Abbaye de Saint-Savin in Pyrenees (France)

Escors or de Cors,Le grand dictionnaire historique, ... par l'abbé Louis Moreri. Louis Moréri, 1725. Lyon Public Library.Annuaire de la noblesse de France et des maisons souveraines de l'Europe. Volume 23. Borel d'Hauterive. Bureau de la publication, 1866. Harvard University.Fortgesetzte neue genealogisch-historische Nachrichten von den vornehmsten Begebenheiten, welche sich an den europäischen Höfen zugetragen. Heinsius, 1762. the Bavarian State LibraryRevue d'histoire diplomatique, Volumes 47-48. Société d'histoire générale et d'histoire diplomatique. Éditions A. Pedone, 1933. The University of Michigan.La France des notables: La vie de la nation, 1815-1848. Nouvelle histoire de la France contemporaine. Volume 2 of La France des notables. André Jean Tudesq. Éditions du Seuil, 1973. .Noblesse, chevalerie, lignages: condition des biens et des personnes, seigneurie, ministérialité, bourgeoisie, échevinages. Questions d'histoire des institutions médiévales. 1960. Volume 1. Léo Verriest. the University of Michigan.Indicateur du grand Armorial général de France... dressé en vertu de l'édit de 1696... ou Table alphabétique de tous les noms de personnes, villes, communautés et corporations dont les armoiries ont été portées... aux registres inédits dont se compose l'Armorial général de la France, Paris. Charles d' Hozier, Paris, 1865. Lyon Public Library.Registres des blasons (dessins des armoiries) de l'Armorial Général de France - d'Hozier 1696. is a family name of French origin probably from the region of Aquitaine or Gascony that moved to Navarre "Escors" is related to other Occitan surnames from Aquitaine (Descors, Escars) and present-day Catalonia (Escorsell, Escorsa) that derived form "Cors-Cortis". The name "Cors" permanently incorporated the

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medieval demonstrative article "Es-" between the 10th and 12th centuries (Es-Cors/ Es-Corz).In: Nombres de Lugar de Sobrepuerto. Analisis linguistico. By Jesus Vazquez Obrador.. Many typographic variants can be found in the documents of the Kingdom of Navarre (Escorsi, Escorssi, Escorçi and Escorçy, d'Escourçy, de Corçy, d'Estorçy), or in the Gascon Rolls (Descorce, Descoce, Descorse, De Schours). This family moved to Navarre in 1234 following the House of

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when they took over the Kingdom of Navarre and some of the members served as military personnel,Revue de Champagne et de Brie. Henri Menu, Libraire-Editeur, 1877. Paris. and administrators. It is likely that they settled in the village of Maya (Amaiur in euskera) in the Baztan Valley (

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).Diccionario Heráldico y Genealógico de apellidos españoles y americanos. By Alberto and Arturo García Carraffa. Volume XXX, page 14.Blasones y Linajes de Euskalerria. By Endika de Mogrobejo. Volume VI, pages 66-67.Spain Baptism Records. 1502-1940. Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion, Maya, Navarre, Spain. File number 1383679.Real Compañía de Guardias Marinas y Colegio Naval. By Dalmiro de la Válgoma y Díaz-Varela. Volume IV. Pages 190-191 and Volume V, pages 31-32.Nobiliario del Reino de Navarra. Nobleza ejecutoriada en los Tribunales Reales de Corte y Consejo de Navarra, 1519-1832.Editorial Tipografía católica, 1923. By José de Rújula, and José María de Huarte y de Jaureguí.Executoria de la nobleza, antigüedad y blasones de valle de Baztán. By Don Juan De Goyeneche. Madrid, 1685Indice the insertos en XXV años de la revista "Hidalguia". En "Hidalguia". 1991. Madrid. . Adolfo Barredo de Valenzuela.Real Compañía de Guardias Marinas y Colegio Naval: catálogo de pruebas de caballeros aspirantes. Don Francisco de Ocharrichena y Echenique's admission file number 4041, 1781. 1956. Volume 5. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain). Instituto Histórico de Marina, Dalmiro de la Válgoma y Díaz-VarelaHeráldica de Guardias Marinas. (1717-1867). Real Compañía y Colegio Naval. By Adolfo Barredo de Valenzuela. Pages 190-191. The Escors family was closely related to other French families ( Ségur and Bourg) and maybe to Baztanese families such as

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, Maya,

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, Uharrichena (Oharrichena/Ocharrichena), Baztan, and Goyeneche if indeed the Escors settled in Maya as the "Escorz" familyDiccionario Hispanoamericano de Heraldica, Onomástica y Genealogía. By Endika de Mogrobejo. .Diccionario Onomastico y Heraldico Vasco. Jaime de Querexeta. Editorial la Gran Enciclopedia Vasca. .El Solar Vasco-Navarro. 1933. By Alberto García Carraffa and Arturo García Carraffa. Librería Internacional.

