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i know not from Breton Kynarts, but is there any possibility that your
"Cinard" could have been "Chenard/Canard/Chenart"?
there is a 12th c. family in the Chartrain with that cognomen --several of
the
men carried it (the most prominent being a _Paganus qui et canardus_ whose
little brother Udo was abbot of St. Peter's of Chartres, +1150).
[Huge snips]
Dear Chris,
Your meanderings are a constant delight but as far as I can tell, in my
instance, the names "Cinardus" and "Bernardus" are alternative Christian
names and not Nomen + Cognomen. The chap in question had a perfectly good
territorial "d'Escoublac" a manor on the northern estuary of the Loire close
to Guerande and in territory that was Breton-bretonnant (ie Breton-speaking)
at that period. Additionally his nephew Robert who was his archdeacon and
succeeded him as bishop (tut tut nepotism ???) is also "d'Escoublac".
I am pretty sure in my own mind that "Cinardus" is the Latin form of a
Celtic personal name, not a Frankish nickname. I'm just trying to find out
which one.
BMC.
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