ARCHIVES OF THE HOFFELIZE FAMILY AND ALLIES, WITH MENTIONS OF THE FOURNIER, DE FRANCQUEMONT, BAILLIVY, O"GORMAN, DE MONTESQUIOU FAMILIES, including various handwritten documents from the 13th century to the 20th century.
The House of Hoffelize is an ancient and wealthy family of lords of the Pays de Liège. Among the members of this line, Regnaut d"Hoffelize was provided with the fief of Oberfing in 1456. He settled in the middle of the 15th century in the current Hôtel de la Mint in Vic-sur-Seille. The shield of the Hoffelize Liégeois family can be found there. The land and lordship of Bainville, near Mirecourt in Lorraine, united with that of Valfroicourt, was erected into a county, under the name of Hoffelize, by letters of June 16, 1726, in favor of Marc-César de Hoffelize (1691-1747), chamberlain of Duke Leopold of Lorraine, in consideration of his birth, his services and his ancestors.
Charles-George d"Hoffelize (1728-1795), was both chamberlain of the German Emperor and field marshal on behalf of the King of France Louis XV. His son, Théobald-Joseph-Gaspard, lieutenant-colonel of cavalry under the Ancien Régime, then field marshal and general councilor of the
Moselle after having served in the army of Condé, was elected deputy of the college of the department of Moselle in 1822. In 1827, he was named peer of France. His brother Christophe-Thiébault was captain in the regiment of hunters of Lorraine in 1784 and aide-de-camp to his father. On the return of the Bourbons, he became lieutenant-colonel of cavalry and squadron leader of the gendarmerie. In 1824, he was elected deputy of Meurthe. He was a knight of the Order of Saint-Louis and knight of the Legion of Honor.