The Cheynet de Beaupré case

Timeline of the case

292 events · 1698–2026 · Updated: 7 September 2026

292 events, from 1698 to September 2026. Events with no known date are grouped at the end of the timeline; uncertain dates and facts remain flagged in the titles.

For the alleged additions of 1985–1986, “non-existent until proven otherwise” expresses the association’s position on the petitions and “decisions” that have never been produced. Their location is unknown.

See also Rejected petitions in Lyon and alleged corrections.

1698–1779 · Early records and claimed genealogies

  1. 4 May 1698Marriage contract of Anthoine CHEYNER and Thoinette CHEYNER
  2. 28 May 1698Parish marriage of Antoine CHAINET and Antoinette CHAINET (reported)
  3. 20 March 1706Birth of Étienne CHAYNET, as recorded in the baptismal entry
  4. 21 March 1706Baptism of Étienne CHAYNET in Rochemaure (reported)
  5. 25 January 1734Parish marriage of Antoine Cheynet and Marguerite Garnier (to be confirmed)
  6. 25 January 1734Claimed version — alleged marriage of “Scipion Antoine Cheynet de Beaupré” and “Marguerite de Garnier de Chanron”
  7. 6 February 1739Working lineage — birth of Antoine Cheynet, the direct ancestor distinguished from his July 1739 namesake (to be confirmed)
  8. 28 July 1739Birth of an Antoine Cheynet from a collateral branch (to be confirmed)
  9. 28 July 1739Claimed version — alleged birth of “Jean Antoine Cheynet de Beaupré”
  10. 21 April 1761Claimed version — alleged marriage of “Jean Antoine Cheynet de Beaupré” and “Marie Anne Elisabeth Adélaïde Victoire de Guilhon d’Ajoux”
  11. 23 April 1761Parish marriage of Antoine Cheynet and Marianne Guilhon (to be confirmed)
  12. 14 July 1762Municipal copy from 1982 — alleged baptism of Honoré Cheynet de Beaupré
  13. 15 February 1765Municipal copy from 1982 — alleged burial of Honoré Cheynet de Beaupré
  14. 10 October 1765Claimed municipal copy — alleged death and burial of “Scipion Antoine Cheynet de l’Eschaudun”
  15. 18 December 1765Baptism under the given name Antoine in the Rochemaure register
  16. 29 December 1765Last baptism of the year: Marie-Joseph
  17. 29 December 1765, claimed dateBaptism invoked in the second petition of 1982
  18. 1 June 1768Municipal copy from 1982 — alleged birth and baptism of Étienne-Marie Cheynet de Beaupré
  19. 12 November 1772Municipal copy from 1982 — alleged birth and baptism of Marie-Anne-Catherine Cheynet de Beaupré
  20. 2 September 1779Municipal copy from 1982 — alleged birth of Pierre-Marie Cheynet de Beaupré

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1780–1938 · Civil records, careers and heritage

