Dominique-de-Barraud was born c1500 in Le Fieu, Gironde, the elder son of Jean De-Barraud and he died 6th July, 1561 in Mussidan, in Dordogne. He became wealthy by buying land and became one of the biggest land owners in Mussidan. Dominique married Jacquette-de-Saint-Pierre in 1535 and they had 9 children. Dominique’s occupation was as a Squire, Notary, tenant farmer horsekeeper, and a principal seigniory of Mussidan along with his Brother-in-Law Saint-Pierre. He is noted as owning greyhounds as in 1548 he allowed interbreeding of his dogs with Anne-de-Bretagne’s dogs to produce a “White Greyhound unrivalled in speed and scent.” Anne-de-Bretagne was married to King Louis’s son. Page 3