Aubri de Baudricourt

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Registered Name: Aubrey de Baudricourt Resides: Bryn Gwlad Status: Active Joined SCA:
Order of Precedence
Aubrey de Baudricourt
Heraldry
Per bend sinister ermine and sable a stag rampant within a bordure counterchanged.

His Excellency, Maître Aubri de Baudricourt, WSA, OL, OD

Previously Known As: (...see Trivia, below...)
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Additional Registered Heraldry:

The following badge associated with this name was registered in April of 2012 (via Ansteorra): (Fieldless) A stag dormant per bend sinister ermine and sable.

Achievement:

Mantling 1 : Sable
Mantling 2 : Argent
Helm : Great Helm silver, faces Sinister
Crest: Peacock in his pride argent marked sable
Coronet: Baronial
Supporter, Dexter : Andalusian horse sable maned argent
Supporter, Sinister : Barbarian proper
Motto : Les lasches ne gaigne paradis

Offices:

• Local Offices Held
  • Vicar of the Eldern Hills
  • Herald, Barony of Bryn Gwlad
  • Rapier Marshal, Barony of Bryn Gwlad

• Regional Offices Held
  • Cut & Thrust Marshal, Southern Region

• Kingdom Offices Held
  • Kingdom Rapier Marshal, 1993 - 1995

Persona History:

I am Aubri de Baudrecourt, 14th Vidame de Vichery, 10th Baron et pair de Revigny and seigneur de Baudrecourt, Juvaincourt and Vaudoncourt. I was born in 1460 to a family that had been in service to the Comtes de Vaudemont since 1111. When Rene II, comte de Vaudemont became Duc de Lorraine, this placed the House of Lorraine-Vaudemont on a collision course with the much more powerful House of Valois-Bourgogne. Though some cousins supported Charles le Temeraire of Bourgogne, we stayed with the young Duc de Lorraine and we shared his triumph on the field of Nancy in 1477. For our loyalty we gained further lands in Bar and in central Lorraine.

We accompanied Rene on his many adventures in France, Lorraine and Italie (where he sought, without success, to recover the kingdom of Naples, the claim to which came down to him through his illustrious ancestor, good king Rene d'Anjou), In time Rene was called to his reward as the good steward of Lorraine by Our Heavenly Father and his son Antoine came to the ducal throne.

Antoine, raised in France with Francois d'Angouleme in the court of Louis XII, because of his friendship with the future King Francois, aligned our foreign policy with that of France. We marched off to war with the young king in 1515 and, in that year, I saw my last battlefield, that of Marignano. I remained at the side of my duke, fighting well into the night under the full moon, until chevalier de Bayard found us, far behind the main battle line and led us back to our camp.

On the the morning my son, Jean, led our Venetian allies onto the left flank of the Swiss and the tide of battle changed in our favor. In the wake of the battle the joyful young king provided for my son a county and he and my duke extended my holdings in Lorraine and Bar. Now, in my old age, I find repose in my estates in sunny Lorraine, reading an ancient Italian book concerning the use of knightly weapons that i found in Friuli. My days of adventure are done, such things being the realm of young men.

Interests:

• Italian Longsword
• 16th Century Warfare
• Byzantine History

Original work by Emma Farewyll

Populace Provided Information:

Alexandre Crane

(When asked to speak at Aubri's elevation to the Order of Defense)

Vos Majestés - Je m'appelle Sieur Alexandre Crane, Chevalier de la Société.

The knights of the Order of Chivalry foster many virtues in not only their students but all within the Society, the chief among those is normally regarded as prowess. Don Aubri has proven his prowess with a blade many times over on the field of combat. As such, I would speak on other virtues that we hold dear. I would speak on his Courtesy, his Faith, and his Generosity.

This man, who watched a relative newcomer to the Society pick up a rapier and dive into the fray, then sat to speak with that newcomer and calmly explained that murder on the field can be an art in itself when combined with being a gentleman. This man, who maintained contact with that newcomer over the years, no matter the distance, to continue to share of his knowledge and foster not only a passion for combat, but a previously unknown passion for learning the one true science of the Society: History. And this man, who continues to share his passion, skills, wisdom, knowledge, and friendship with that former newcomer, even a decade later.

Your Majesties, this man is already my Peer, in more ways than one, and I am thrilled to hear of his recognition as a Master of this craft, as well.

Trivia:

• Avery Shaw reports, "He may also answer to Captain Martinez..."

Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:

Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:

While serving as Kingdom Rapier Marshal (1993 - 1995), oversaw the introduction of Ansteorra's first heavy rapiers ("Schlaggers"), wrote the first set of rules and won the Crown's approval for their use. Also during his tenure in office he negotiated White Scarf treaties with the Kingdom of the West and the Kingdom of Caid as well as a Treaty of Equivalency with the Kingdom of the East for the Order of the Golden Rapier of the East and the White Scarf of Ansteorra (this treaty, sadly, was abrogated by the King of the East in the next reign).