“The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.” – Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) 11thc.
Sir Gelleys Jaffery
Sir Kail Vidarsson
“The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.” – Thomas Aquinas 13thc.
Sir Emhin MacTir
Order of Precedence
Lineage
- Andrew of Seldom Rest (not squired) 1971
- William Aboinen called the Finn 1981
- Richard of Rae Fen 1985
- Cona Macpherson 1998
- Emhin MacTir 2016
- Cona Macpherson 1998
- Richard of Rae Fen 1985
- William Aboinen called the Finn 1981
“What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.” – Geoffrey Chaucer 14thc.
Duke Timothy of Long Bennington, KSCA
Personal Biography
Timothy was born in the village of Long Bennington in England. After the defeat at Hastings, Timothy’s Saxon parents fled with him to Constantinople and entered service to the Byzantine empire. Timothy was raised as a Saxon while his father served in the Varangian guard. Upon his father’s death at the hands of the Normans at the Battle of Dyrrhachium, Timothy enlisted as a Varangian himself before eventually leaving to join the first crusade to recapture Jerusalem. Upon reclaiming the city, Timothy returned to England, and now competes in tournaments in England, France, and Normandy in an effort to extend his fortunes and bolster his family name.
Viscount Valeric von Bredereke, KSCA
Order of Precedence
Lineage
- Thorvald inn Grimmi 1970
- Merowald de Sylveaston 1972
- Jahn of Outmann 1977
- Raim y Hynnddyl 1982
- Anton von Haganstein 1989
- Fabian Arnett von Schwetzingen 1990
- Conor Weisszahn 1999
- Valeric von Bredereke 2015
- Conor Weisszahn 1999
- Fabian Arnett von Schwetzingen 1990
- Anton von Haganstein 1989
- Raim y Hynnddyl 1982
- Jahn of Outmann 1977
- Merowald de Sylveaston 1972
Sir Johann Brotamoar
“Justice is the constant and perpetual wish to render every one his due.” – Emperor Justinian 8thc.
Sir Lugh Naran of Osprey
“The nourishment of body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.” – `Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph 7thc.
Count Randver Brotamaðr
Every Knight remembers (his dubbing) as the finest (day) of his existence…
—George Duby
Sir Hrothgar of Mercia
Order of Precedence
Lineage
- Francois Duvant (not squired) 1974
- John the Bearkiller 1977
- Andras, le lâche d’Armorique 1979
- Lawrence of Ashana 1982
- Hadi al Hadad called the Aspiring (sponsored) 1991
- Griffin O’Suaird 1996
- Malachi Thorsson 2009
- Hrothgar of Mercia 2014
- Malachi Thorsson 2009
- Griffin O’Suaird 1996
- Hadi al Hadad called the Aspiring (sponsored) 1991
- Lawrence of Ashana 1982
- Andras, le lâche d’Armorique 1979
- John the Bearkiller 1977
What then is Chivalry? So strong a thing, and of such hardihood, and so costly in the learning, that a wicked man or low dare not undertake it… Whoso would enjoy high honor first must suitable display that he has well been schooled to such arts…
—The Biography of Sir William Marshall