Post by pabloba on Nov 7, 2015 7:07:52 GMT
Due to the date I've been in a very MediEvil mood recently, so in one of those internet wandering searches I found this: www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Fortescue The history of the Fortesque name. Here are some things I found interesting to note:
"This interesting name is of Old French origin, introduced into England at the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066 by followers of William 1. The surname derives from a martial nickname for a doughty, valiant warrior, derived from the Old French "fort", strong, brave, from the Latin "fortis", with "escu", shield, from the Latin "scutum". The English family of the name Fortescue are traditionally thought to be descended from a notable strong Norman warrior who carried a massively heavy shield in the service of William of Normandy at the Battle of Hastings. One branch of the family who hold the title Earl Fortescue are descendants of the Radulfus Fortescu recorded below, who held lands at Modbury in Devon; the family are still associated with the town. The modern surname has three forms: Fortescue, Foskew and Fortesquieu (...) Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling."
In another of those family pages: www.houseofnames.com/fortesque-family-crest
"Before the last hundred years the English language had no fixed system of spelling rules. For that reason, spelling variations ocurred normally in Anglo Norman surnames. Over the years, many variations of the name Fortesque were recorded, including Fortescue, Fortesque and others."
Also:
"The ancient name Fortesque is a Norman name that would have developed in England after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. This name was given to a valiant strong warrior. This name is composed of the Old French elements, fort, which means strong, and escu, which means shield. Sir Richard le Forte was one of the leaders of the Norman army at Hastings. He was a great fighter and protected Duke William by holding a large shield or escue in front of him, hence Fortescue.
Knowing all this, somethings become evident:
-Fortesque means "Strong Shield".
-MediEvil has a lot of shields. There are three shields Sir Dan can obtain, and there are many shield decorations everywhere on the game.
-Fortescue and Fortesque have the same root, there are many Fortescues but there's only a handful of Fortesques. If you google "Fortesque", the first results will always be MediEvil related, but if you do the same with "Fotescue", you'll get many different things.
-The name directly derives from the Battle of Hastings, set in 1066, in which King Harold II is rumored to have lost his life due an arrow to the eye, Richard le Forte was protecting Harold's rival, William the Conqueror. Look here for more: sirdanielfortesque.proboards.com/thread/911/searching-gallowmere
-The year 1066, the Battle of Hastings, the name origin, the shield references, all these served as inspirations, there's hardly doubt about it.
I thought all this was interesting so I made a post about it, now I want to know it there's something behind Zarok, it seems it is a word in Kurdish, but I don't know anyone who speaks it.
By the way, don't know if it's been noted before, but kardok is the plural of kard, which means sword. Get it? Shield vs Sword?
"This interesting name is of Old French origin, introduced into England at the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066 by followers of William 1. The surname derives from a martial nickname for a doughty, valiant warrior, derived from the Old French "fort", strong, brave, from the Latin "fortis", with "escu", shield, from the Latin "scutum". The English family of the name Fortescue are traditionally thought to be descended from a notable strong Norman warrior who carried a massively heavy shield in the service of William of Normandy at the Battle of Hastings. One branch of the family who hold the title Earl Fortescue are descendants of the Radulfus Fortescu recorded below, who held lands at Modbury in Devon; the family are still associated with the town. The modern surname has three forms: Fortescue, Foskew and Fortesquieu (...) Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling."
In another of those family pages: www.houseofnames.com/fortesque-family-crest
"Before the last hundred years the English language had no fixed system of spelling rules. For that reason, spelling variations ocurred normally in Anglo Norman surnames. Over the years, many variations of the name Fortesque were recorded, including Fortescue, Fortesque and others."
Also:
"The ancient name Fortesque is a Norman name that would have developed in England after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. This name was given to a valiant strong warrior. This name is composed of the Old French elements, fort, which means strong, and escu, which means shield. Sir Richard le Forte was one of the leaders of the Norman army at Hastings. He was a great fighter and protected Duke William by holding a large shield or escue in front of him, hence Fortescue.
Knowing all this, somethings become evident:
-Fortesque means "Strong Shield".
-MediEvil has a lot of shields. There are three shields Sir Dan can obtain, and there are many shield decorations everywhere on the game.
-Fortescue and Fortesque have the same root, there are many Fortescues but there's only a handful of Fortesques. If you google "Fortesque", the first results will always be MediEvil related, but if you do the same with "Fotescue", you'll get many different things.
-The name directly derives from the Battle of Hastings, set in 1066, in which King Harold II is rumored to have lost his life due an arrow to the eye, Richard le Forte was protecting Harold's rival, William the Conqueror. Look here for more: sirdanielfortesque.proboards.com/thread/911/searching-gallowmere
-The year 1066, the Battle of Hastings, the name origin, the shield references, all these served as inspirations, there's hardly doubt about it.
I thought all this was interesting so I made a post about it, now I want to know it there's something behind Zarok, it seems it is a word in Kurdish, but I don't know anyone who speaks it.
By the way, don't know if it's been noted before, but kardok is the plural of kard, which means sword. Get it? Shield vs Sword?