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Stephen Delancey (''Etienne de Lancy'' in French) (October 24, 1663, Caen – November 18, 1741) was a major figure in the life of colonial New York. His children continued to wield great influence until the American Revolution. ==Background== Born in Caen, France, on Oct 24, 1663〔Kenneth T. Jackson: ''The Encyclopedia of New York City'': The New York Historical Society; Yale University Press; 1995. P. 324.〕 as ''Etienne'' de Lancy, he was the only son of Jacques de Lancy and Marguerite Bertrand. The de Lancy family were minor French nobility ("Noblesse de France Royale") and, despite being of the Huguenot faith, served the French Crown as administrators and bureaucrats for over two hundred years. Jacques De Lancy, esquire, was descended from Guy de Lancy, esquire, viscount of Laval and of Nouvion (1432), whose son Jean, succeeding him in 1436, had a son Jean (1470). Charles, son of Jean, (1525), was married twice. By his second marriage, to Marie de Villiers he had two sons: Charles, fifth viscount of Laval, (1535), and Christophe (Christopher), lord of Raray. Charles married Isabeau Branche, daughter of Fourcy Branche, esquire, lord of Bréau, April 15. 1534. They had three sons: Charles, Jacques, and Claude. The second son, Jacques, Crown prosecutor in the provost, had a son Pierre, lord of Niville, whose son Jacques was the father of Etienne, the refugee. There is a Bahamian branch of the De Lancy family through grandson of Etienne de Lancy; Stephen DeLancey from his time as Chief Justice of the Bahamas going by Delancey or Delaney. Dating back to the early 15th century, successive generations of the de Lancy family (or ''de Lanci'' in elder texts) held the titles of Viscount of Laval-in-Laonnois and of Nouvion, Baron of Raray, Lord of Nery and of Faverolles, Verines, Ribecourt and Haramont. (''Vicomte de Laval-en-Laonnois et de Nouvion-le-Vineux, Baron de Raray, et Seigneur de Néry et de Faverolles, Vérines,〔http://charlesfevre.perso.sfr.fr/genealogie/page_nery.htm〕 Ribécourt, et Haramont'') The family coat of arms is described as follows: ''Arms: Or with Sable Eagle beaked and membered of Gules charged in the heart of an escutcheon of Azure overloaded with three spears of Or raised in pale.'' (Armes : d'or à l'aigle de sable becqué et membré de gueules chargé en coeur d'un écusson d'azur surchargé de trois lances d'or posées en pal.) Around 1600, the land of Raray is sold to Nicolas de Lancy, advisor to the King, treasurer of the Ordinary of the War, Chamberlain of Gaston, Duke of Orléans. It is he who is the builder of the present castle of Raray and the two hurdles with hunting dogs that will make the reputation and honor of the castle. Raray Castle was the scene of shooting in 1945 of some scenes from the film Beauty and the Beast by Jean Cocteau. In 1686, Etienne de Lancy was forced to flee bitter persecution by French Catholics following the Oct 18, 1685 revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV, in which some two hundred thousand Huguenots left their native land. Escaping first to Rotterdam with a portion of the family jewels which his mother had given him sewn into his clothing, Etienne sailed to England, obtaining an "Act of Denization" (naturalization) from King James II on March 3, 1686. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stephen Delancey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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