came from the Verdun family of De la Porte, and is supposed to have defended Castle Viumbay successfully against Jacques de Revigny in 1293. Heavily injured, he cried out "d’Ugnon, d’Ugnon", and this cry became his name. Claude-Martin Saugrain wrote in 1726, the Saintignons were the most respected family of Verdun due to their age and numerous charitable gifts. The De Saintignon family produced numerous clergymen and officers up until the 19th century.

The Lotharingian communes of Hartzviller, Puxe, Vandelainville and the Rhineland-Palatinate municipality of Wolsfeld still show parts of the coats of arms of their former masters, the Saintignon family, on their local coats of arms.

Family members were lords of various fiefs in Lotharingia at times under the Ancien Régime:

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