Susanne de Gordon

Family/Spouse: Arthur de la Fontaine. Arthur (son of Jean de la Fontaine and Guyonne le Royer) was born on 9 Jan 1450 in Maine, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 15 Oct 1480 in Maine, Charente-Poitou, Charente, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Gilles and his son, John de la Fontaine, converted to Protestantism on the first preaching of the Reformed religion in France, about 1535.

Gilles married Antoinette de Maine in 1500 in Maine, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. Antoinette was born in 1475 in Maine, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France,; died in 1570 in Maine, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From http://www.mosquitonet.com/~luht/FOUNT.HTM John de la Fontaine was born in the Province of Maine, France. He received a commission in the household of Francis I in the King's Royal Ordinance. He served the court in this office through the reigns of Henry II and Francis II, and until the second year of Charles IX. He embraced Protestantism about the year 1535 and he held his commission until the religious controversy quieted. Soon after his resignation he was attacked by ruffians who cut his throat. His wife and eldest son met the same fate. Gilles, Jean's father could not bear to bring up his sons, according to the usual habits of nobility, without any employment, and therefore placed his son, Jean (John) de la Fontaine, in the king's service. He served in the "Les Ordannances de Roi" during the reigns of Francis I, Henry II, Francis II and the second year of Charles IX when he voluntarily resigned. He converted to Protestantism about 1535. Resigned his commission about 1562 and retired to his estate in Maine where he actively supported the Protestant Church. In 1563, he, his wife, one son, and a faithful valet were assassinated by a group of ruffians from the city of Le Mans who had been dispatched by members of the Catholic Church.

Jean married Jeanne Chabot in 1535 in Maine, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. Jeanne (daughter of Robert Chabot and Antoinette D'Illers) was born in 1510 in Maine, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; died in 1563 in Maine, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jean married Guyonne Le Royer in 1525 in Maine, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. Guyonne was born on 20 May 1510 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France; died in 1563 in Cahagnes, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Place of birth is given in book on the Fontaine's as "while at court "meaning Jacques was born while his father was at court--whether the family was living at court and thus Jacques was born wherever the court was at this time, I am not sure at this point.

Left property at Rochelle, amounting to 9,000 livre. Married twice and had several children, but only three lived to be marriageable, two daughters and one son. After the death of his first wife, Jacques remarried but had no additional children. It would have been much better for him to have remained a widower, for his second wife was a wicked woman who became tired of him and tried to poison him. Though she did not succeed, the offense became too notorious to be hushed up. She was taken to prison, tried, and condemned to death.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]