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Subject: Translation of Heraldic french
Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 11:08:08 GMT

to Brian D ()

> Can anyone give me the translation of the following?
First, please find the same text with the words which are misspelled
corected.
(the new are located below the errors), the accents are missing.

> On a dit, mais sans preuves bien serveuses a' l'appin' que Rothilde,
serieuses a l'appui
> fille de herieiere d'un vicomte deBrosse, espousa vers l'an 950
heritiere epousa
> Gerard, vicomte de Limoges, et que leur descendant Bernard, fils purne
puisne
> d'Aimar, vicomte de Limoges, recut en partage de Chateau deBrosse dans
le
> la second moitie du siecle servat et fonda une seconde famille
suivant
> deBrosse.

Now, find a tentative of translation of your text (sorry, but my english
is not very good at all, but I thincK that you can better understand the
meaning).

> On a dit, mais sans preuves bien serveuses a' l'appin' que Rothilde,
It is said, but without any serious proof to support , that Rothilde,
(Rothilde is a name)

> fille de herieiere d'un vicomte deBrosse, espousa vers l'an 950
heir daughter from a viscount DeBrosse, married in about 950
(DeBrosse is a surname)

> Gerard, vicomte de Limoges, et que leur descendant Bernard, fils purne
Gerard, viscount of Limoges, and that their descendant Bernard, son younger
(Gerard and Bernard are names, Limoges is a french town)

> d'Aimar, vicomte de Limoges, recut en partage de Chateau deBrosse dans
from Aimar, viscount of limoges, received as one's share the DeBrosse castle
in

> la second moitie du siecle servat et fonda une seconde famille
the second half of the following century, and get married a second time
(in order to build up a new familly, a second familly)
> deBrosse.
DeBrosse.

this text gives the following genealogy:

Vicomte De Brosse
I
I
V
Rothilde - married with Gerard (which is Vicomte de Limoges)
about 950
I
I
V
Bernard (Vicomte de Limoges)
received the DeBrosse castle between 1050 and 1100
married in order to build up a second familly DeBrosse

> Bernard Vicomte de Brosse a la Maison-Dieu de Montmorillon.
Bernard viscount DeBrosse at (or has?) the house-Got of Montmorillon.
(Montmorillon is a french town)

Best Regards
Yvon LALIGANT

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