  1. 26 June 1780Municipal copy from 1982 — alleged burial of Pierre-Marie Cheynet de Beaupré
  2. 30 March 1786Municipal copy from 1982 — alleged burial of Marie-Anne-Catherine Cheynet de Beaupré
  3. 1 December 1789Municipal copy from 1982 — alleged presence of Pierre-Marie-Honoré-Antoine Cheynet de Beaupré as a wedding witness
  4. 2 March 1792Municipal copy from 1982 — Antoine Cheynet de Beaupré named as an alleged baptismal godfather
  5. 17 November 1795Marriage of Antoine Cheynet
  6. 6 August 1799Birth of Marianne Cheynet
  7. 18 March 1802Birth of Antoine Cheynet
  8. 7 October 1802Death of Antoine Cheynet
  9. 3 August 1806Birth of Jean Antoine Cheynet
  10. 22 July 1814Birth of Jean André Cheynet
  11. 31 December 1816Claimed version — alleged birth of “Jean André Marie Honoré Cheynet de Beaupré”
  12. 1 November 1817Birth of Joseph Cheynet
  13. 11 November 1824 at 10:30Birth of Étienne Albert Amaudric du Chaffaut
  14. 12 November 1824 at 15:00Declaration and recording of Étienne Albert Amaudric du Chaffaut’s birth, entry no. 143
  15. 7 January 1828Marriage of Jean Antoine Cheynet
  16. 10 May 1831Birth of Pierre Alfred Auguste GRARD in Préaux (to be confirmed)
  17. 1 March 1836Death of Antoine Cheynet
  18. 9 January 1838Marriage of Jean André Cheynet
  19. 20 October 1838Birth of Jean Denis Cheynet
  20. 1839–1840Claimed version — alleged chronology of Jean-Denis “Cheynet de Beaupré”
  21. 18 October 1839Death of Jean Denis Cheynet
  22. 3 February 1840Birth of Marie Magdelaine Cheynet
  23. 24 November 1840Marriage of Joseph Cheynet
  24. 28 June 1841Birth of Jean Louis Cheynet
  25. 9 July 1842Death of Jean Louis Cheynet
  26. 4 April 1843Birth of Jean Eugène Cheynet
  27. 10 October 1845Declared on 11 October — birth of Constantin Félicien CHEYNET at Les Faysses, Rochemaure
  28. 28 January 1849Birth of Étienne Doris Cheynet
  29. 5 August 1851Death of Étienne Doris Cheynet
  30. 8 August 1852Birth of Eugénie Eulalie Cheynet
  31. 3 July 1855Marriage of Pierre Alfred Auguste GRARD/GUERARD and Julie Flore Dumont (to be confirmed)
  32. Before the end of 1863The Luciline refinery begins operating
  33. 10 June 1863Official application to establish the Luciline refinery in Rouen
  34. 7 July 1863The mayor of Rouen supports the Luciline refinery project
  35. 10 September 1863Favourable report by the mining engineer on the Luciline project
  36. 3 December 1863Gustave Flaubert names an Alfred Guérard among those attending a reading of “Le Château des cœurs” (to be confirmed)
  37. 27 May 1866Paternal consent to Étienne Albert Amaudric du Chaffaut’s marriage (reported)
  38. 5 June 1866Marriage contract of Étienne Albert Amaudric du Chaffaut and Marie Henriette Élisabeth d’Hilaire de Jovyac
  39. 6 June 1866 at 21:00Civil marriage of Étienne Albert Amaudric du Chaffaut and Marie Henriette Élisabeth d’Hilaire de Jovyac
  40. 7 June 1866Religious marriage of Étienne Albert Amaudric du Chaffaut and Marie Henriette Élisabeth d’Hilaire de Jovyac
  41. 20 July 1870Until 20 June 1871 — Constantin Félicien Cheynet’s campaign against Germany
  42. 14 December 1871Marriage of Jean Eugène Cheynet and Marie Euphrasie Delhoste
  43. 29 August 1872Birth of Antoinette Jeanne Rivat at 11:00
  44. 30 August 1872Antoinette Jeanne Rivat’s birth record no. 800 is received at 10:00
  45. 21 January 1875Death of Marianne Cheynet — archive page reported torn out
  46. 1876Alexandre Deutsch de la Meurthe purchases the Luciline refinery
  47. 2 December 1876Death of Jean Antoine Cheynet
  48. 12 July 1877Marriage of Constantin Félicien Cheynet and Marie Alexandrine Ferrier
  49. 24 October 1877Marriage of Eugénie Eulalie Cheynet
  50. 1878Publication of Albin Mazon’s description of Rochemaure (to be confirmed)
  51. 28 April 1879Death of Eugénie Eulalie Cheynet, married name Delhoste
  52. 11 November 1879 at 05:00Death of Étienne Albert Amaudric du Chaffaut
  53. 14 November 1879Funeral and burial of Étienne Albert Amaudric du Chaffaut
  54. 28 January 1881Death of Joseph Cheynet
  55. 19 March 1881Remarriage of Constantin Félicien Cheynet to Marie Henriette Louise Vinson
  56. 1 August 1884Secondary reference — Jean Cheynet’s will received by notary Lèbre; original record still to be checked
  57. 29 October 1888 at 21:00Birth of Marie Louis Marc Cheynet in Angoulême
  58. 4 March 1889Registered on 8 March — Rochemaure grants Jean Cheynet a perpetual burial concession
  59. 23 May 1889Baptism of Marie Louis Marc Cheynet at Notre-Dame in Valence
  60. 26 November 1889Death of Pierre Alfred Auguste Guérard in Rouen (to be confirmed)
