The Noblesse d'pe grand House de Saint-Cyr has stood as one of the premiere families in France through their dedicated military history and devotion to King and crown. Tracing their history back to the beginning is a task indeed, but the family proudly holds claim to it's beginnings as an off shoot from the House of vreux, through the notable William Taillefer I known as William d'Angoulme. It is said among the Saint-Cyr that through the marriage of the d'Angouleme and the Evreaux the Saint-Cyr's were born. Historically holding land and titles in the Saintonge region of France the duchys and lands famous for their production of grapes used to make cognac and Pineau de Charentes. The Family is known most famously for raising the Saintonge Regiment (also known as the 85e Regiment of the Line) that furthers the crowns motives in the West Indies and French Guiana. It is under their motto:"Ils s'instruisent pour vaincre" that many of the most notable Saint-Cyr men have both served and held rank within this regiment. The duchy of Montausier is by far the most ancient and traditional lands held by the family and today the Ducal seat of the Saint-Cyr house. In 1696, the Duc de Montausier Henri-Charles de Saint-Cyr died suddenly, leaving the duchy in the hands of his brother Leonard Charles de Saint-Cyr, Marquis de Montausier, his daughter however had been married to the then Prince; Fonteneau Alfonse dAngouleme. The title of Prince d'Angoumois was titres de courtoisie for her cousin Nicolas-Philippe de Saint-Cyr following her death of dropsy not long after tragedy took her husband and newborn. Angouleme is now primarily split between the house of Bourbon and Saint-Cyrs. Though looked upon as simply titled and not ranked, within the Saint-Cyr's they treat the title as Prince tranger for their long standing ties to many of the royal houses by marriage and those they claim from history.

Stoic and unflappable are common traits of those within the Saint-Cyr family, braving all manner of military and social battles with a calm and focused demeanor. Devout Catholics, the Saint Cyr family has become quite the patrons of the church, often spending lavishly to restore and revive forgotten religious buildings, relics and furthering the work of the Holy Mother church within France and abroad. One of the most favoured of the familys holdings is the abbey of Saint-Etienne Baignes which was built in the time of Charlemagne and restored to its glory by the family.

No family is without dark times however, and as it would happen it wasn't so far back in history to be forgotten easily. Early in 1660 when Maria Theresa was just assuming her place at court as the Queen consort of France and Navarre, a simple rumor started that none other than the sister of the Duc the Mlle de Montausier; Jeanne-Marie de Saint Cyr was the first of the King's many Mistresses. Truth or not, the very fact that the majority of court believed the mlle to be the first of the madame's before Louise de La Vallire ruined the family in court. With the Queen turning her favor from the family drastic measures were taken in the summer of 1662. The Mlle in question was sent away to the nuns at Saint-Etienne to serve God as penance for the ruin upon the family. It was later said that the rumor was started by a rival at court who was envious. It was later found that her brother had been in negotiations to marry her to a well respected man of the Bourbon house, an alliance that would have tied the Saint-Cyrs to the Royal house. This second blow to the family was deeply felt and took a generation to recover from. To this day, Mlle's of the house of Saint-Cyr are strictly chaperoned and watched over at court to prevent future issue. The late Jeanne-Marie de Saint-Cyr was not removed from the family records, but is also not spoken of unless it is in warning to misspent youth. As it would have it the family would have to rethink the choices of chaparones when in early 1682 the young Mlle de Barfleur was found to be with child, and not any child the bourgeois child of her chaparone's son! Again plunged into social scandal the family was saved when the young mlle passed away in childbirth, what became of the child however is not noted nor spoken of. Rumors persist to this day that the child was given to the father's family and raised a Le Moine with a very large stipend of sous to keep him in comfort for his lifetime and that of his children.

Recovery from such scandal could to some seem impossible, but it was through the union of Jeanne-Elisabeth de la Chapelle to the Marquis de Montausier in 1719 that shot the family back into the forefront of nobility. While some would say her beginnings were just shy of bourgeois the youngest daughter of the Baron de Longueuil and sister to the wife of then aged governor of Acadia and New France Simon-Pierre Denys de Bonaventure. Her dowry alone was rumored to rival that of some royal matches in Europe, many saying the Baron afforded the Saint-Cyr's lands and estates in New France along with ships of wealth. The union was beyond simply profitable for the Saint-Cyr's, affording them wealth, and eventually the next generations of Nobility as she gave her husband five healthy children including a Prince, a Duc, Duchesse, and two Comtesse's. Initially not accepted in court because of her questionable status with the elite of french nobility, she was appointed to the Queen's household and there began a rich and successful career as a courtier. Her natural grace, and seemingly unending wealth allowed her to bring the family up even higher in the eyes france. A devoted friend and alley of the Queen Marie Leczinska, she served her Mistress loyally until her death in 1768. Between the death of her Queen and her son that same year, the Dowager Marquise retreated from court. The infamous Dowager Marquise de Montausier, to this day resides at the family estates, and while she's taken her leave of courtly life in her twilight years, commands the respect and love of her grandchildren now making debut in Versailles.

Recent devastation to the house of Saint-Cyr was the tragic loss of Nicolas-Philippe de Saint-Cyr, Prince d'Angoumois, in the fall of 1769. A man in his prime, a devoted subject of his Majesty and Master in the Regimental Forces, the Prince was out on sojourn at one of his estates and took fall while hunting. Normally not a cause to fear meeting one's Maker, it happened that in that tragic fall he broke his femur, and the resulting infection took his life in a matter of weeks. A grueling, painful, and sad death for such a stoic and noble man, one that touched everyone in the family greatly, especially so soon after his brother's death the year before. The end of the Marquis de Saint-Cyr however was nothing so dramatic however, he simply succumbed to a weak heart while recovering from a bout of scurvy. An illness he contracted on his return from visiting the regiments in the West Indies.

A wave of prosperity seems to be rolling through the house de Saint-Cyr of late, with the now Prince d'Angoumois announcing his intentions to marry the court favorite Mlle de Bidache from the Gramont family. This firmly ties the family to their allies in the Duc and Duchesse de Fraisac who have been instrumental in setting the match. To that appointments of all the major members at court in the various houses of the Royal house from the Dauphin (( ADD Dauphine if that goes through)) to the Comtesse de Provence.