Julien de la Fontaine

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Julien de la Fontaine at Namron Protectorate and Ansteorra Coronation 2024.
Information
Registered Name: {{{regname}}} Resides: Bonwicke Status: Active Joined SCA: {{{joindate}}}
Order of Precedence
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Heraldry
Per fess engrailed gules and barry engrailed argent and azure, in chief a cross of Jerusalem Or.

Persona

Master Julien de la Fontaine is a French nobleman in the late 16th Century from the Comtat Venaissin. Educated at the Sorbonne, Julien is a Captain for the army of the Papal States and the heir to his family's estates in Provence. Primarily a swordsman, Julien also is a perfumer and dabbles in brewing and leather working. Active in the SCA since August 2015, he previously lived in Caid from 2015-2017, the Outlands from 2017-2019, Atlantia from 2019-2021, and Calontir from 2021-2024. He now resides in Bonwicke.

Alternate Persona

Tahmuras al-Hajj al-Shirazi is a traveling merchant in late 1500s Safavid Persia. Ethnically Georgian, Tahmuras' ancestors were participants in the military founding of the Safavid Dynasty. He was an officer in the Qizilbash military before retiring and investing his savings into starting a new career as a caravan merchant on the Silk Roads through Central and Southern Asia to Western China. Tahmuras completed the Hajj with his father and brother as a young man.

Associates

• Member of the Sea Beggars Household
• Studied historical Italian fencing with Don Giacomo Cavalli da Treviso, who learned his art from Master Gwylym ab Owain Tatershal of Atenveldt.
• Instructor at the Tattershall School of Defense
• Garbed primarily by Mistress Louise of Woodsholme and Lord Edmund Barlow.
• Co-namesake of the Rogue and the Rastabout Haberdashery of Caid.
• Past consorts include Valeria Cabrielli and Mealla Caimbeul of Caid.
• Roses Julien has championed include Comptesse Albra Katerine Marie Isabelle Bautiste Caid, and Countesses Monika von Zell and Nerissa Della Badessa of the Outlands.
• Lucio Malatesta of Atlantia is Julien's cadet as of 12/14/2019.
• Talon of Bonwicke is Julien's provost and Black Tiger cord as of 08/17/2024.
• Master of the Academie d'Espee of Atlantia.
• Rank 2 Black Tiger. Second generation, corded to Tora Taka.

Awards

• Award of Arms 1/14/17
• Defender of the White Scarf of the Outlands 1/6/18
• Ensis Honoris (Baronial Rapier Award) of the Barony of the Citadel of the Southern Pass (Outlands) 1/6/18
• Seekers of the Grail (Baronial Award) of the Barony of the Citadel of the Southern Pass (Outlands) 9/26/18
• Award of the Shields Knot (Baronial Martial Award) of the Barony of Nottinghill Coill (Atlantia) 12/14/19
• Order of Defense of Atlantia 9/19/20
• Order of the Coill's Champions of of the Barony of Nottinghill Coill (Atlantia) 3/26/22
• Sable Shield of Ansteorra

Offices & Positions

• Barony of Calafia (Caid) Rapier Champion 2016
• Deputy Baronial Rapier Marshal of Gyldenholt (Caid) 2016-2017
• Queen's Guard for Ozmund and Marisa (Caid) 2016-2017
• Rapier (Heavy and C&T) Provost marshal (Caid) 2017
• Barony of the Citadel of the Southern Pass (Outlands) Rapier Champion 2017
• Deputy Rapier Marshal of the Barony of the Citadel of the Southern Pass (Outlands) 2017
• Rapier Marshal of the Barony of the Citadel of the Southern Pass (Outlands) 2017-2018
• Defender of the Children of the Barony of al-Barran 2017-2018
• Bearer of the Baroness's Favor of the Citadel of the Southern Pass (Outlands) 2017-2018
• Protector of the Queen's Heart (Queen's Rapier Champion) for Jaxx and Anna of the Kingdom of the Outlands 2017-2018
• Knight Marshal of the Canton of Cyddlan Downs (Atlantia) 2019-2021
• Rapier Champion of the Barony of Notthinghill Coill (Atlantia) 2020-2022
• Deputy Kingdom Minister of Arts and Sciences for Historical Martial Arts (Atlantia) 2020-2021
• Rapier Marshal of the Barony of Bonwicke 2024-Present
• Baronessa's Justice (Rapier Champion) of the Barony of Namron 2024-Present