  61. 11 July 1891Constantin Félicien Cheynet is appointed a Knight of the Legion of Honour
  62. 14 July 1891Formal admission of Constantin Cheynet to the Legion of Honour and presentation of the insignia
  63. 1895 intakeA “Théodore CHEYNET” appears in the 1895 intake of pharmacy residents at Lyon hospitals
  64. 26 June 1896Alleged London marriage of Jean Eugène “Cheynet de Beaupré” and the Vicomtesse du Chaffaut
  65. 5 December 1896Civil marriage of Octave Honoré Guérard and Antoinette Jeanne Rivat — record no. 933
  66. 9 March 1897Constantin Cheynet is promoted to chef d’escadron and appointed major of the 6th Artillery Regiment
  67. 8 March 1899Reported declaration — Jean André Cheynet’s estate declaration; reference 3 Q 6201 reported (to be confirmed)
  68. 11 May 1899 at 10:00Birth of Louise Gabrielle Augustine Guérard
  69. 12 May 1899 at 23:00Receipt of Louise Guérard’s birth record no. 398
  70. 21 November 1899Constantin Cheynet leaves his post as major to command a group of batteries
  71. 1900Constantin Cheynet’s military file contains a reference to studies at Eton College
  72. 10 October 1901Constantin Félicien Cheynet is removed from the active rolls and retired
  73. 22 November 1901Retirement and pension decree for Constantin Félicien Cheynet
  74. 12 June 1902Birth date of Charles Pustianaz given in an official prisoner-of-war list (to be confirmed)
  75. 1 September 1902Departure announced on 24 September — Constantin Cheynet announces his move from Valence to Lyon and requests transfer of his Legion of Honour allowance
  76. 12 April 1904Alleged papal brief granting Constantin Cheynet the title of count
  77. 20 May 1904Published description — Le Progrès presents Constantin Cheynet as Rochemaure’s outgoing deputy mayor (to be confirmed)
  78. 16 April 1907Death at Jovyac of Marie-Henriette-Élisabeth, publicly known as the Vicomtesse du Chaffaut
  79. 20 April 1907Le Journal de Montélimar publishes an obituary of the Vicomtesse du Chaffaut
  80. 3 July 1907Birth of Josephus Henricus PUSTIANAZ (to be confirmed)
  81. 7 July 1907Baptism of Josephus Henricus PUSTIANAZ (to be confirmed)
  82. 11 October 1907Inheritance declaration no. 266 for Marie Henriette Élisabeth d’Hilaire de Jovyac recorded in the TSA index
  83. May 1912, after the 5th12 May is only an inferred date — Le Journal de Montélimar reports Constantin Cheynet’s selection as mayor of Rochemaure
  84. 19 May 1912Robert Jean is elected mayor of Cruas and Jules Pourchaire deputy mayor
  85. 19 May 1912Rochemaure’s municipal council elects Cheynet Constantin mayor and Bonnet Léon deputy mayor
  86. 14 December 1914Death in Meysse of Frédéric Hector Cheynet, born in Meysse (to be confirmed)
  87. 7 November 1917Death of Jean Eugène Cheynet in Bessèges
  88. 17 November 1917Registration of a “Testament A. C.” by Jean Eugène Cheynet, folio 64, box 3
  89. 3 January 1918, no. 71Annotation in Jean Eugène Cheynet’s TSA entry: “See [the notice?] of 3 January 1918, no. 71”
  90. 8 January 1918Perpetual burial concession of 2 m² in Meysse’s municipal cemetery in Claire Cheynet’s name
  91. 8 January 1918Notarial certificate concerning Frédéric Hector Cheynet and his three daughters, identified as his sole heirs
  92. 11 January 1920Sinking of the liner L’Afrique off Rochebonne
  93. 11 January 1920Alleged death of Jean Eugène “vicomte de Beaupré” in the sinking of L’Afrique
  94. By 21 March 1920A contemporary publication lists Eugène Marion as mayor of Rochemaure and Louis Gros as deputy mayor (to be confirmed)
  95. 17 April 1920Outdated designation published — A jury list repeats Constantin Cheynet’s former title as mayor of Rochemaure
  96. 29 November 1921Death of Constantin Félicien Cheynet in Lyon
  97. 2 September 1922Reburial of Jean Eugène Cheynet in Rochemaure following a religious service (to be confirmed)
  98. 25 May 1929Bouthier Arsène is elected mayor of Meysse
  99. 3 December 1931Declared marriage contract of Marie Louis Marc Cheynet and Louise Gabrielle Augustine Guérard
  100. 5 December 1931 at 10:30Civil marriage of Marie Louis Marc Cheynet and Louise Gabrielle Augustine Guérard
  101. 8 December 1931Religious marriage of Marie Louis Marc Cheynet and Louise Gabrielle Augustine Guérard
  102. 2 April 1932Marriage annotation added to Louise Guérard’s birth record
  103. 9 March 1934Birth and acknowledgment of parentage of Marie Angèle PUSTIANAZ in Ajaccio
  104. 16 June 1936Reported marriage of Geneviève Ziulu/Siolo to François Vero (to be confirmed)
  105. 8 September 1938Reported death of Geneviève Marie Siolo/Ziulu in Toulon (to be confirmed)

