Etienne Le Mons d'Anjou

Photo
Etienne, Kingdom Arts & Sciences Festival, A.S. LVI
Information
Resides: Shire of Border Vale Keep Status: Active Awards: Order of Precedence Entry
Heraldry
Argent, on a fleur-de-lys vert two annulets interlaced in fess argent.

Introduction

Mécène Etienne Le Mons d'Anjou, OP, resides in the Shire of Border Vale Keep, and participates in the Barony of Nottinghill Coill in the Kingdom of Atlantia. He also spent many years living in the Barony of the Sacred Stone and still remembers those lands with warm regards, often thinking of them as his homelands.

Persona

Mécène Etienne is a Frenchman residing in the province Anjou near the river, Loire. Etienne is descended from Good King René d'Anjou and models himself after René by taking the moniker of "Mécène", meaning patron (of the arts), which was often used by René. For Etienne, the year is about 1570 A.D.

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  Province of Anjou
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  Statue in Ais de Prouvènço of King René

Etienne was born in 1522 in Ais de Prouvènço, a city and commune in southern France about 30 km (20 mi) north of Marseille. Ais de Prouvènço is in a plain overlooking the Arc river, about 1.5 kilometres (1 mi) from the right bank of the river. The city slopes gently from north to south and the Montagne Sainte-Victoire can easily be seen to the east. Ais' position in the south of France gives it a warm climate, though more extreme than Marseille due to the inland location. It has an average January temperature of 6 °C (43 °F) and a July average of 24 °C (75 °F). It has an average of 300 days of sunshine and only 91 days of rain. While it is partially protected from the Mistral, Ais still occasionally experiences the cooler and gusty conditions it brings. Like most of the south of France, Ais de Prouvènço has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) .

Ais (Aquae Sextiae) was founded in 123 BC by the Roman consul Sextius Calvinus, who gave his name to its springs, following the destruction of the nearby Gallic oppidum at Entremont. In 102 BC its vicinity was the scene of the Battle of Aquae Sextiae, where the Romans under Gaius Marius defeated the Ambrones and Teutones, with mass suicides among the captured women, which passed into Roman legends of Germanic heroism. In the 4th century AD it became the metropolis of Narbonensis Secunda. It was occupied by the Visigoths in 477. In the succeeding century, the town was repeatedly plundered by the Franks and Lombards, and was occupied by the Saracens in 731 and by Charles Martel in 737. Aix, which during the Middle Ages was the capital of Provence, did not reach its zenith until after the 12th century, when, under the houses of Barcelona/Aragon and Anjou, it became an artistic centre and seat of learning. Aix passed to the crown of France with the rest of Provence in 1487, and in 1501 Louis XII established there the parliament of Provence, which existed until 1789.

Etienne was born into the nobility and was well-educated as fitting his station. He also inherited several vineyards of Muscat grapes and a winery in Provença-Alps-Còsta d'Azur near his birth home, Ais de Prouvènço. The wine is where much of his continued incomes comes from, along with other generational wealth.

Offices and Positions

Etienne by Toki Ima

Name of Position	Location	Dates
Society MoAS (Emergency Deputy)	Society of Creative Anachronism	1/2022-Present
Kingdom Herald - Emergency Deputy (Nereid)	Kingdom of Atlantia	1/2022-Present
Society MoAS	Society of Creative Anachronism	10/2017-12/2021
Nottinghill Coill Sciences Champion	Barony of Nottinghill Coill	2/2017-1/2018
Kingdom Herald – Staff (Sea Stag)	Kingdom of Atlantia	1/2016-12/2021
Kingdom MoAS	Kingdom of Atlantia	3/2015-10/2017
Regional MoAS - Deputy (Southern)	Kingdom of Atlantia	4/2014-3/2015
Baronial Seneschal	Barony of the Sacred Stone	5/2013-08/2014
Poeta Atlantiae	Kingdom of Atlantia	4/2013-4/2014
Canton MoAS	Canton of Crois Brigte	7/2012-5/2013
Kingdom Herald – Staff (Vexillum)	Kingdom of Atlantia	6/2012-1/2016
Herald - Deputy (Scribal)	Barony of the Sacred Stone	6/2012-6/2013
Baronial MoAS	Barony of the Sacred Stone	6/2012-6/2013
Kingdom MoAS – Deputy (Performing Arts)	Kingdom of Atlantia	6/2012-6/2013
Baronial MoAS - Deputy	Barony of the Sacred Stone	8/2011-8/2012
Canton MoAS - Deputy	Canton of Middlegate	6/2011-8/2012
Herald - At Large	Kingdom of Atlantia	3/2011-6/2012
Poeta Atlantiae	Kingdom of Atlantia	2/2011-4/2012