Documented members

Bernard I d'Escors

Bernard I d'Escors was an abbot of Saint Savin-en Lavedan's Abbey and the oldest documented member Saint-Savin-En-Lavedan (940-946), Bernard I d'Escors.Revue d'Aquitaine et du Languedoc, Volume 11. 1867. The University of MichiganRevue d'Aquitaine et des Pyrenees. By J. Noulens. 1867. University of OxfordRevue d'Aquitaine: journal historique de Guienne, Gascogne, Béarn, Navarre, etc, Volume 11. Published by Revue d'Aquitaine, 1867. Harvard University The Abbey of Saint Savin-en-Lavedan is a benedictine monastery built during Charlemange's conquests in the South of France, in the

County of Bigorre The County of Bigorre was a small feudatory of the Duchy of Gascony in the ninth through 15th centuries. Its capital was Tarbes. The county was constituted out of the dowry of Faquilène, an Aquitainian princess, for her husband Donatus Lupus I ...

(

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). It is still present in Saint Savin-en-Lavedan after a major restoration that took place in 1855. It is unclear whether Bernard I d'Escors was the first Abbot from 940-944 AD as it appears in some documents, or even if he was a member of the

clergy Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doctrines and practices. Some of the ter ...

. In the Saint Savin-en Lavedan's Meillon and Duriers' cartulaires, he is not listed as the first Abbot, and they even raise doubts about his existence. However, it is known that Bernard was possibly associated to the Abbey from 945-957 AD through records of his various donations in favour of the Convent.Monographie de Saint-Savin de Lavendan. Gustave Bascle de Lagreze. 1850.

Guibert de Cors

According to the ''

Chronicle of the Morea The ''Chronicle of the Morea'' ( el, Τὸ χρονικὸν τοῦ Μορέως) is a long 14th-century history text, of which four versions are extant: in French, Greek (in verse), Italian and Aragonese. More than 9,000 lines long, the ''Ch ...

'', Gilbert de Cors was a baron of the

Principality of Achaea The Principality of Achaea () or Principality of Morea was one of the three vassal states of the Latin Empire, which replaced the Byzantine Empire after the capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade. It became a vassal of the Kingdom o ...

and considered by some later historians as Lord of Lisarea.Libro de los fechos et conquistas del principado de la Morea. 1885. Juan Fernández de Heredia, Alfred Morel -Fatio. Imprimerie Jules -Guillaume Fick.The Chronicle of Morea. A History in political verse, relating the establishment of feudalism in Greece by the Franks in the thirteenth century. 1904. John Schmitt, PhD. Methuen & CO. 36 Essex Street, W.C. London. Gilbert d'Escors was married to Margaret of Nully, daughter of the Lord of Passavas

John of Nully John of Nully (french: Jean de Neuilly or ''Nully'') was a French knight from Nully became the first Baron of Passavant in the Principality of Achaea. The date of his death is unknown. Life John of Nully is generally supposed to have been the ...

.The princes of Achaia and the Chronicles of Morea: a study of Greece in the middle ages, Volume 1. E. Arnold, 1907. the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Gilbert de Cors is also mentioned in the Aragonese version of the ''Chronicle of Morea'' in the list of fiefs, although a specific name for his fief is not given.Libro de los fechos et conquistas del principado de la Morea. Chronique de Moree. Societe de l'Orient Latin. Alfred Morel-Fatio. 1885 It is also mentioned there that he built the Castle of Mitopoli. He died in the battle of Mount Carydi (1258) in Greece, and some late French documents name Gilbert de Cors as Gilbert d´Escors.L'Achaïe féodale: étude sur le moyen âge en Grèce (1205-1456).

Diane de Guldencrone Diane de Guldencrone (''née'' de Gobineau; 13 September 1848 – 1930) was a French historian. Biography Diane Marguerite Gabrielle Victoire Clémence de Gobineau was born in Paris, the eldest daughter of diplomat, politician and writer Arthur de ...