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1939–1978 · Families, restoration and protection of the chapel

  1. 1940 (exact date to be established)Reported marriage of Giuseppe Pustianaz and Dorotea “Dora” Samsa in Trieste (to be confirmed)
  2. 11 April 1954Arrival in Australia of Giuseppe Pustianaz, Dorotea Samsa and Sonia Pustianaz (to be confirmed)
  3. 1957Start of modern restoration campaigns at Notre-Dame-des-Anges (to be confirmed)
  4. 25 February 1958Broadcast of “Rochemaure, gardienne du Rhône”
  5. 3 November 1960Australian naturalisations of Giuseppe, Dora and Sonia PUSTIANAZ
  6. 17 June 196520 July 1965 — Interior works at Notre-Dame-des-Anges: oral permission to remove a tomb railing on condition of replacement; work reported underway (to be confirmed)
  7. 6 July 1965The preservation society requests the key to the small chapel containing the Joviac tomb to repair cracks, walls and railing (to be confirmed)
  8. 21 July 196524 July 1965 — The Saint-Alire correspondents arrange the handover of the key and ask the town hall about the Jovyac vault and a family burial concession (to be confirmed)
  9. 7 November 1965Gathering and ceremony at Notre-Dame-des-Anges after major interior restoration (to be confirmed)
  10. 17 November 1965Broadcast of the ORTF report on Notre-Dame-des-Anges
  11. 1968MPP photographs show the side chapels opening onto the nave at Notre-Dame-des-Anges
  12. 10 April 1969General meeting to revive the Syndicat d’initiative et Amis du Vieux Rochemaure (to be confirmed)
  13. 12 April 1969Information meeting for traders on reviving tourism and heritage in Rochemaure (to be confirmed)
  14. 27 October 1971Notre-Dame-des-Anges chapel is listed as a historic monument
  15. 1 March 1975Death of Marie Louis Marc Cheynet in Lyon

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1979–1984 · Preparation and rejection of the petitions