Event Staff

Photograph by Machteld Cleine

Arts & Sciences Coordinator
• Nottinghill Coill Baronial Birthday and Investiture (1/2016),
• Fall Crown (11/2015),
• War of the Wings VIII (10/2013),
• Flight of the Falcon (8/2013),
• SAAD VII (4/2013),
• Kingdom 12th Night (1/2013),
• War of the Wings VII (10/2012),
• Sacred Stone 30th Birthday (8/2012),
• Flight of the Falcon (8/2012),
• Tourney of Friends (3/2012),
• Verses of the Stone – Performing Arts (1/2012),
• War of the Wings VI (10/2011)

Autocrat
• Southern War Practice IX (/2017),
• Kingdom A&S Festival (Co-autocrat) (3/2017),
• Southern War Practice VII (Deputy) (9/2015),
• Nottinghill Coill Baronial Birthday XXXIV (02/2015),
• Drums of War IV (Deputy) (4/2013),
• Kingdom A&S Festival (Deputy) (2/2013).
• Sacred Stone Baronial Birthday XXXII & Investiture (8/2014),
• Kingdom Unevent (12/2013)

Class Coordinator
• Collegium (7/2015)

Etienne has also created and maintained many different websites and forms for various SCA usage.

Awards & Orders

Etienne's awards can be found on his Order of Precedence.

Award/Order	Date	Event	Bestowed by
Court Baron (Atlantia)	3/5/2022	Kingdom Arts and Sciences Festival (Atlantia)	Eckehard I & Jane I
Master of the Pelican (Atlantia)	1/23/2021	Andalucia Court at the Alhambra (Atlantia)	Anton V & Luned IV
Award of the Undine (Atlantia)	4/6/2019	Coronation of Christoph II and Adelhait II (Atlantia)	Ragnarr V and Lynette II
Companion of the Gordian Knot (Atlantia) (Nottinghill Coill)	10/19/2018	War of the Wings XIII (Atlantia)	Lucien and Brig
Companion of the Coill's Champions (Atlantia) (Nottinghill Coill)	1/27/2018	Nottinghill Coill Baronial Birthday (Nottinghill Coill)	Lucien and Brig
Award of the Golden Knot (Atlantia) (Nottinghill Coill)	3/4/2017	Kingdom Arts and Sciences Festival (Falconcree)	Lucien and Brig
Award of the Undine (Atlantia)	10/10/2015	Chalice of the Sun God / Coronation (Ponte Alto)	Logan VII and Esa II
Award of the Golden Cord (Atlantia) (Nottinghill Coill)	7/18/2015	Collegium (Cydllan Downs)	Takeda and Ariel
Award of the Undine (Atlantia)	4/11/2015	Coronation of King Logan and Queen Esa (Windmasters' Hill)	Michael X and Seonaid VIII
Companion of the Golden Dolphin (Atlantia)	12/13/2014	Yule Toy Tourney 2014 (Nottinghill Coill)	Michael X and Seonaid VIII
Companion of the Coral Branch (Atlantia)	8/31/2013	Sacred Stone Baronial Birthday 31 (Sacred Stone)	Amos I and Ysabella I
Companion of the Sacred Stone (Atlantia) (Sacred Stone)	4/13/2013	Drums of War IV (Baelfire Dunn)	Oshi and Sine
Companion of the Opal (Atlantia)	4/6/2013	Atlantian Spring Coronation (Marinus)	Amos I and Ysabella I
Companion of the Phoenix Eye (Atlantia) (Sacred Stone)	8/18/2012	Flight of the Falcon (Aire Faucon)	Oshi and Sine
Award of Arms (Atlantia)	8/20/2011	Flight of the Falcon (Aire Faucon)	Michael IX and Seonaid VII
Award of the Flame of the Phoenix (Atlantia) (Sacred Stone)	1/22/2011	Songs of the Stone (Middlegate)	Axel

