House Caerwynd
“Hold the key, hold the road”
A house of 125 members across 12 generations.
- Founder
- Odo Caerwynd the Wise
- Years
- 851 – 1209
- Seats
- Castel Sainte-Ode×51Ostrand×4Maudrenne×3
Dynasty tree
Only a steward can change the arms and the succession
What the arms mean
- Shield shapeHeaterThe usual knightly shield of the 13th and 14th centuries. The shape shows period and fashion, not a symbol.
- ColourGulesCourage and military strength: the red of a fighter's blood.
- ColourVertHope, joy and youth: the green of spring and the fields.
- DivisionPer bendSplit on the diagonal, from top left to bottom right.
- ChargeKey · OrTrust and office: the keeper of a house, a castle or heaven's gate.
These meanings are a later tradition. Medieval heralds mostly chose a charge for how it looked, or as a pun on the family's name.
The number of figures, where they stand and which way they face are choices of design, with no fixed meaning.
Succession
Rulers and titled members
Odo Caerwynd the Wisec. 851–892Founder
Clement Caerwynd the BoldDuke of Castel Sainte-Odec. 939–993
Dagobert CaerwyndCount of Valmorelc. 878–924
Clement CaerwyndCount of Tournelle1177–1209
Dagobert CaerwyndBishop of Ardelle982–1038
Wivine CaerwyndAbbess of Fontgaillard1014–1066
Anselm CaerwyndKnight of Maudrenne1101–1145
Walter CaerwyndKnight of Cressy Ford1159–1209
Members 125
Remembered · 125
Odo Caerwynd the Wisec. 851–892
Dagobert CaerwyndCount of Valmorelc. 878–924
Peronelle Caerwynd908–962
Lothaire Caerwynd910–968
Isembard Caerwynd the Grim918–975
Isembard Caerwynd920–968
Yolande Caerwynd the Devout922–978
Norbert Caerwynd the Stammerer934–944
Ogive Caerwynd937–941
Clement Caerwynd the BoldDuke of Castel Sainte-Odec. 939–993
Drogo Caerwynd939–992
Maurin Caerwyndc. 943–997
Bertrand Caerwynd the Unreadyc. 945–999
Vivian Caerwynd947–985
Caradoc Caerwynd964–997
Anselm Caerwynd965–996
Jehanne Caerwyndc. 967–1025
Mainard Caerwynd967–970
Bernard Caerwynd970–975
Quentin Caerwynd Longsword972–972
Quentin Caerwynd974–1022
Tancred Caerwynd974–978
Blaise Caerwynd976–1024
Heloise Caerwynd the Quiet976–1019
Thibault Caerwynd976–1015
Arnaud Caerwynd978–1013
Felicie Caerwynd978–1029
Elisende Caerwynd979–1025
Sibylle Caerwynd980–1016
Dagobert CaerwyndBishop of Ardelle982–1038
Ogive Caerwynd985–1026
Ulric Caerwynd985–1040
Heloise Caerwynd986–1035
Vérane Caerwynd1002–1041
Constance Caerwynd the Quiet1007–1050
Norbert Caerwynd1010–1054
Fulk Caerwynd1011–1056
Joscelin Caerwynd1014–1018
Wivine CaerwyndAbbess of Fontgaillard1014–1066
Arnaud Caerwyndc. 1016–1061