  1. 1981According to testimony reported in 2022 — Court testimony dates an application for a Bottin entry under Cheynet de Beaupré to 1981
  2. 22 February 1982Objection to the name amendment sent to the Lyon prosecutor
  3. 15 April 1982Lyon: first petition to correct civil registration records, REJECTED on 2 June 1982
  4. 18 April 1982Formal objection sent to the Lyon prosecutor after the first petition
  5. 2 June 1982Lyon: REJECTION of the first petition to correct civil registration records
  6. 28 June 1982Lyon: second petition to correct civil registration records, REJECTED on 24 November 1982
  7. 8 October 1982Further objection sent to the Lyon prosecutor (reported)
  8. 14 October 1982The prosecutor’s office intervenes in the second Lyon proceeding
  9. 24 November 1982Lyon: REJECTION of the second petition to correct civil registration records
  10. 4 December 1982Rochemaure town hall certifies at least eleven transcriptions used in the genealogical file as true copies
  11. 1983 editionFirst reported printed appearance of “Cheynet de Beaupré” in the Bottin mondain
  12. 1983According to testimony reported in 2022 — Court testimony dates an initiative concerning a papal count’s title to 1983
  13. 19 April 1983Autograph letter to Henri Tribout de Morembert, held at the BnF
  14. 13 December 1983Death of Giuseppe PUSTIANAZ in Parkville, Victoria
  15. 17 April 1984Lyon: third petition to correct civil registration records, REJECTED on 12 September 1984
  16. 22 June 1984Lyon: the prosecutor’s office calls for REJECTION of the third petition to correct civil registration records
  17. 12 September 1984Lyon: REJECTION of the third petition to correct civil registration records; referral to proceedings on the merits

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1985–1986 · Corrections and challenges

  1. 8 March 1985, alleged dateLocation unknown: alleged correction; petition and “decision” non-existent until proven otherwise
  2. 15 March 1985Municipal copy — Marginal entry PUSTIANAZ VON PRIEL added to the municipal copy in Ajaccio
  3. 28 March 1985Court registry copy — Marginal entry PUSTIANAZ VON PRIEL added to the court registry copy in Ajaccio
  4. 5 November 1985, alleged dateLocation unknown: alleged correction; petition and “decision” non-existent until proven otherwise
  5. 19 March 1986, alleged dateLocation unknown: correction invoked in a table; petition and “decision” non-existent until proven otherwise
  6. 26 March 1986, alleged dateLocation unknown: corrections invoked in annotations; petitions and “decisions” non-existent until proven otherwise
  7. 8 April 1986“CHEYNET de BEAUPRÉ” annotation added to Marie Louis Marc’s death record
  8. 28 April 1986“CHEYNET de BEAUPRÉ” annotation added to Marie Louis Marc’s marriage record
  9. 2 October 1986The Privas prosecutor’s office replies about a correction already entered in the records
  10. 10 October 1986Corrections challenged before the Privas and Lyon prosecutors’ offices
  11. 16 October 1986Objection sent to the Privas and Angoulême prosecutors’ offices
  12. 24 October 1986Request to restore the surname sent to the Privas prosecutor’s office
  13. 26 November 1986Confirmation of an objection to the Lyon prosecutor
  14. 2 December 1986Eton College states that Constantin Cheynet was never a pupil at Eton
  15. 12 December 1986Negative response from the Vatican Archives concerning the alleged papal brief of 1904

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1987–1988 · Chapel, agreement and restoration of the surname