Tokens and Tidbits

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  The site token from my first event
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  Newcomers medallion from my first event
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  Called up as newcomers
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  First favor token (from Baroness Oddny Knarrarbringa)
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  Flame of the Phoenix
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  Bardic Prize - 2/2011
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  Bardic Prize - 3/2011

University of Atlantia Honors

• Bachelors of SCA Studies - Session 82 in the Barony of Stierbach, June 2012
• Fellows of the University of Atlantia - Session 87 in the Canton of Caer Gelynniog, June 2014
• Masters of SCA Studies - Session 94 in the Barony of Dun Carraig, September 2016

Elevation and Vigil

Etienne Swearing Fealty

Oath
I, Etienne Le Mons d’Anjou, do hereby swear my oath to the Crown of Atlantia:

• To maintain candor, fidelity and devotion to the true friend.
  
• To never to make a wrongsome oath.
  
• To deal not harshly with the humble and lowly.
  
• To remember the respect that is due to my elders.
  
• To suffer no evil to go unremedied.
  
• To give aid to the friendless but to put no faith in the pledged word of a stranger.
  
• If I hear the fool's word of a drunken man, I will strive it not: for many a grief growth from such things.
  
• To give kind heed to those that have passed.
  
• To abide by lawful authority and
  
• To bear with courage the decrees of the Norns.
  

This I swear until death take me, the world ends, or Atlantia falls into the sea.

Speakers and Ceremony
Speakers for Mécène Etienne Le Mons d'Anjou

• Duke Logan Ebonwoulfe for the Order of the Chivalry
• Duchess Esa Kirkepatrike for the Order of the Rose
• Master Tors Hartman for the Order of Defense
• Mistress Maaline Renard for the Order of the Laurel
• Mistress Tannis of Tir-y-Don for the Order of the Pelican

Elevation from the Andalucia Court at the Alhambra
Cap of Maintenance explanation by Baron Lucien de la Rochelle
The cap of maintenance is a legacy item:

• Made by James of Middle Aston for
• Emeludt Hänsler then gifted to
• Lucien de la Rochelle then bequeathed to
• Bríg ingen Érennaigh passed to
• Etienne Le Mons d'Anjou and now in the hands of
• Alwin of Nottinghill Coill

Gifts and Regalia

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  Cap of Maintenance
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  Nine Man Morris Unrolled by Delia Flammen
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  Nine Man Morris Rolled by Delia Flammen
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  Banner by Signy Heri
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  Clock by Aodh Marland
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  Garb by Tyra Jonsdatter
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  Vigil Book by Bríg ingen Érennaigh
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  Glasswork by Marion le Red and Nikulai Ivanovich
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  Medallion from Tannis of Tir-y-Don
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  Basin and Pitcher by Etain of Sutherland
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  Hand Towel by Geoffrey d'Ayr of Montalban
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  Embroidered Scroll by Ceara of Novogrod
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  Vigil Space
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  Vigil Space
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  Vigil Space
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  Etienne Giving His Oath

Projects & Publications

Writer: Celtic Trims (4/2012-4/2014) & SCA Today (7/2012)

Dragon Shield of Appreciation

Celtic Trims awarded Etienne with a virtual Dragon Shield of Appreciation on October 6, 2011, as one of their most prolific author of Celtic Trim blog/Newsletter articles.

Publications

• Etienne wrote the Sacred Stone Scribes - Scribal Handbook in July 2012, much of which went into the Atlantian Scribal Handbook.
• Etienne was the primary poet for The Acorn, Sept. 2012 Supplement, Baronial Poems Edition.
• Etienne was the wordsmith of the Protectorate Treaty Between Nottinghill Coill and Border Vale Keep.

Arts & Sciences Projects

Etienne loves many different types of arts and sciences including:

• Poetry
• Calligraphy & Illumination
• Heraldry & Heraldic Display
• Brewing (specifically liqueurs)
• Storytelling
• Alchemy
• Medieval Medicine
• Herbalism
• And much more!

Poetry

Poeta Atlantiae Badge

Etienne is also very fond of poetry and has been Poeta Atlantiae twice. He has a particular love of the Italian sestina and French rondeau redoublé.
One of his long-term projects is the creation of the Codex Atlantia, an Atlantian version of the Codex Manesse (AKA: Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift or Pariser Handschrift) This project will combine Etienne's interests of poetry, calligraphy, illumination, heraldry, and book-binding.

