"Title of "Chevalier de l'Empire"" Topic

Following the Decree of 1 March 1808, it was possible to make the title "chevalier ______ et de l'Empire" hereditary if :
--- the grandfather, father and son each became a member of the Légion d'honneur
--- they each showed 3000 Fr of annual income from property and requested letters patent and registration of their coat of arms
--- the descendence from the grandfather was direct, legitimate, natural or adoptive, by males only, by primogeniture (eldest living son only)

At the earliest, in theory, if one was awarded the Legion of Honor in 1803, one might have a son receive the award in 1823 (perhaps for the war in Spain) and a grandson receive the award in 1843. By 1814 there were some 35,000 members of the Legion of Honor, but only 1,600 had been created chevaliers de l'Empire. In an Ordonance of 10 October 1814, the restored monarchy re-confirmed the provisions covering chevaliers.

Following the enactment of the Constutional Laws in February 1875 establishing the 3rd Republic, the Council of Ministers decided on 10 May 1875 that hereditary noble titles could not be granted or recognized by the French state, as they were inconsistent with the constutional provisions.

The last hereditary chevalier was Paul-Luce-Hippolyte-Léon Flüry-Hérard (1836-1913, consul de Japan, banquier du ministère de affaires étrangères) :
--- grandfather Jean-Baptiste-Charles Flüry (1765-1842, consul général de France à Contantinople, puis Milan et Gènes) letters patent 20 January 1811, re-confirmed 25 November 1814
--- father Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Prosper Flüry-Hérard (1804-1873, consul général de Japon et de Perse, banquier du ministère de affaires étrangères, commandant de la garde nationale) letters patent 23 May 1866
--- his own letters patent 25 September 1874

Paul was able to pass on his title of chevalier to his son : Jean-Louis-Maxime Flüry-Hérard (1866-1945, capitaine de cavalerie). But there the descendence appears to sadly stop : Maxime had three sons who died without alliance – the eldest as a sous-lieutenant de cuirassiers at Verdun in 1917, the middle as a pilot for the Free French air force in 1941, and the third in infancy.

Blason : d'azur au chevron de gueules, chargé du signe des chevaliers légionaires, accompagné en chef, à dextre, d'une tour crénelée de quatre pièces, surmontée d'un croissant , le tout d'or, et à senestre, de trois trèfles du même, et en pointe, d'une épée haute en pal d'argent garnie d'or, surmontée d'une coquille aussi d'or

And – finally (!) – my question ….

Question : Were there any other cases where the title of chevalier became hereditary, either by application of the statutes or by exception ?

You might want to put this to the Fr napoleonic library in Paris. Or and Napo series forum.

I am banned from the Nap series. I used to participate there, and even won some award for an article I published there. But ….

I questioned their policies about use of materials from Google books. They do not allow the the posting of substantial excerpts because they think Google asserts a copyright for the out of copyright original works from before 1900. Actually Google does no such thing – but the Nap Series editors were too afraid of Google to press the point with them. I did, and I posted Google's response, and so was banned.

But there are some who read here that might know something on the question that I put …. and others might be interested in the one example Idid find of a hereditary chevalier.