Tournaments

• Defender of the Gyldenholt_Knight 5/3/2016
• Rapier Tourney Winner Calafia Anniversary 11/5/2016
• Cut and Thrust Longsword Tourney Winner Outlands Sworded Affair 3/23/2017
• Rapier Tourney Winner Barony of the Citadel of the Southern Pass May Day (Feast of St. Edrik) 5/14/2017
• Best Death MoD Rapier Tourney Outlands Battlemoor VIII 8/31/2017
• Best Fight MoD Rapier Tourney Outlands Battlemoor VIII 8/31/2017
• Rapier Tourney Winner Barony of the Citadel of the Southern Pass Anniversary (Feast of St. Edrik) 10/7/2017
• Queen's Champion Rapier Tourney Winner Outlands 11/11/2017
• Rapier Tourney Winner Barony of al-Barran Toys for Tots 11/19/2017
• Rapier Tourney Winner Citadel Hastilude A.S. LIII 8/25/2018
• Roving Tourney Winner Citadel Hastilude A.S. LIII 8/25/2018
• Sidesword Tourney Bronze Medal Lord Baltimore's Challenge 7/6/2019
• Warlord Tourney Winner Border Skirmishes 9/28/2019
• Valhalla Tourney Winner Yule Toy Tourney XIV 12/14/2019
• Reverse Progressive Weapons Tourney Winner Yule Toy Tourney XIV 12/14/2019
• Rapier Winner Tourney of Manannan mac Lir XL 1/25/2020
• Blacksword Winner Tourney of Manannan mac Lir XL 1/25/2020
• Cut and Thrust Tourney Winner Nottinghill Coill XL Birthday 2/15/2020
• Champions Tourney Winner Nottinghill Coill XL Birthday 2/15/2020
• Blacksword Tourney Winner Nottinghill Coill XL Birthday 2/15/2020
• La Campaigne du Chateau First Amongst Equals 3/4/2022
• Rose and Thorns Tourney Winner in Smallsword 3/26/2022
• Tournament of Defense Rapier and Secondary Silver Medal 11/5/2022
• La Campaigne du Chateau First Amongst Equals (Blossfechten) 2/24/2023
• La Campaigne du Chateau First Amongst Equals (Blossfechten) 3/14/2024
• Rose and Thorns Tourney Silver Medal in Smallsword 3/24/2024
• Rose and Thorns Tourney Most Honorable 3/24/2024
• Outlands Battlemoor 3v3 Tournament Winning Team VIII 7/6/2024
• War of Legends Baronial Rapier Championship Exemplar of Skill 8/31/2024
• War of Legends Baronial Rapier Championship Swiss Six Tournament Victor 9/1/2024
• Barony of Namron (Ansteorra) Baronessa's Justice (Rapier Champion) Victor 10/6/2024

Classes

Julien enjoys teaching classes on a variety of subjects.

• Competition Preparation - Tattershall School of Defense Long Beach, Nov '16 - Jan '17
• Perfumery 101 - Citadel Mayday, May 18 2017
• History of European Swordsmanship - Citadel Hastilude, Jul 9 2017
• Giganti's First Book of Italian Rapier - Citadel of the Southern Pass, Sep '17 - Sep '18
• Giganti's First Book of Italian Rapier - Canton of Cyddlan Downs, Jul '19 - Nov '19
• Introduction to Italian Rapier (pt 1) - Tattershall Atlantia Seminar, Mar 21 2020
• Fighting Feedback - Atlantia Summer University 2020, Jun 13 2020
• Introduction to Swetnam Rapier and Dagger - Caid Online, Jul 30 2020
• Introduction to Swetnam Rapier and Dagger - Pennsic In Your Backyard, Aug 8 2020
• Fighting at Night - Atlantia Fall University, Sep 12 2020
• Fabris Luncheons (six one-hour sessions) - Zoom, Nov-Dec 2020
• Introduction to Swetnam Rapier and Dagger - Wisconsin Historical Fencing Association, Aug 7 2021
• Introduction to Swetnam Rapier and Dagger - Tattershall Tulsa, Jan 22 2022
• Topics on Advanced Rapier and Dagger - Rose and Thorns Historical Fencing Symposium, Mar 27 2022
• Swetnam Seminar - Synergy Sword Arts, Jan 6-8 2023
• Introduction to Swetnam Rapier and Dagger - Ansteorra Accademia della Spada, Aug 17 2024