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Duke of Anjou
« on: Sunday 16 January 11 15:42 GMT (UK) »
I found a reference to my surname, Revans, in correspondence between the Duke of Anjou and Elizabeth 1. The date was 1578 and it was in British History Online.  Can any one help in identifying  who the Revans was? " Sieur des" denotes a gentleman.
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Re: Duke of Anjou
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 16 January 11 16:51 GMT (UK) »
Identify who who was? Revans or the Duke of Anjou, cos I can do one but not the other!  ;D

The Duke of Anjou was the son of Henry II of France and Catherine de Medici, and was one of Elizabeth I's suitors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis,_Duke_of_Anjou

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Re: Duke of Anjou
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 16 January 11 16:52 GMT (UK) »
I think he means the person who has his Surname Revans  :)
Cecil Papers - October 1578
... The Sieur “des Revans” has returned who has given him the letter which it has pleased
her Majesty to write to him, full of assurances of the continuation ...
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House, Volume 2 (1888)
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Re: Duke of Anjou
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 16 January 11 17:00 GMT (UK) »
Wonder if "des Revans" means "of Revans"- refering to a place rather than person. There is a place in France called Revens (north of Montpellier).
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