. Published in 1886 by E. Leroux. Book Collection from the University of Michigan. Pages 48, 59 and 81. His descendant

Margaret of Baux Margaret of Baux (french: Marguerite des Baux, it, Margherita del Balzo; 1394 – 15 November 1469) was a Countess of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, and of Conversano. She was a member of the noble House of Baux of the Kingdom of Naples, which had its or ...

married Peter of Luxembourg. Although this genealogy is widely accepted,The Chronicle of Morea: Historiography in Crusader Greece Oxford Studies in Byzantium. Teresa Shawcross. Oxford University Press, 2009. it depends on whether Gilbert was the father of a lady of Lisarea called Marguerite (or Jeanne), who married

Geoffrey of Briel Geoffrey of Briel, in older literature Geoffrey of Bruyères, was a Medieval France, French knight and the third lord of the Barony of Karytaina in the Principality of Achaea, in Frankish Greece. He led a colourful and turbulent life, narrated in ...

, a hypothesis challenged by the historian of the medieval

Peloponnese The Peloponnese (), Peloponnesus (; el, Πελοπόννησος, Pelopónnēsos,(), or Morea is a peninsula and geographic regions of Greece, geographic region in southern Greece. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmu ...

, Antoine Bon.La Morée franque: recherches historiques, topographiques et archéologiques sur la principauté d'Achaïe. By Antoine Bon. Published by E. de Boccard, 1969

Gofredo de Escors / Jofre d'Escors / Jofre de Escors

Gofredo de Escors was the Castellan and Merino of

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from 1282 to 1286.Bibliothèque Nationale, París, "Compte des baillis de Navarre, de 1283 à 1286". Manuscript Lat. 10.150, sheets 17, 52, 84 and 107Revista Principe de Viana. "El Principado de Viana". Juan Carrasco Perez. 195, page 191.Los judíos del reino de Navarra: documentos 1093-1333. Navarra judaica. by Juan Carrasco, Fermín Miranda García, Eloísa Ramírez Vaquero. Gobierno de Navarra, Departamento de Educación y Cultura, 1994. .Revista Principe de Viana. "Nuevos datos sobre el bedinaje de la judería de Estella (1265-1349)". Juan Carrasco. 190, page 369.

Maestre Simon d'Escorsi

Maestre Simon d’Escors is extensively documented with multiple surname variations including d´Éscors / d'Escorsi / d'Escorssi / d'Escorçi / d'Escorçy / d'Escourçy / d'Esconu/de Escorri / de Storti / de Escociaco / Descorti. He was the Abbot of

Falces Falces is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain. In Basque the town is called ''Faltzes''. It has a population of around 2500 inhabitants. It is well known for the famous "encierro del ...

(Navarre),El Cartulario del infante Luis de Navarra del año 1361. Béatrice Leroy. Institución Príncipe de Viana, Diputación Floral de Navarra, 1981. Los judíos del Reino de Navarra: documentos. Juan Carrasco, Fermín Miranda García, Eloísa Ramírez Vaquero. Gobierno de Navarra, Departamento de Educación y Cultura, 1994. Anuario de estudios medievales, Volume 17. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain),

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. Instituto de Historia Medieval. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 1987. The University of California. Judge of the High Court of Navarre ("Cort")El tribunal de la Cort de Navarra durante el s. XIV (1329-1387). Maria Isabel Ostolaza Elizondo. Revista Principe de Viana. 178. p 485La politique et la guerre: pour comprendre le XXe siècle européen : hommage à Jean-Jacques Becker. Jean Jacques Becker. Vienot-Noesis, 2002. The University of Michigan.Revue de Pau et du Béarn, Issues 8-9. Société des sciences, lettres et arts de Pau. 1980. The University of Michigan. Lieutenant,Arte y monarquía en Navarra, 1328-1425 Volume 17 of Arte (Institución Príncipe de Viana), Institución Príncipe de Viana Arte Series. Javier Martínez de Aguirre. Gobierno de Navarra, Departamento de Educación y Cultura, Institución Príncipe de Viana, 1987.Documentación medieval del archivo municipal de Pamplona (1357-1512). II. Ricardo Cierbide y Emiliana Ramos. Fuentes documentales medievales del pais vasco.Tomo quarto de los Annales de Navarra, ó primero de su segunda parte. Francisco de Aleson. Published by Francisco Picart, 1709. Complutense University of Madrid and Counsellor of

Charles II of Navarre Charles II (10 October 1332 – 1 January 1387), called Charles the Bad, was King of Navarre 1349–1387 and Count of Évreux 1343–1387. Besides the Pyrenean Kingdom of Navarre, Charles had extensive lands in Normandy, inherited from his father ...

