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 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. 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.

Offices & Positions

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
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

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

Event Staff

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 (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)

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.

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
• Kumihimo

Poetry

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 this 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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  Barony of Nottinghill Coill (Nottinghill Coill)
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  Barony of Tir-y-Don (Tir-y-Don)
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  Black Diamond's Birthday (Black Diamond)
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  Lochmere Shall Never Fall! (Lochmere)
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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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  The Bastion of Stierbach (Stierbach)
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  The Mountain Gem (Hawkwood)
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  The Raven's First Birthday (Ravens Cove)

Heraldry

Etienne's device is: Argent, on a fleur-de-lys vert two annulets interlaced in fess argent.
Etienne's badge is: (Fieldless) A fleur-de-lys bendwise vert.

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  Device
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  Device as Submitted
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  Full Achievement
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  Badge

Associations

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

His students include:

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

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). It 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
• 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.