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It has been claimed that
Tescelin, who spent most of his life at the castle of the lords of Châtillon, was in some way related to them, and despite the lack of evidence writers since the 17th century have followed this line in trying to prove that Saint Bernard was a member of the highest nobility.
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at Dijon. The Abbot
Jarenton had the images of her six sons engraved on her tomb. Towards the end of his life, in 1116 Tescelin became a monk. His death on 11 April 1117 is recorded in the register of deaths of the Church of St. Benignus at Dijon, where Alith had been buried many years earlier.
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said he was "a man of large possessions, gentle in manners, a great lover of the poor, of devoted piety, and of an extreme zeal for justice ... He never took up arms except in defence of his own lands, or in company with his lord...".
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According to "Prince
Michael of Albany", as a de Grancey, Tescelin's mother may have been connected to the de la Ferte family, one of whom became the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem. "Prince Michael of Albany" was born
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Unanimité et diversité cisterciennes: filiations, réseaux, relectures du XIIe au XVIIe siècle : actes du quatrième
Colloque international du C.E.R.C.O.R., Dijon, 23-25 septembre 1998
219:, who was leaving for Jerusalem, in 1100 and 1101 in the second and third renewals of the donation of Marcennay, and between 1102 and 1111 during the judgment of the ducal court against
212:. Tescelin and his followers were assigned to protect this strongpoint. A strong house was built on the hill in the 11th century, entrusted to Tescelin le Roux as seigneur de Fontaine.
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and the building used for a smithy. The birthplace was restored and transformed from 1881 to 1897. It has become a place of pilgrimage for followers of Saint
Bernard.
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Tescelin is often listed among the witnesses of ducal donations. For example, he is found around 1100 at the time of the donation of the lands of
Marcennay by
185:– 31 August 1106). Aleth, also called Alith, Elizabeth or Alix, was daughter of Bernard, lord of Montbar. Their children were Guy, seigneur de Fontaine, Saint
193:(1092–1141). A chronicler of Saint Bernard says that his parents were "illustrious by their rank and high descent, but more illustrious by their virtues."
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140:. His castle, which had been largely destroyed, was rebuilt in the 19th century and is now a pilgrimage destination for followers of Saint Bernard.
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wrote in the 13th century that
Tescelin's mother married Fulk, lord of Aigremont, as well as Tescelin's father. She had a son named Gui by Fulk,
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Sorus or Saurus was the color of the plumage of a young falcon in its first year. Chestnut-colored horses were called
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Tescelin is described as having a reddish complexion, almost yellow-haired, commonly known as Sorus, or Le Roux.
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by his cousin Milon de
Montbard around 1113. Tescelin is among the witnesses of the charter of foundation of
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in
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concerning the forest of Marcennay. Tescelin Sorus is among the signatories of a diploma of
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and Saruc de Grancey. The sketchy available evidence indicates that Tescelin senior was a
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Veyssière, Laurent (2000), "Différences de vue et de réalization chez Étienne Harding",
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According to "Prince Michael of Albany" Aleth de Montbard's brother,
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Saint Bernard was born in what is now the large tower of the present
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Tescelin le Roux was born about 1070, son of Tescelin (
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178:In 1085 Tescelin married Aleth de Montbard (
163:, a dependent knight unrelated to his lord.
128:knight, keeper of a castle on the road from
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