Knight's Lineages

A knight is given the accolade by the king (or chosen representative), but in the SCA it is also true that only a knight may make a knight. In most cases the king is also a knight, but in the cases where that is not true, another knight is chosen to hold the sword when the accolade is given. (Actually this became the rule sometime after the second SCA knight was made. The first, Sir Ardral Argo ver Kaysc, was knighted by the presiding noble Siegfried von Höflichskeit at the first Tourney on 1 May 1966. The second, Sir Henrik of Havn, was knighted by Fulk de Wyvern, who was not yet formally knighted, on 25 Mar 1967.) In this way knighhood flows from knight to knight and can be seen as a ``lineage.'' Here is mine:

  1. Sir Erich Hlodowechssun, knighted 16 Mar 1986 by
  2. Sir Asgeirr Gunnarsson, 5th king of Calontir, knighted 29 June 1985 by
  3. Sir William V'tavia, 3rd king of Calontir, knighted 27 Oct 1984 by
  4. Sir Shadan Secarius, 2nd king of Calontir, knighted 18 Aug 1984 by
  5. Sir Lars Vilhjalmsson [note 1], knighted 20 Aug 1983 by
  6. Sir Corin du Soleil, 27th king of the Middle, knighted 28 Oct 1978 by
  7. Sir Polidor Haraldsson [note 2], knighted 26 Oct 1974 by
  8. Sir Dagan du Darregonne, 10th king of the Middle, knighted 2 Mar 1974 by
  9. Syr Merowald de Sylveaston, 8th king of the Middle, knighted 30 Apr 1972 by
  10. Sir Iriel of Brannoch, 4th king of the Middle, knighted 8 May 1971 by
  11. Sir Cariadoc of the Bow, 3rd king of the Middle, knighted 9 July 1969 by
  12. Sir Siegfried von Höflichskeit, king of the West, knighted 6 Jan 1968 by
  13. Sir William the Silent, king of the West, knighted 30 Sep 1967 by
  14. Sir Henrik of Havn, king of the West, knighted 25 Mar 1967 by Fulk de Wyvern [note 3]

note 1: Sir Lars held the sword for Chepe L'Oragere, 1st king of Calontir. Chepe was later knighted by Sir Asgeirr Gunnarsson, holding the sword for Gabriel ap Morgan ap Hywel, 6th king of Calontir. Gabriel was later knighted by Sir Thorvald the Golden, 9th king of Calontir.

note 2: Sir Polidor held the sword for Nathan von Daritz, 18th king of the Middle, who was later knighted by Syr Laurelen Darksbane, 19th king of the Middle.

note 3: Sir Henrik of Havn was the second formally created knight (and first formally crowned king) in the SCA. Fulk had won the previous SCA tourney and so was the presiding noble. He was later formally knighted on 6 Jan 1968 by Sir William the Silent, king of the West.

As an extension to this lineage, I held the sword for Cuthbert Aldhelm (reign name of Cathyn Fitzgerald), 27th king of Calontir, in knighting Sir Donato el Lobo. Cathyn was later knighted by Sir Ceasan MacCullum, 30th king of the Outlands

In the SCA most knights have one or more squires, who are individuals being personally trained in the fighting and other skills appropriate to knighthood. And while it's certainly not a requirement, very often a knight, prior to being knighted, was a squire. It's then often possible to trace a line in this way also. Here is mine:

  1. Sir Erich Hlodowechssun, squire of
  2. Syr Ternon de Caer Liant, squire of
  3. Syr Merowald de Sylveaston, squire of
  4. Sir Thorvald inn Grimmi, in the early days of the Middle Kingdom.

Compiled by Erich Schraer, in the SCA known as Sir Erich Hlodowechssun (email: erich@wubios.wustl.edu)