  1. 2 January 1987Application for works in the Saint-Jean-Baptiste chapel sent to Rochemaure town hall (to be confirmed)
  2. 20 January 1987E. During forwards the application and four photographs to the AOA curator, expressing reservations
  3. 12 February 1987Dominique Dupraz issues an unfavourable opinion on the proposed funerary alterations at Notre-Dame-des-Anges
  4. 19 February 1987Rochemaure town hall refuses the application of 2 January 1987
  5. 20 March 1987Further referral to the prosecutor after the amendment of a death record
  6. 15 April 1987Request to Rochemaure town hall for permission to carry out works on a slab at Notre-Dame-des-Anges
  7. 30 April 1987Rochemaure town hall forwards the works application to the Architecte des Bâtiments de France
  8. 6 May 1987E. During issues a wholly unfavourable opinion on the new works proposal
  9. 26 May 1987E. During conditionally accepts the installation of a facsimile in the chapel
  10. 26 May 1987Telephone exchanges about replacing a slab at Notre-Dame-des-Anges
  11. 2 June 1987The town hall forwards the heritage architect’s written opinion on replacing a slab to the applicant
  12. 13 June 1987Date announced by the town hall for the start of guided tours of Notre-Dame-des-Anges
  13. 17 June 1987Lawyer Rieussec sends a draft petition
  14. 30 July 1987Several furnishings at Notre-Dame-des-Anges are listed as protected historic objects
  15. 17 and 20 November 1987Documented agreement to restore CHEYNET in two civil registration records
  16. 1 December 1987, cited dateLyon: date cited for the restoration of the surname CHEYNET
  17. 12 December 1987Lyon: restoration of CHEYNET on the death record, date reported in a table
  18. 15 December 1987Lyon: restoration of CHEYNET on the marriage record
  19. 28 January 1988Lawyer Rieussec confirms the restoration of CHEYNET on the marriage and death records
  20. 8 February 1988Lawyer Rieussec considers the matter definitively closed
  21. 16 May 1988The Archdiocese of Lyon issues a certificate of the 1931 religious marriage under CHEYNET de BEAUPRÉ

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1989–2010 · Publications, use of the name and related files

  1. 9 June 1989Admission of the Cheynet de Beaupré family to the ANF (to be confirmed)
  2. December 1990“Cheynet de Beaupré” entry in État présent de la noblesse française subsistante, volume XVIII (to be confirmed)
  3. 4 February 1991Rochemaure town hall notes that 21 of the 22 death records from 1907 are missing
  4. 12 March 1991Received at the town hall on 15 March — The Privas prosecutor reports that death records nos. 10 and 11 of 1907 are missing from the court registry’s register
  5. July 1992Publication of the first edition of “Joviac, le château, la famille” (to be confirmed)
  6. July 1994Expanded edition of “Joviac, le château, la famille” (to be confirmed)
  7. 2007“Cheynet de Beaupré” entry in the 2007 edition of Valette (to be confirmed)
  8. 2009Upload to Wikimedia Commons of a coat of arms described as “Cheynet de Beaupré” (to be confirmed)
  9. 5 March 2009Highly probable EXIF date — Institutional photograph OA007_20200704543 shows a large heraldic tomb slab on the floor of Notre-Dame-des-Anges

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2011–2017 · Archives, checks and the association

