Wallot family
Escape to Germany
### Escape to Germany

The Protestant part of the family became increasingly cornered about the suppression of the [Huguenots](/wiki/Huguenots "Huguenots") by the [Catholic clergy](/wiki/Clergy "Clergy") and from 1685 also on the king. After the death of Antoine Vallot in 1685, and the consecration of the [Edict of Fontainebleau](/wiki/Edict_of_Fontainebleau "Edict of Fontainebleau"), resulting in the peak of suppression of Protestants in France in 1685, the Protestant part of the family left France in the 1680s to settle in [Oppenheim](/wiki/Oppenheim "Oppenheim").Maximilian Rapsilber: *Das Reichstags\-Gebäude*. Berlin 1895, S. 7 [(online)](http://www.deutschestextarchiv.de/book/view/rapsilber_reichstagsgebaeude_1895?p=13).

As one of the most productive layers of society, rulers of neighbouring countries readily accepted Huguenots. In many places, Huguenots were granted privileges and credits, and in the countries where they immigrated, they were often responsible for the flourishing of the economy and especially agriculture.
With the transformation of the original name Vallot into the German style of writing Wallot, the national assimilation of the family is considered to be completed.


How were Catholic clergy involved in the suppression of Huguenots?