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du PREL surname is a place / location name of French
origin. To explain the meaning of the Duprel surname, you must first understand
that "du" and "Prel" are two separate words. The "du" simply means
"of the" or "from the" sometimes the "du" is attached to
the name "Duprel" other times it is separated "du Prel".
Sometimes the "de" or "du" (from the) is an indication that a family was nobility.
Maximilien baron du Prel the II, made a study of the family name in 1890.
He summarized the following as being the origin of the name "PREL" Maximilien did
not personally believe that the latinification of "PRATO" is correct.
The latin word "PRATO" has become "PRE". "Pre" is the French word for "meadow".
Maximilien summarized that "PREL" comes from the latin word "PRIL" a word describing a
small clearing emerging to the edge or a low meadow. During the 6th and 7th century the
Burgundians who lived in the region came from the island of Burgundy. There are several
examples of these Burgundians names in the area around Grandvaux, France where the PRELs
lived. he name du PREL / DUPREL originally came from the ancient province of
Franche-Comte (which means "free county"). These du Prels' received their first
title and glory as Warlords. They hired peasants for their armies, they would then in
turn rent these armies to various Princes and Kings These armies saved Charles the fifth
(Charles Quint) from insurrection and liberated the Swiss town of Fribourg, where still
today all du Prel descendants are Honorary Citizens (Bourgeois de Fribourg), and
are entilted to "The Marquis Crown" which is displayed on the top of the family crest.
The Marquis Crown has 11 branches / points, the crown supports an eagle of gold, in the
eagle's beak there is a gold star. The caption under the Crest "Jamais ne m'adviendra"
is French for "I shall never leave the right way". here are two known lines of du PREL / DUPREL who resided in Luxembourg in the
1700s. The first line resided in Erpeldange, Diekirch, Luxembourg and are descended from
the Franch-Comte line of du Prel. They are first mentioned in the baptismal record of
Carolus Antonus Duprell / du Prel (1692) Carolus is the son of Gerard baron
du Prel and Marie Madeleine baroness de FAILLY. The Erpeldange line of du Prel divided in
1770 with Jean-Baptiste du Prel (born 1747) A grandson of Gerard du Prel moving to
Bavaria (see the German line of du Prel below). The last member of the Erpeldange line of
du Prel / Duprel to leave Erpeldange was Pierre Louis Adolphe baron du Prel. He moved to
Dieuze, France in 1843 he married Theresa Charlotte Le BEGUE de Banecourt on 9 Apr 1828 at
Nancy, France. Present day descendants of the Erpeldange line of Duprel write their
name as du PREL
he second Luxembourg line of du PREL / DUPREL resided in Septfontaines.
They are first mentioned in the baptismal record of Jean-Baptiste du Prel (1 Jun 1767).
Jean-Baptiste is the son of Jean du Prel and Catherine Weiler The Duprels' living in
present day Luxembourg (Nov 1998) are descended from Jean Baptiste. A branch from this
family tree, Andre Duprel a great grandson of Jean Baptiste, emigrated to North America
in 1901, settling in Sturgis, South Dakota. Present day descendants of Jean-Baptiste
(born 1767) write their surname as DUPREL.5 generations of Jean-Baptiste Duprel (1767) descendants here are two German lines of
du PREL / DUPREL. The first line is descended from Jean-Baptiste baron du Prel born 1747 at Erpeldange,
Luxembourg. Jean-Baptiste moved to Bavaria in 1770, he married 1st the comtesse Johanna
de BUTLER-CLONEBOUGH she died 6 Nov 1779. He married 2nd Marie Therese von SCHMAUSS she
died 14 may 1789, they have 1 child Maria Magdalena du Prel who married Carl Ernst GRIESSENBECK von GRIESSENBACH. Jean Baptiste married 3rd Marie Anne baroness de WICHS they have 4 children.
Jean Baptiste died 1805 at Amberg, he was Chambellan of Elector, Councilor of Aulique,
Lord of Pilsach, Stein, and Weiher, etc. 11 generations/descendants of Franche-Comte du Prels he second line of du PRELL / DUPRELL resided in
Kirchhoven, Rheinland, Germany, they are first mentioned in baptismal record for Laurentius
du Prell (16 Nov 1735). Laurentius is the son of Nicolay du Prell and Anna PHILIPPEN (more
information on this line in the Duprel UC section) Nicolay and Anna have 2 children:1. Laurentius du Prell baptized 16 Nov 1735 2. Anna Magdaline du Prell baptized 26 Jul 1734. he Belgium line/branch of the
DUPREL family tree
resided in Menen, Belgium. The first record I found was for Melanie Sophie
Duprel born 8 Nov 1808. Melanine is the daughter of Eduard Francois Duprel. Eduard was
born about 1780 in the French Department of Pas-de-Calais, He married Victorie SAINT VEHAUT
they have 3 children: 1. Eduard Joseph Duprel born 2 Oct 1806, Eduard married Amelie Sohie SIX they have 9 children 2. Melaine Sophie Duprel (mentioned above) 3. Sophie Duprel born 27 Jan 1811. All known Belgium Duprels are descended from Eduard. Present day descendants of Eduard Francois Duprel write their name as DUPREL 6 generations of Eduard Duprel (ca 1780) descendants he second line of DUPREL, mention in the early French
records resided in the department of Haute-Saone. They are first mentioned in the marriage
record of Jean Baptiste Duprel and Maria Elisabeth QUIQUOEN on 20 Jan 1784, at Fallon.
This is the first record that I have found for the Haute-Saone Duprel line. On this record
it list Jean Baptiste Duprel parents as being Pierre Duprel and Jeanne JOBERT of Fallon.
I have found several births, marriages and death records for this line of Duprels they are
from the early 1700s to the mid 1800s. here are 2 known Du PREL / DUPREL families in England
.
1st: Charles DUPREL who resided at St. Botolph, London. Charles's son Emanuell was christened on 21 Apr 1588. 2nd: Jacques Du PREL husband of Marie Le PERS. Jacques and Marie resided at Threadneedle Street, London, their son Philipe was christened on 10 Dec 1682.
The sons of the later, Pierre du Prel (ca. 1501) Lord of Arloz procured
confirmation of Nobility and Decoration of arms by Emperor Charles Quint in 1531 for
services rendered during the war with Hungary and Germany. The great grandson of Pierre;
Antoine du Prel d'Arloz, superintendant in the Spanish service was made baron in 1651,
by King Philippe IV of Spain and General of the armies in the League of Catholic cantons
of the Swiss (1656). He was given equally the responsibility of governor for the cities
and castles of Blitterans and Arloz in Franche-Comte, by the Princes of Orange, heirs of
Chalon. Antoine received his concession of title "Chevalier" (knight) in 1659. He is the
originator of two lines.
1st: Claude du Prel baron de Chapois, Claude married Antoinette de Vers of Vaudrey. This line disapeared in 1770 with Charles Marie Joseph Humbert du Prel Knight of Malte, Colonel of the Enghien regiment, governor of the Castle in Joux and Pontartier. Charles was the last male member of this line. 2nd: Gerard du Prel brother to Claude quit the Spanish service after the peace at Nimeque in 1678 and took service in the French King's Musketers. Gerard married Marie-Madeline de Failly baroness of Sancy in 1691 at Erpeldange, Luxembourg, where she was known as the lady of Erpeldange. Gerard died at Erpeldange in 1733 with the rank of Lt. General in the service of France. (see Luxembourg section) Descendants of Gerard baron du Prel de Chapois reside in the countries of Germany, Belgium, Tahiti, and the USA (2001). The coat of arms displayed on this page belongs to this line of du Prel.
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