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Registered: The
International Register
of Arms, 20th August
2019. Registration No.
0508 (Vol.3).
Arms:
Per chevron Gules and
Or, in base a bull’s
head caboshed Sable and
in chief a fleur-de-lis
Or between two swords
erect bladed Argent,
hilted and pommeled Or;
the whole within a
bordure Azure charged
with eight fleurs-de-lis
Or.
Crest:
Issuant
from a castle Argent a
demi-bull rampant
guardant Sable pendent
from the dexter hoof
scales of justice Or.
Motto:
Educatio Libertatem
(Latin: Education is
Freedom).
Badge:
Pendant from a chain of
two links Or, on an
annulet Vert a Maltese
cross Or surmounted by a
hurt within a bordure
Gules charged of a cross
of eight points Or
itself charged of a
heart Gules.
Assumed:
United States of
America, 15th August
2019
Arms
devised by The Armorial
Register
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The
fleur-de-lis on
the shield
signifies the
French origins
of the armiger,
his family
branch the
Botreau-Roussel-Bonneterre
from the French
West Indies,
their membership
of minor French
nobility, and
Detroit,
Michigan the
city of the
armiger’s birth.
The face of the
bull on the
shield signifies
his family roots
from the
Caribbean, State
of Texas, and
the zodiac sign
for the birth of
his father. The
two swords
represent four
centuries of
military, law
enforcement and
government
service on the
paternal and
maternal sides
of the armiger’s
family. The
colour Azure
represents history
of service to
the
Kingdom of
France.
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Or
and Gules
represents
ancestry from
Spain and Africa
(Imamate of Futa
Jallon) now
modern Republic
of Guinea.
The
armiger was born
in Detroit,
Michigan USA and
graduated from
General H. H.
Arnold High
School in
Wiesbaden, West
Germany in 1989.
He spent most of
his youth
growing up in a
military family
living abroad in
Central America
(Panama), and
Europe
(Germany). The
armiger has
worked for IBM,
Multilayer
Technologies
(MULTEK), and
Raytheon Systems
Company (Defence
Contract
Section) in
Austin, Texas
prior to a long
career in
criminal
justice. He has
spent over 19
years in the
criminal justice
field as a Texas
State Government
employee and
holds a
commission as a
Notary Public
since 2014. The
armiger is a
graduate of the
Texas Department
of Public Safety
Recruit School
Training Academy
(Class A-04).
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He
has received
several awards
in his career
including the
Texas Department
of Public Safety
Director
Citation for
Heroism in the
Line of Duty,
and the Texas
Department of
Criminal Justice
Governor
Recognition
Award for
Valuable Public
Servants in the
State of Texas.
Education:
B.A. History and
Government from
Huston-Tillotson
College (1996),
and M.S. in
Administration
of Justice and
Security from
the University
of Phoenix
(2008).
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Societies:
Member of Phi
Beta Sigma
Fraternity, Inc.
- Theta Chapter
(1992), Member
of the National
Criminal Justice
Honor Society -
Alpha Phi Sigma
- Eta Theta
Chapter (2010),
Member of the
Travis County
Archeological
Society -
Austin, Texas,
Member of the
S.A.S. Chateau
de l'Ebaupinay
(2018) - the
armiger is a
co-chatelain
(co-owner) de
Château de
l'Ébaupinay
(Fortified
feudal castle
from the late
14th / early
15th centuries
located in Le
Breuil-sous-Argenton,
commune
d'Argentonnay,
in the French
Department of
Deux-Sevres, and
the Region of
Nouvelle-Aquitaine,
France), and
Member of The
American
Heraldry
Society.
Honours: Knight
(Chevalier)
Grand Officer in
the Imperial
Order of the
Dragon of Annam
- Awarded in
2015.
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Ancestry
of the Armiger
1.Guy
Botreau (Father)
(1635-1704)
French Royal
Notary of
Marie-Galante,
Guadeloupe
appointed in
1678 by Charles
de La
Roche-Courbon,
comte de Blenac
,
Governor-General
of the French
West Indies
& Marguerite
d'Auvergne (b.
1637)
2.Guy Botreau
(Son)
(1668-1756)
French Military
Officer / Royal
Engineer of the
King & dame
Elisabeth
Roussel de
Gissey de la
Barrière
(1676-1750)
3.Paul
Botreau-Roussel,
marquis de
Roussel (Brevet
Title), sieur or
seigneur de
Saint-Louis
(1716-1784)
Captain in
French Militia
1767 / Superior
(High) Council
Member of
Guadeloupe in
1779 / Swore
oath of fealty
as a vassal to
the King of
France Louis XV
after purchase
of le fief de
Saint-Louis in
Marie-Galante,
Guadeloupe on
January 19, 1770
from the family
of the Marquis
de Boisseret
& dame
Catherine
Radigonde
Lacave-Guesnon
(1736-1762)
4.Marie Joseph
Botreau-Roussel-Bonneterre,
seigneur de
Mayombe
(1758-1801)
Lieutenant 1779
and Aide-Major
1783 in French
Militia / Owner
of Habitation
(Estate) Mayombe
/ Municipal
Officer to
Marie-Galante,
Guadeloupe 1793
/ City
Commissioner of
Vieux-Fort (Old
Town / Old
Fort),
Guadeloupe 1794
& dame
Jeanne Claudine
Germaine
Vavon-Duplessis
(1760-1810)
5.Louis Joseph
Botreau-Roussel-Bonneterre,
co-seigneur de
Mayombe
(1780-1817)
& dame
Claudine Marie
Marguerite
Partarrieu
(1778-1871)
6.Joseph
Botreau-Roussel-Bonneterre
(1808-1881)
Deputy Mayor of
Grand Bourg de
Marie-Galante,
Guadeloupe &
Anna (Anne)
Victoire
Josephine Raby
(1813-1889)
7.Pierre Adhemar
Botreau-Roussel-Bonneterre
(1837-1871)
& Marie
Louise Leontine
Charlotte
Walther
(1844-1890)
8.Marie Henri
Alfred
Botreau-Roussel-Bonneterre
(b. 1866) French
Army (Medical
Division) &
Marie Elisabeth
Pagesy
(1861-1904)
9.Daniel
Francois
Botreau-Roussel-Bonneterre
(1888-1967)
& Ana Luisa
Martinez
(1899-1978)
10.Daniel
Roussel-Martinez
(1916-2010) IBM
Accountant &
Maria Teresa
Cartagena de
Castillo
(1919-1956)
11.Daniel
Roussel-Cartagena.
United States
Army - Master
Sergeant in the
1st Cavalry
Division &
Beverly Ann
Kindles.
12.Husain Hanif
Roussel.
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