Baronial Birthday Project (circa 2011-2012 during my first tenure as Poeta Atlantiae):

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  A Trip in the Highlands (Highland Foorde)
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  An Example for All (Bright Hills)
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  Barony of Nottinghill Coill (Nottinghill Coill)
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  Black Diamond's Birthday (Black Diamond)
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  Flight of the Kittyhawk (Windmasters' Hill)
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  Its Honor Our Own (Sacred Stone)
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  Lochmere Shall Never Fall! (Lochmere)
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  Riddle of the High Bridge (Ponte Alto)
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  Solid and Strong (Hidden Mountain)
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  Storvik, Living the Dream (Storvik)
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  The Barony by the Sea (Marinus)
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  Barony of Tir-y-Don (Tir-y-Don)
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  The Bastion of Stierbach (Stierbach)
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  The Best Rise to the Top (Caer Mear)
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  The Mountain Gem (Hawkwood)
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  The Raven's First Birthday (Ravens Cove)

Other Poetry:

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  A Hymn to the Dagda
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  Baron Axel
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  Diana and Actaeon
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  He Stood Alone
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  His Virtue Prevails
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  My Only Queen
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  My Only Queen (Combat Poetry Version)
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  St. Urho and the Hoppers
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  The Feline Wearing the Phrygian Cap
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  The Meeting
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  The Morning Procession

Calligraphy & Illumination

Etienne enjoys both calligraphy and illumination, specifically for seeing the joy on the recipients' faces.

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  Order of the Opal for Andrew of Skye
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  Order of the Pearl for Astrid Thorvardsdatter
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  Award of Arms for Biorn Eldiarnson
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  Order of the Coill's Guiding Beacon for Deirdre Morgan
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  Award of Arms for Dietrich von Hessen
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  Order of the Opal for Dreux d'Anjou
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  Award of Arms for Gilbert de Châtillon (Calligraphy Only, Illumination by Eleanor of Grey)
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  Order of the Sea Urchin for Lawrence of Gyrfalcon’s Keep (Work in Progress)
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  Order of the Sacred Stone for Niccolina the Wanderer (Calligraphy Only)
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  Award of Arms for Sorcha inghean Shearraigh
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  Award of Arms for Táriq ibn Khalil
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  Order of the Yeoman of the Sacred Stone (Scroll Blank)
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  Scroll Blank (Work in Progress)
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  The Feline Wearing the Phrygian Cap
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  Tree from the Maciejowski Bible

Brewing

Etienne also enjoys brewing, but rather than a documented artform, Etienne focuses on brewing for social and practical purposes. In other words, he likes how it tastes.

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  Clove Cordial
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  Red Hot Cordial
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  Allspice Liqueur
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  Blackberry Liqueur
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  Blueberry Liqueur
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  Cherry Liqueur
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  Clove/Honey Liqueur
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  Ginger/Honey Liqueur
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  Cinnamon Liqueur
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  Lavender Liqueur
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  Peach Liqueur
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  Vanilla Liqueur
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  Works in Progress Liqueurs
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  Works in Progress Liqueurs

Other Arts & Sciences

Etienne is a huge proponent of "Try all the things!"

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  Metal Bead Paternoster
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  Nottinghill Paternoster
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  Green and Gold Paternosters
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  Chinese Medicinal Fire Cupping
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  A Story of Said and Elion

Heraldry

Heraldry has been one of the primary interests in the SCA for Etienne since 2011. While his focus started in armory submissions, he has expanded his knowledge and education into the areas of onomastics, voice heraldry, protocol and ceremony, as well as more administrative areas of heraldry. He has held several deputy positions, including both Canton and Baronial levels, as well as Laurel-level LoAR proofreading. For the Kingdom of Atlantia, he has served as Vexillum (commentary), Sea Stag (education), and is currently Nereid (Emergency Deputy for Triton). His current projects include forming a process for the electronic submissions of armory and names in Atlantia as well as the acceptance of electronic payments by the College of Heralds of Atlantia.

Etienne has also rendered over 3000 pieces of SCA heraldry for various groups and individuals.

• Etienne's name was registered as Eʃtienne Le Mons d'Anjou in August of 2011 (via Atlantia).
• Etienne's device is: Argent, on a fleur-de-lys vert two annulets interlaced in fess argent. This was registered in May of 2013 (via Atlantia).
• Etienne's badge is: (Fieldless) A fleur-de-lys bendwise vert. This was registered in April of 2015 (via Atlantia).

