(2) Hesdin – France

 

 

 

Hesdin was a fief of the counts of Artois, vassals of the Counts of Flanders until 1180. When Philip, count of Flanders gave Artois as dowry to his niece Isabel de Hainault when she married Philip Augustus of France in 1180, Hesdin and the other seigneuries passed to France. Hesdin in the Northwest of France was founded in 1554 by Charles V. In the sixteenth century the city played an important role in the wars between France and the Spanish Netherlands, which was part of the Spanish Kingdom. Though subsequently the territory passed to the Dukes of Burgundy, Hesdin remained one of a handful of French strongholds, until in 1553 Emperor Charles V ordered the utter destruction of the old fortified town on a rise of ground and built the present town the following year, some 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) from the original site, on the banks of the Canche.
In 1639 the French laid siege to Hesdin and under Louis XIII, it was recaptured for France.

Du Siege De Hesdin 1639 / the siege of Hesdin 1639

 

 

 

 

(1) What's in a name

 

1)     What's in a name - the journey starts

Dear namesakes....... what's in a name? 

Whether your name is Beaugeois-Beaujois-Beaugois-Boosuwa-Bosua-Bozuwa-Bozua we can conclude that we are all family and descended from the same ancestors.

 

Often, the first and last name was phonetically registered. So Beaugeois changed in over 300 years in Beaugois-Boosuwa-Bosua-Bozuwa-Bozua.

 

With this blog I will attempt to make a journey through time. Starting with the first known ancestor Beaugeois in 1684 to the present.

 

In short a journey through time......... From the town Hesdin France to the Netherlands and further spread across the world.