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[Facts] Re: Berengar(ia)
by Pavlos (guest)
6/5/2001, 5:03 AM
in reply to a message by Daividh
Maybe it is related to the Barangians (or, Varangians) a group of Norse vikings. The Barangians at one time served as pretty ruthless guards of Eatern Roman ("Byzantine")emperors.
According to one source (http://viking.no/e/france/family-names.html), the name is derived from Var- (vigilant) and -Asgaut.
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Berengar(ia)  ·  Daividh  ·  6/4/2001, 8:58 PM
•Re: Berengar(ia)  ·  Pavlos  ·  6/5/2001, 5:03 AM
•Blow me down!  ·  Pavlos  ·  6/5/2001, 8:23 AM
•Re: Berengar(ia)  ·  Andrea  ·  6/4/2001, 10:26 PM
•Re: Berengar(ia)  ·  Nanaea  ·  6/4/2001, 9:21 PM
•Re: Berengar(ia)  ·  Mike C  ·  6/5/2001, 1:03 AM
•Re: Berengar(ia)  ·  Daividh  ·  6/5/2001, 6:31 PM
•Mike's theory checks out via this source, too  ·  Nanaea  ·  6/5/2001, 8:17 PM