House of Roux-Chaumont

The House of Chaumont (formally Roux-Chaumont) is a house of France currently in feudal ownership of the counties of Champagne and Bassigny, and of the viscounty of Le Roux. The house is currently headed by Jean Roux de Chaumont who is engaged to Marie Sophie of France.

History
Founded by Baldwin V of Flanders and forced to relocate to France by the 1200s, the family remained relatively obscure of a family until the 1400s when the family appeared to share a bit of the town where the legend 'Jeanne d'Arc' was born, afterwards the family became wealthy due to the large agricultural and secret smuggling of weapons to France's allies during times of war.