Faurre History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Faurre family

Early History of the Faurre family

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Faurre Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Durfort, Durforte, Durfaurre, Deforte, Duforte, Desforte, Dufaute, Defaute, Durfort, Dufortes and many more.

Early Notables of the Faurre family

Notable amongst the family at this time was Jean de Durfort, Lord of Duras, Blanquefort and Villandrau, Mayor of Bordeaux in 1487, followed Charles VIII in the conquest of the Kingdom of Naples in 1474 and Louis XII to the Duchy of Milan, later to become the Governor of Drême in Lombardie.Louis Durfort or Duras Earl of Feversham (1640?-1709), was a general and the sixth son of Guy Aldonce de Durfort, marquis de Duras, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Henri de la...
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Migration of the Faurre family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: John Fort settled in Maryland in 1685; Francis Fort settled in Virginia in 1736; Claude Fort settled in Louisiana in 1756; Lewis Emanuel Fort settled in Philadelphia in 1804.