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The origins of the name
The Guillard family name, like many French patronymics, is
derived from the name of a person of German origins,
Willihard (from "will" and "hard" or "strong").
There are 11,600 people who bear this name in France today,
primarily in the West but also in the Lyon region.
The Guillards in the Loire Valley
This region has 880 or 7.7 % of the Guillards in France. The
department having the greatest number is Vienne (71
families) followed by Indre-et-Loire (50), Loir-et-Cher
(40), Maine-et-Loire (26), Indre (24), Cher (23) and
Deux-Sèvres (17).
A heretical bishop
Louis Guillard (1490-1565) was the bishop of Tournais,
Chartres, Chalon-sur-Saône and then of Senlis. His
nephew, Charles Guillard, (1529-1573) who was named bishop
of Chartres in 1553, was at first criticized for his
benevolent neutrality toward the Protestants. He was
finally declared a heretic and removed in 1566 for having
joined the Reformation movement.
An interest in writing
Several Guillards turned toward writing: Gaspard Guillard de
Beaurieu (1728-1795), author of works for children and young
adults, Nicolas-François Guillard (1752-1814),
another dramatic author originally from Chartres...
Revolutionaries and conspirators
The military officer Théophile Guillard de Kersauzie
(1798-1874) stirred his regiment to action and in 1830, went
to Paris hoping to contribute to the birth of the Republic.
Disappointed, he resigned but was, nonetheless, arrested and
discharged several times. He was pardoned in 1837 but was
again sentenced to deportation as a conspirator in
1849. He was already a refugee in Belgium at this time.
He had offered the sword of honor of his great-uncle, La
Tour d'Auvergne, to Garibaldi.
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Number of households bearing this name
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more than 250
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from 10 to 100
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from 100 to 250
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less than 10
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Well-known mathematics
professors
Nicolas-Antoine Guillard (1760-1820) was a
professor of mathematics at the school
Prytanée (Louis-le-Grand) then later at the
university until 1816. His son, also a professor at
Louis-le-Grand, had resounding wrangles with the
board of public education.
The Guillards in history
Jérôme Guillard (1763-1808) - public
prosecutor of the Eure-et-Loir region during the
Revolution, then delegate to the "Council of Five
Hundred",
Jean-Paul-Achille Guillard, (1799-1876) - the Lyon
area botonist,
Alfred Guillard (1810-1880) - painter and drawing
teacher and later curator of the museum of
Caen...
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