Guillaume de Pontblanc

Guillaume, Marquis de Pontblanc (1865) was a Braslander nobleman. He was the son of Count Gilbert de Pontblanc.

In 1895 he married Alix de La Croix. They had children: Gilberte (born 1897), Agnès (born 1898), Eugène Joseph (born 1900), Gérard (born 1901) and Aymard (1903-1936; priest, he is in process of beatification).

He succeeded his cousin as Marquis de Pontblanc in 1901, inheriting also a large fortune. He was a very responsible man and took his duties very seriously, taking care of his vast estate and of the welfare of his tenants, as well as being the perfect host at his Halvan palace and his country seat, Chateau de Pontblanc.

He died in 1944.