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Courtenay: Origin, Geographical Distribution
Local. A town of France which stands on a hill on the banks of the small river Clairy, about fifty-six miles south of Paris. This small town has imparted its name to several princes, whose actions are celebrated in French history. The name signifies The court near the water.
Courtenay Surname Origin
Courtenay: Place of Origin :  Devon (United Kingdom) |  Cornwall (United Kingdom) |  Somerset (United Kingdom) |  London (United Kingdom) |  Oxfordshire (United Kingdom) |  Dorset (United Kingdom)
Courtenay: Online Family Trees
de COURTENAY Ford Abbey, Devonshire (Devon, England, United Kingdom) 1194 - 1242
de COURTENAY Assassiné ŕ Tyr (Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom) 1230 - 1230
de COURTENAY Assassiné ŕ Tyr (Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom) 1230 - 1230
COURTENAY (de) Okehampton Devonshire England (United Kingdom) 1105 - 1283
COURTENAY (de) Okehampton Devonshire England (United Kingdom) 1242 - 1283
de COURTENAY Tyr (Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom) 1230 - 1230
de COURTENAY Tyr (Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom) 1230 - 1230
COURTENAY Beheaded On Tower Hill (London, England, United Kingdom) 1539 - 1539
COURTENAY Bermondsey (London, England, United Kingdom) 1395 - 1395
COURTENAY Gb-Oakhampton (Devon, England, United Kingdom) 1371 - 1405

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Courtenay: Famous Genealogies
 The surname Courtenay is related to the following famous family trees :
        BELLAY (du) Joachim (1522 - 1560)
        D'ARTAGNAN Charles born DE BATZ DE CASTELMORE Charles (1612 - 1673)
        COULONGES Henri born DE DAMPIERRE Marc-Antoine (1936 - )
        DE MARTIMPREY Edmond Charles Edouard (1808 - 1883)
        MIRABEAU Honoré born RIQUETI Honoré Gabriel (1749 - 1791)
Courtenay: Books that contain this surname
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COURTENAYA genealogic and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire g by Bernard Burke,...
Author: John Bernard Burke - Published in 1860
... m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir William Courtenay, of Powderham Castle, co. Devon, and was s. at his decease, in 1636, ...
COURTENAYA genealogic and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire g by Bernard Burke,...
Author: John Bernard Burke - Published in 1860
... 17 June, 1770, the Hon. Frances Courtenay, dau. of William, lst Viscount Courtenay, of Powderham Castle, in the co. of ...
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