  1. 2011Family publication of “Vrais Cheynet, faux de Beaupré”
  2. Summer 2011Digitisation campaign for Ardèche registers (to be confirmed)
  3. Found after the 2011 digitisation campaignFinding of 187 missing or torn-out pages in registers held at the Ardèche departmental archives
  4. 9 August 2011Damage found in other registers and microfilms at the Ardèche archives
  5. 2–26 August 2011Damage found in several Ardèche civil registers during digitisation
  6. 26 August 2011A reader reports damage to microfilm 5 MI 6/2
  7. 17 September 2011A photographic report distinguishes a large floor slab from a Cheynet/Joviac wall memorial
  8. December 2011Cheynet representatives invited to resign from the ANF after genealogical checks (to be confirmed)
  9. 1 December 2011Torn-out pages found in document 2 E 18623
  10. As of 1 December 2011Several Cheynet records found missing or mutilated in Ardèche registers
  11. 13 December 2011First letter of resignation from the ANF mentioned in the 2016 correspondence (to be confirmed)
  12. 15 December 2011Second letter of resignation from the ANF mentioned in the 2016 correspondence (to be confirmed)
  13. 2013Disputed genealogies in the Cheynet de Beaupré case reported on Geneanet (to be confirmed)
  14. 2014Removal of the title “count” from the Cheynet de Beaupré entry in the Bottin mondain (to be confirmed)
  15. January–February 2014Reply signed C. D. Licat in L’Intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux (reported)
  16. 10 December 2015Trial before the Privas criminal court concerning the destruction of registers
  17. 21 January 2016Acquittal in the case concerning the destruction of Ardèche archives
  18. 7 March 2016Deletion of the Wikipedia page about Constantin Cheynet (to be confirmed)
  19. 17 May 2016Letter from the ANF about the Cheynet case (to be confirmed)
  20. 3 June 2016Draft request to the Lyon court registry concerning the alleged “decision” of 26 March 1986
  21. 24 October 2017Creation of the association “Pour la défense du patronyme Cheynet”
  22. 24 October 2017Decision to create the association’s website under the domain cheynet.ovh
  23. 22 November 2017Enquiry to the National Archives about the nature of plan 273AP/37
  24. 29 November 2017The National Archives officially describe alterations to the original plan 273AP/37

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2018–2020 · Findings, correspondence and proceedings

  1. 23 February 2018Defamation summons or prosecution against four association members (to be confirmed)
  2. 25 February 2018Removal from the website of a section concerning Monique Mirabel
  3. 25 February 2018Association meeting following receipt of defamation summonses
  4. 26 March 2018Rochemaure town hall dates a twelve-page report on anomalies in civil registers
  5. 29 March 2018Bailiff’s report commissioned by Rochemaure town hall on municipal “Cheynet de Beaupré” records (to be confirmed)
  6. April 2018Rochemaure town hall files a complaint against persons unknown with the Privas prosecutor (to be confirmed)
  7. 3 May 2018The Dijon Tribunal de grande instance sets a €2,000 deposit and adjourns the defamation proceeding
  8. 24 May 2018The mayor of Rochemaure reports falsifications found in municipal registers to the Privas prosecutor
  9. 15 June 2018Deadline for payment of the deposit in the Dijon proceeding
  10. 10 July 2018The Dijon Tribunal de grande instance again adjourns the defamation case
  11. 17 August 2018Enquiry to the National Archives about plan 273AP/37
  12. 7 September 2018The National Archives refer suspected damage to plan 273AP/37 to the Bobigny prosecutor
  13. 11 September 2018 at 08:30Dijon hearing scheduled by the judgment of 10 July 2018
  14. 2 November 2018Publication in Marianne of Guillaume de Morant’s article “Noble à tout prix”
  15. 5 November 2018Hearing in Dijon in the defamation proceeding against the association’s website
  16. 3 December 2018Dijon criminal judgment: acquittals based on good faith after examination of falsifications and damage
  17. 8 January 2019The chancery annotates the 1931 marriage register to flag an incorrect surname entry
  18. 28 February 2019The chancery explains the correction of the Saint-Augustin register
  19. 7 March 2019Publication of Éric Mension-Rigau’s “Enquête sur la noblesse – La permanence aristocratique”
  20. 25 April 2019Order authorising a summons for a fixed hearing date in the Mension-Rigau case
  21. 3 May 2019Summons served on Éric Mension-Rigau, Sofia Bengana and Place des Éditeurs
  22. 13 May 2019Notification of the Mension-Rigau proceeding to the public prosecutor
  23. 7 November 2019The Paris Tribunal de grande instance receives a petition seeking the removal or suspension of cheynet.xyz
  24. 13 November 2019Order on petition directing OVH to remove cheynet.xyz content and suspend its hosting
  25. 17 June 2020Enquiry to the Defence Historical Service about Constantin Félicien Cheynet’s file
  26. 22 June 2020The association and four members are summoned in interim proceedings concerning privacy
  27. 15 September 2020Two related cases are argued in Paris on the same day
  28. 5 October 2020The association follows up with the Defence Historical Service about Constantin’s file
  29. 15 October 2020Interim order: privacy infringement found and provisional damages awarded, but full removal of the websites refused
  30. 15 October 2020Order concerning the identification of Wikipedia contributors
  31. 30 November 2020Documents submitted after the hearing are excluded from the Marianne case file

