The House of Mercure or (anglicization)"Mercury" is a family from Scotland, which provided a viceroy of Tangier in Barbary, wore the Earldom of Viot Théviot or before the wars Civil Britain had not forced to migrate in France, where they settled in d'Orléans.
Jacques Viot, lord Mercure was policeman the body-guard of (Latinisation)Jacques V, King of Scotland, he was in France in 1549, and married Mathilde de Barres.
From this marriage came
Jean Viot, lord Mercury was chamber page of Mary Stuart,
wife of François II, King of France and cavalry captain in 1585.
He distinguished himself at the battle of Coutras in 1587.
The king to reward services gave him a loads of chamber valets,and the direction and control of all glass factories of the kingdom of France.
He married Elizabeth le Gros. From this marriage came
- John Henry cavalry captain in the regiment of Espenan, killed at the Battle of Lentz;
- Maximilian, captain of cavalry regiment Conde, who was killed at the battle of Rocroy;
- Pierre.
Pierre Viot Mercury ordinary doctor to the King, married Marie Menard. From this marriage came.
Florent Viot Mercury, who was first cadet gentleman in the regiment of Languedoc and gendarme in the Scottish Guard, and he made all campaigns Flanders, and was present at the siege of Thionville in 1676, in as deputy aide-de-camp of M. de Lahaye, Lieutenant general of the armies of the king.
Having retired in Pithiviers, he was appointed counselor, physician to the King, and Public Prosecutor of said city Pithiviers in 1689, married on 13 February 1685, Marie Humery from this marriage came
Florent-Jean-Charles Viot Mercury, born 29 October 1694, married Marie Trézin
from this marriage came
1) Mercury _ Viot, a lawyer parliament died without issue; 2) Etienne-Aignan, from this marriage came
Etienne-Aignan Viot Mercury, born July 14, 1739, an officer in the regiment of Conflans, who had a broken arm Triche Napaly at the siege of in India, and which received other honorable wounds in the service of the king he married Jeanne Gentil, from this marriage came
Etienne Pascal Viot-Aignan-Mercury, Esquire, born 3 March 1, 1785.
He married Marie-Marguerite Beaulu, from this marriage came
Olympe Marie-Julie, born October 9, 1811.
Coat of Arms: Viot de Mercure : D'or, à la fasce d'azur, chargée d'un caducée du champ, accosté de deux roses d'argent. (Orléanais)
Azure, a golden caduceus, two roses argent asked chief two unicorns for supports and A helmet stamped grilled front
