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The Geoffroy family (also written Geffroy, Geoffroi or Jaffrez in breton) is a family of french nobility originated from Bretagne. The house was founded by Hervé Geoffroy, knighted in 1432 by John V Duke of Brittany,. The family was maintained in its nobility during the nobility reformation initiated by Louis XIV in 1670.

Lands
The Geoffroy family possessed, in Bretagne, the lands of Rocheglas (Roc'hglas) and Coëtquelven in the parish of Plougourvest, Crec'hanpuncze in the parish of Plouvorn, Villeneuve (Kernevez in breton) in the parish of Plouigneau, as well as Kermarquer, Roche, Courtillo, Rolas and Kervas. ,

According to Louis de Magny, the family moved from mainland France to Mauritius around 1750 in the person of Jacques-Marie-Vincent Geffroy, son of Joseph-Marie Geffroy and Marie Marguerite Joséphine Frogeray de Saint-Mandé, accompanied by his wife, Marie Reine Astérie Joséphine Le Père de La Butte, daughter of Louis-Maurice-Édouard Le Père de La Butte and Marie-Reine-Perrine Estoupan de Laval.

Coat of arms
L'armorial de la France, created by Louis de Magny, indicates the following : « In 1696 noble Robert Hyacinthe Geffroy, Lord of Courtillo and Rolas, and noble René Geoffroy, Esquire, Lord of Villeneuve, registered their arms to the Armorial général du Roi [...] Or, a pine tree Vert upon a terrace in a base likewise, a swan Argent at its root. » . The Armorial général du Roi, established by Charles-René d'Hozier, does not mention any « terrace ». .

The Armorial général de France also mentions a different achievement of arms, granted to Joachim Geffroi, sieur of Lesteno, in 1696 : Vert, a tower Or.


 * Motto : Amat nemus et fugit urbes.

Notable alliances
Families : de la Tullaye, de Guernisac, Le Père de la Butte, Frogerays de Saint-Mandé, Jean de Lacoudraye Rousles de Châteauneuf, Koenig, de May, de Quintin.