The First Côté's

Costé (Côté)

Original family from Caux, Normandy which owned lands and fiefdoms ever since Saint-Louis. The proof can be seen in the letters of assignment which were issued by that prince, dated July 1259, by which his Fief of Senneville is attached with certain conditions, the original of which was communicated by Pierre Côté, Knight, Seigneur of Friqueville, eldest of the branch of the family bearing his name, proprietor of that same fief which was given to him during the sharing of the seperation of the family branches, and was always in the family, without interuption, since Saint Louis. This is confirmed by all the registers of the Counts of Normandy and on the epitaph of Jean Côté, Seigneur d'Harfleur, who lies buried in the parish of Senneville, where he died in 1535.

This family was known, in this province, even before the time of Saint Louis. We need only to consult History in which we see the name of Hugues Côté in the lists and enumerations of the Knights and Seigneurs who went over seas with Richard, known as the Lion Heart, Duke of Normandy and King of England.

The lands of Saint-Supplix, Buglise, and Saint-Barthélemy, became property of the Côté family through Jeanne de Normant, daughter of Jean le Normant, Seigneur of the said lands, who married Pierre Côté, Seigneur of Harfleur, of Ridelieu and of Nonneville. Pierre Côté died in 1577, member of the Chamber of Counts of Normandy and Counsellor to the State.

The Seigneurie of Saint-Supplix was created in Châtellenie in favour of Pierre Côté, second of that name, grandson of the first Pierre Côté. He died member of the Chamber of Counts of Normandy, State and private Counsellor and a Commissar of the Court for reformation of the customs in that province.

Alexandre Côté Marquis of Saint-Supplix, Counsellor to the Parliament of Normandy, married Marguerite Blais, Baronness of Crepon, Dame de Vaux, Grais and other areas. She was goddaughter of king Louis XIV and daughter of Jean de Blais. Of that marriage were born:

Alexandre Côté, Marquis of Saint Supplix, Baron of Crepon, Seigneur and Governor of the cities of Harfleur, Buglise, Saint-Barthélemy, Ecrepentor, Vaux, Grais, Bavon, Quesnay, Cambres, Sainte-Croix-sur-mer and others. He died in Paris May 13, 1749 aged 58 and a few months. He had married on the 15th of December 1717, Marie-Guillemette de Moura, daughter of Don Antoine de Moura and Antoinette de Camiga and in second marriage, Catherine-Françoise Thomas de Montroger, daughter of Nicholas Thomas de Montroger, Knight, Seigneur of Bois-Guillaume-les-Rouen.

Of the first Marriage issued:1. Alexandre-Antoine-Sébastien, Marquis of Saint-Supplix, Officer of the King's Regiment, Infantry and Aide-De-Camps to the late Count of Clermont, Blood Prince.

2. Pierre-Jacques-Alexanndre, Count of Saint-Supplix, officer in the same King's Regiment and later Captain in that of Bonac.

3. Marguerite-Angélique, married September 14, 1746 to Noël-Florimond Huchet de la Bédoyère.

4. N. Côté of Saint-Supplix (Mercure de France, July 1749 page 201)(extracted from "Dictionnaire De La Noblesse de la France" 3rd edition 1863 pp 263-264)