Bellegarde (surname)

Bellegarde is a French surname derived from a toponym meaning "beautiful watch-tower or look-out" and may refer to the following:

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  1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica Eleventh Edition relates that in 1645 the title of this duchy was transferred to the estate of Choisy-aux-Loges in Gâtinais, and was borne later by the family of Pardaillan de Gondrin, heirs to the house of Saint-Lary-Bellegarde. When Seurre passed into the possession of the Princes of Condé they in the same way acquired the title of dukes of Bellegarde.
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