from 1505 to 1509, bishop of Rodez from 1504 to 1529, built the bell tower at the Rodez Cathedral. Antoine d'Estaing (1455 - †28 February 1523), member of the grand council of Louis XII (1495), bishop of Angoulême (1506–1523), dean of the chapter of Lyon (1514). L'Abbé Charles d'Estaing (ca1595-1661), lord of Cheylade and Marchastel, Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem. Violent, debauched and greedy, he tried to reestablish taxes that fallen out of use for more than a century, provoking a revolt. Tried in his absence and sentenced to death by the Court of Grands Jours d'Auvergne, his property was confiscated and his title removed. His sentence was commuted to service in a regiment serving in Germany, where he distinguished himself by his courage and died rehabilitated in 1661, without having married. In his will, he mentioned a daughter, Marguerite, as his natural child (illegitimate). He was regarded by the Giscard d'Estaing family as the first of the d'Estaing family of Puy-de-Dôme; they took their name from him. Admiral d'Estaing (Ravel 1729 - Paris 1794), son of Charles-François and Marie-Henrielle de Colbert, played a significant part in the naval wars of the 18th century and in the American Revolutionary War. He was named an admiral in 1792 by the Legislative Assembly, but was guillotined in 1794 during the French Revolution. Having lost his only son, he legitimised his half-sister Lucie-Madeleine and, on 25 February 1768, made her heir to his property, in particular the Château de Ravel. Known under the title Comte d'Estaing, he commanded the National Guard of Versailles during the October March in 1789. The last d'Estaings At the end of the 18th century, all the branches of the d'Estaing family were descended from a single couple: Jean d'Estaing (1540-1621), lord of Val, married in 1580 Gilberte de la Rochefoucauld (1560–1623), lady Ravel, they had four sons : 1° François II d'Estaing, founded the comtes de Ravel branch for three generations to : François IV d'Estaing (Ravel 1693 - Paris 1729), count of Estaing, who died without heir and was succeeded by Admiral d'Estaing below ; 2° Père Louis d'Estaing, grand aumônier de France; 3° Jacques d'Estaing (?-1657), lord of Terrisse, married Catherine du Bourg, lady of Saillant, from whom were descended after four generations : Admiral d'Estaing and his half-sister Lucie Madeleine d'Estaing (Paris 1743 - Clermont-Ferrand 1826), viscounts of Ravel in Auvergne,