(1332-1387).Archivo General de Navarra (1349-1381 .e. 1387: Documentación real de Carlos II (1364-1365). María Teresa Ruiz San Pedro, Navarre (Spain). Archivo General. Eusko Ikaskuntza, 1999Actes du Colloque international de Cocherel, 16, 17 et 18 mai 1964. Cercle d'études vernonnais. Les Cahiers Vernonnais, 1966Los mudéjares: la voz del Islam en la España cristiana, Volume 2 Serie Estudios mudéjares. José Hinojosa Montalvo. Centro de Estudios Mudéjares, Instituto de Estudios Turolenses, 2002Jeanne de Valois, reine de Navarre et comtesse d’Évreux(1343-1373). By Philippe Charon. In "En la España Medieval", 2009, volume 32. pps 7-50. ISSN 0214-3038Mélanges dédiés à la mémoire de Félix Grat, Volume 1. Félix Grat. En dépôt chez Mme, Pecqueur-Grat, 1946. the University of Michigan.Carlos II de Navarra y los avatares de la política hispánica: La etapa de no beligerancia (1349-1361). Pilar Azcarate Aguilar-Amat. Revista Principe de Viana. 15911Archivo General de Navarra (1349-1387)IV. Documentación real de Carlos II (1366-1367). María Teresa Ruiz San Pedro, Navarre (Spain). Archivo General. Eusko IkaskuntzaNueva embajada de Navarra a Castilla en 1362. Las cuentas del viaje. by Juan Carrasco Perez and Luis R Villegas Diaz. Department of Medieval History of the University of Granada Simon d´Escorcy was a controversial figure with judicial processes in France and Navarre.Bibliothéque de l'école e Hautes études. Publiee socs les auspices du ministère de l'instruction publique scientes philologiques et historiques. Documentes des auciives ue la chambre des comptes de Navarre. PUBLIÉS PAR JEAN-AUGUSTE BRUTAILS,RCHIVISTE DE LA GIRONDE, JUGE AU TRIBUNAL SUPÉRIEUR D"AND0RRE. PARIS. EMILE BOUILLON, LIBRAIRE-ÉDITEUR 67, RUE r'ichelieu, 67. 1890A. Tuetey. du Parlement, le congé d'accorder du 19 jan- Inventaire analytique des livres de couleur du vier i355,n. st., et l'arrêt du i4 août i3&7 Chàtelet de Paris, 1898, d'après Arch. nat. X1C g*, pièce i4 et X^ 16, fol. 43o v". X1 * 16, fol. 190 v° et 233Histoire littéraire de la France; ouvrage commencé par des religieux Bénédictins de la Congrégation de Saint-Maur, et continué par des membres de l'Institut (Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres. The library of York University Simon d'Escorsi participated in the execution of Charles II's testament (1387).Les "ennemis du roi": parenté et politique chez les Evreux-Navarre, 1298-1425. Thèse à la carte. Marie-Laure Lemonnier Surget. ANRT,

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, 2006. the University of Michigan

Andres Escors Garrucho

Andres Escors Garrucho (1875–1947), industrialist and Republican Mayor of

Arcos de la Frontera Arcos de la Frontera () is a town and municipality in the Sierra de Cádiz comarca, province of Cádiz, in Andalusia, Spain. It is located on the northern, western and southern banks of the Guadalete river, which flows around three sides of the c ...

(

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, 1931–36).Decreto del 24 de Enero de 1936 del Presidente Niceto Alcalá Zamora. Because of his contributions during his mandate as a Republican mayor, a street in Arcos de la Frontera was named after him.

Coats of arms

File:Escors blason knight order.tif, Coat of arms, Navarrese branch, Jaime de Querexeta File:Para red.tif, Coat of arms, Navarrese branch (

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), Endika de Mogrobejo File:Escorz Arizcun.tif, Coat of arms, Navarrese branch ( Arizcun), Real Compañía de Guardias Marinas y Colegio Naval, Endika de Mogrobejo File:D'Escorcy blason.jpg, Coat of arms, Champagne branch, Armorial Général de France File:Blason Escorsi completo.png, Coat of arms, Simon d'EscorsiPeincedé, T 23, cotte 24 folio 56 B1384. File:Eight-pointed star 16 radial lines.svg, Simon d'Escorsi's seal, 1366-1391Pinceladas de la Historia de Falces. In "Historia de la Muy Noble y Muy Leal Villas de Falces, y del Viejo Reino". By José María Sanz Suescun.

References

External links

Arcos de la Frontera

Library of Navarre

Royal and General Archives of Navarre

Ayuntamiento de Baztan, Maya

Gran Enciclopedia Navarra

Spanish National Institute of Statistics
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