| |
| | Baron de Breteuil Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Europe, of Tonga and of Japan bestow or recognise the title of '''baron'''. |
 | | The word ''baron'' derives from an Old French word ''baro'' ('man' in the sense of 'vassal'): ''Et quant ce virent li baron de l'ost, qui estoient herbergié d'autre part del port...'' ("And when the barons of the host [of fighting men at Constantinople] appeared, who were garrisoned in another part of the harbor...") |
 | | Before long, the greatest of the nobles, especially in the marches, such as the Earl of ChesterEarls of Chester or the Durham CathedralBishops of Durham, might refer to their own tenants as "barons", where lesser magnates spoke simply of their "men" (''homines''). |
| www.echostatic.com /Baron_de_Breteuil.html (743 words) |
|