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2021–2025 · Decisions and heritage initiatives

  1. 12 January 2021Paris judgment in the case concerning Marianne’s article “Noble à tout prix”
  2. 17 March 2021Close of pretrial preparation in the Mension-Rigau case
  3. 31 March 2021Hearing of oral arguments in the Mension-Rigau case
  4. 14 April 2021New summons on the merits before the 17th chamber of the Paris judicial court concerning privacy and cheynet.xyz
  5. 7 May 2021According to the meeting report, the mayor says the municipal complaint was closed without further action and the town hall intends to join the proceedings as a civil party
  6. 7 May 2021An association representative and the mayor of Rochemaure visit Notre-Dame-des-Anges and the cemetery
  7. 2 June 2021Erroneous summary of the 1986–1987 sequence — The 2021 judgment’s abbreviated account of Marie Louis Marc’s records
  8. 2 June 2021Judgment of the Paris judicial court in the Mension-Rigau case
  9. 15 September 2021Appeal hearing in the defamation case concerning the Marianne article
  10. 20 October 2021The Paris Court of Appeal finds no civil wrongdoing in the Marianne case and dismisses the claims
  11. 1 November 2021The association writes to the mayor of Rochemaure proposing action on the disputed marginal entries
  12. 27 November 2021RFG publishes “Affaire des falsifications de l’état civil de Rochemaure (suite)”
  13. 29 June 2022Appeal hearing in the Mension-Rigau case
  14. 14 August 2022Email from the association to the mayor about the chapel and municipal complaint
  15. September 2022Entry in Arnaud Clément’s La Noblesse Française
  16. 1 September 2022First follow-up from the association to Rochemaure town hall
  17. 28 September 2022The Paris Court of Appeal upholds the dismissal of the claims in the Mension-Rigau case
  18. 29 September 2022The Revue française de Généalogie publishes an article on the appeal judgment in the Mension-Rigau case
  19. 1 October 2022Further follow-up from the association to Rochemaure town hall
  20. 11 October 2022The Court of Cassation declines to admit appeal no. 21-86.391 in the Marianne litigation
  21. 16 November 2022Update of the summary table of altered or destroyed records in Rochemaure
  22. 2 May 2023Release of the podcast “De Beaupré, la particule désenchantée”
  23. 3 May 2023Le Dauphiné Libéré publishes an article on the noble title and falsified records
  24. 4 June 2023Le Dauphiné Libéré publishes a right of reply
  25. 17 October 2023Request for the Ardèche UDAP’s intervention on the slab at Notre-Dame-des-Anges
  26. 2 November 2023The DRAC corrects the protection status of Notre-Dame-des-Anges and forwards the request to Lyon’s CRMH
  27. 28 January 2024Strongly worded follow-up from the association to Rochemaure town hall
  28. 22 March 2025Formal demand for a response sent to Rochemaure town hall

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2026 · Research and new documents

  1. 1 March 2026New email from the association to the mayor of Rochemaure
  2. 2 September 2026Consultation of the Ardèche departmental archives and incorporation of documents
  3. 3 September 2026INA delivers the film and two still frames

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Undated events and corrected dates

  1. Date of annotation unknown; entry predates its correction in 2019Surname annotation in the religious register of the 1931 marriage
  2. Former dating: “June 2020”Corrected — Earlier erroneous dating of the first-instance judgment in the Marianne case
  3. Date unknownAddition of plaques, inscriptions and a “Cheynet de Beaupré” stele at Notre-Dame-des-Anges (to be confirmed)
  4. Date unknown (found before notification to the authorities)Alteration of the Notre-Dame-des-Anges plan 273AP/37 at the National Archives

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