FRENCH / OCCITAN NAMES FROM THE XII AND XIII CENTURY

by Ramons lo Montalbes

The names listed here were taken from La chanson de la croisade albigeoise de Guillaume de Tulède (ISBN 2-253-05084-9, texte originale, avec une adaptation en français de Henri Gougaud, Le Livre de Poche, Librairie Générale Française, Paris, 1989). This is a chanson de geste, written by two participants in the Albigensian Crusades. The first part is pro-French, and the second part is pro-Toulouse. The French language adaptation of H. Gougaud is a very good read; I cannot vouch for the original Occitan canso (I speak Occitan like a vache espagnole…).

The names are definitely last quarter 12^th Century and probably first quarter 13^th Century, since they are for the most part the names of mature persons fighting in the Crusade in the South of current France.

The links below lead to lists of French names, the corresponding Occitan names, and the first page of the above text citing the name. These were taken from the book's index. The frequency of separate persons cited with the same name may indicate the popularity of the name. Bear in mind that the names are those of the participants and persons otherwise involved in the affairs of the Albigensian crusade. People involved were from Rome, Normandy, Germany, Aragon, and more. Please note that the French spellings in these lists are modern French forms. Only the Occitan spellings are from the original text.

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Completed by Ramons lo Montalbes, September 1997
Clarifications added by Arval Benicoeur, June 1999
Published by Arval Benicoeur.