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  Device
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  Device as Submitted
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  Full Achievement
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  Badge

Voice Heraldry
Etienne also does voice heraldry for announcements, tournaments, and court.

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  Capital H Ceremony
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  Gulf Wars XXIV Procession
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  Gulf Wars XXV Royal Court
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  Crown Procession for Lochlainn and Edan
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  Gulf Wars XXV Dominyk Wolferam's Elevation
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  Court Heraldry
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  Gulf Wars XXIV Procession
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  Crown Procession for Olaf Askoldssonn
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  More Crown Processions
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  Crown Procession for Eckehard and Jane

Associations

Etienne is married to Maitre Dreux d'Anjou

Etienne and Dreux

Guilds & Households

Etienne is involved in several different guilds:

Guild	Interest	Location
Atlantian Brewers Guild	Brewing	Kingdom of Atlantia
Atlantian Herbal Guild	Herbalism	Kingdom of Atlantia
Company of the Clewe	Knitting	Kingdom of Atlantia
Company of the Silver Spindle	Spinning	Kingdom of Atlantia
Inter-Kingdom Brewers' Guild	Brewing	Known World
Known World Courtesans	Courtesans	Known World
L'abbaye des abeilles	Courtesans	Kingdom of Atlantia
Nottinghill Coill Pageant Wagon	Theatre	Barony of Nottinghill Coill
Nottinghill Coill Scribal Guild	Calligraphy & Illumination	Barony of Nottinghill Coill
Sacred Stone Scribes	Calligraphy & Illumination	Barony of the Sacred Stone

Etienne is also involved in three households:

• Clan Blue Feather
• House of the Golden Corgi
• Tapas Consortium

Etienne was once a member of House Corvus, but left that group in 2017.

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  Clan Blue Feather
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  House of the Golden Corgi

Protégés, Students & Pages

Etienne currently has no protégés, but does have several students.

Viktor Likerionovich

His students include:

• Alexander de Burdegala [OP Link]
• Eadulf Beornwaldes sunu [OP Link]
• Eiríkr úlfr Þorisson [OP Link]
• Galfrid de Couentre [OP Link]
• Hua Meilan [OP Link]
• James of Carinthia [OP Link]
• Siobhan inghean mhic Eochoda [OP Link]
• Thamira haSopheret [OP Link]

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  Alexander de Burdegala
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  Eadulf Beornwaldes sunu
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  Eiríkr úlfr Þorisson
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  Hua Meilan
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  James of Carinthia
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  Siobhan inghean mhic Eochoda
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  Thamira haSopheret

Etienne also has the best page ever!

• Viktor Likerionovich [OP Link]

Personal Gallery

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  Coronet by Rikitsa
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  Everybody Was Snowball Fighting
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  As a Medieval Portrait
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  Etienne Glitters
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  Etienne and Sine
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  Viktor's Page Ceremony
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  Etienne as Poeta
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  Etienne Winning Poeta
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  Etienne at Delia's Vigil

Scrolls Received

Etienne strongly believes that the scribes of Atlantia are among the best scribes in the Known World and would like everyone to see their good and noble works!

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  Award of Arms
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  Order of the Phoenix Eye by Christophe and Eleanor of Grey
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  Order of the Golden Dolphin by Geffrei Maudeleyne
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  Award of the Undine
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  Award of the Undine
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  Order of the Pelican by Ceara of Novogrod
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  Court Baronage

Miscellany

• Etienne prefers the use of the title "Mécène", as in Mécène Etienne Le Mons d'Anjou. Mécène means patron (of the arts) and is derived from Mécène (“Maecenas”), a Roman advisor (70 B.C.E. – 8 B.C.E.) and important patron for the Augustan poets. It was also used in reference to René of Anjou (sometimes referred to as René le mécène).
• Mécène is pronounced as: /me.sɛn/
  
• Etienne's registered name is Eʃtienne Le Mons d'Anjou. The ʃ is a 'long s' and is silent. To prevent confusion, Etienne often drops it from the name. He does still use ʃ as his 'maker's mark' on scrolls and other art projects
  

In Case of Court

• Etienne is not a shy or retiring flower and can be surprised at court. If you wish to pre-arrange his presence, please contact Maitre Dreux d'Anjou.