User:Lckystrke

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Real Name: Guillaume Tremblay
Age: 21
Birthday: 3 August 1986
Birthplace: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Currently Residing: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Religion: Catholicism
Philosophy: Stoicism (personal); Neorealism (IR)
Ideology: Right-of-centre
Zodiac: Leo
Favourite Authors: Michael Crichton; Hergé; Robert Ludlum; Epictetus; Kenneth Waltz; John Mearsheimer
Favourite Movies: No matter how hard I try, I can't come up with a concise and accurate list.
Favourite TV Shows: Stargate Atlantis; Stargate SG-1; all modern Star Trek Series; Family Guy; Futurama; The Simpsons; Mythbusters; House, M.D.; Hell's Kitchen
Favorite Sports Teams: Pittsburgh Penguins; Toronto FC; Boston Red Sox
Caretaker Of: Toronto FC and Toronto FC seasons
Royal Title: Guillaume IV, Duke of Normandy (unconfirmed, 55% likely). Before you wonder, yes research has been done on the matter.
Personal Emblem: See Below - To be flown on the day I become head of state of my empire. Marroon and black are my personal colors, the red cross in the upper-left corner is a derivative of the historical flag of Brittany, the place of my most recent European ancestor. Finally, the Greek letters Alpha and Omega represent both the beginning and end to governance. I'm not THAT delusional, but it's better to be prepared.

Family History:

4th century: Romans withdraw from northern Gaul.

6th century: Period of factionalism between tribes which Saint Wandrille is able to unite and becomes the first count of Normandy.

842: "Tremblay" begins to refer to a region in Normandy.

885-886: After a failed siege of Paris, one of the lower-ranked invading leaders, Rollo, Earl of Orkney (from either Denmark or Norway) wandered the territory between Paris and Normandy, warring on the various peoples he found.

911: Rollo comes to an understanding with the West Frank Carolingian king Charles the Simple (d.927 or 929). Rollo would cease his attacks in the region in exchange for land around Rouen. Moreover, Rollo would have to enter into a feudal contract, convert to Christianity and marry only French princesses. Lastly, he would be obligated to defend the Seine River from potential raiding Vikings. Rollo became Robert I, Duke of Normandy.

927: Robert I dies and is succeeded by Guillaume I (aka. Guillaume Longue-Épée).

942: Guillaume I dies and is succeeded by Richard I.

996: Richard I dies and is succeeded by Richard II.

1026: Richard II dies and is succeeded by Richard III.

1028: Richard III dies and is succeeded by Robert II (aka. Robert le Diable).

1035: Robert II dies and is succeeded by Guillaume II (later known as Guillaume le Conquérant).

1066: Guillaume II conquers England and it is added to the Duchy of Normandy. This is problematic in that the English king is the duke of Normandy who is himself a vassal of the French monarch.

1066 onward: Like other related families (if only distantly so), many members of the Tremblay family enlisted with Guillaume II for his campaign in England. Indeed, Guillaume II recruited soldiers from all over Northern France, Germany and the Low Countries and this included soldiers from the Tremblay region. Active in the conquest, the Tremblays gained tremendous influence at home as well as new lands in England, where a branch of the family settled and became known as the Trembles.

1096: The Tremblay family participates in the First Crusade.

1204: Phillipe II of France successfully conquers Normandy and annexes it to France. This process is made easier when the Duke of Normandy/King of England, Jean I (aka. Jean Sans Terre) leaves for England to tend to matters unknown. This is the reason for which emerged the theory that Norman dukes preferred to focus their energies on their newly acquired kingdom of England, simply because it was indirectly a vassal to France rather than directly, like Normandy. As a result of the war, Jean loses the title of Duke of Normandy. Some families chose loyalty to the family and left with Jean while others, such as the Tremblays, chose loyalty to the land and stayed behind in Normandy.

1394: Pope Clement VII gives the town of Saint-Malo and the surrounding region to Charles VI, king of France in order to settle a dispute between France and Brittany. Some of the Tremblays move to this region.

1415: The town and region of Saint-Malo is returned to Brittany.

15th century: The Tremblay family branches off to Flanders (today Northern Belgium to become known as the Trembleurs) and Burgundy (today Eastern France).

1620: One sub-division of the Burgundian branch reaches and settles in Geneva.

c. 1626: Pierre Tremblay of the Norman branch, ancestor to all Tremblays in North America, is born in Saint-Malo.

9 April 1647: Pierre Tremblay accepts to work in New France.

References

4th century: Swyrich Corporation Research, certificate # 2530420062096

6th century: http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=009dLL

842: http://cf.geocities.com/jntremblay/anc_f.htm

885-886: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollo_of_Normandy

911: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollo_of_Normandy & http://www.tacitus.nu/historical-atlas/regents/france/normandy.htm

927: http://www.tacitus.nu/historical-atlas/regents/france/normandy.htm

942: http://www.tacitus.nu/historical-atlas/regents/france/normandy.htm

996: http://www.tacitus.nu/historical-atlas/regents/france/normandy.htm