Fitz-Warren, Fulk IV 1a

Birth Name Fitz-Warren, Fulk IV
Gender male
Age at Death 49 years, 4 months, 13 days

Narrative

Tthe Story of the Holy Graal here told is not only the most coherent and poetic of all the many versions of the Legend, but is also the first and most authentic.

This seems to be proved beyond doubt by a passage in the History of Fulke Fitz-Warine, originally written apparently between the years 1256 and 1264. The passage occurs at the end of the History, and is printed in verse of which I give a literal prose translation:

"Merlin saith that in Britain the Great a Wolf shall come from the White Launde. Twelve sharp teeth shall he have, six below and six above. He shall have so fierce a look that he shall chase the Leopard forth of the White Launde, so much force shall he have and great virtue. We now know that Merlin said this for Fulke the son of Waryn, for each of you ought to understand of a surety how in the time of the King Arthur that was called the White Launde which is now named the White Town. For in this country was the chapel of S. Austin that was fair, where Kahuz, the son of Ywein, dreamed that he carried off the candlestick and that he met a man who hurt him with a knife and wounded him in the side. And he, on sleep, cried out so loud that King Arthur hath heard him and awakened from sleep. And when Kahuz was awake, he put his hand to his side. There hath he found the knife that had smitten him through. SO TELLETH US THE GRAAL, THE BOOK OF THE HOLY VESSEL. There the King Arthur recovered his bounty and his valour when he had lost all his chivalry and his virtue. From this country issued forth the Wolf as saith Merlin the Wise, and the twelve sharp teeth have we known by his shield. He bore a shield indented as the heralds have devised. In the shield are twelve teeth of gules and argent. By the Leopard may be known and well understood King John, for he bore in his shield the leopards of beaten gold." (7)

The story of Kahuz or Chaus here indicated by the historian is told at length in the opening chapters of the present work and, so far as is known, nowhere else. The inference is therefore unavoidable that we have here "The Graal, the Book of the Holy Vessel" to which the biographer of Fulke refers. The use, moreover, of the definite article shows that the writer held this book to be conclusive authority on the subject. By the time he retold the story of Fulke, a whole library of Romances about Perceval and the Holy Graal had been written, with some of which it is hard to believe that any historian of the time was unacquainted. He nevertheless distinguishes this particular story as "The Graal", a way of speaking he would scarce have adopted had he known of any other "Graals" of equal or nearly equal authority.

THE HIGH HISTORY OF THE HOLY GRAAL
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Graal/introduction.html

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1215 Whittington Castle, Shropshire, England   2
Death 1264-05-14 Lewes, Sussex, England   2

Age: 49y

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father FitzWarren, Fulk III1183
Mother le Vavasour, Maud11901226
    Sister     Fitz-Warren, Hawise 1212
         Fitz-Warren, Fulk IV 1215 1264-05-14

Families

Family of Fitz-Warren, Fulk IV and De Toeni, Constance

Unknown Partner De Toeni, Constance ( * 1233 + 1264/5-02-11 (Julian) )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Fitz-Warren, Mabel12461297-05-24
Fitz-Warren, Hawise1248
Fitz-Warren, Fulk V12511315-11-24
Fitz-Warren, William1255

Source References

  1. Michael Neuman: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clcaldwell&id=I008301 @ RootsWeb Caldwell and related families
      • Source text:

        # ID: I008301
        # Name: Emma de Dinham 1 2
        # Sex: F
        # Birth: 1136 in Dinan, Bretagne, France
        # Birth: 1136 1 2
        # Death: 1202 in Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
        # Death: 1208 1 2

         

         

        Father: Oliver III de Dinham , Lord of Dinan b: ABT 1088 in Dinan, Bretagne, France
        Mother: Alianor de Penthiève b: ABT 1092 in Penthiève, Morbihan, Bretagne, France

        Marriage 1 Robert II de Vitré b: 1132 in Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France

        Children

        1. Has Children André de Vitré b: ABT 1154 in Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
        2. Has No Children Alain de Vitré b: ABT 1156 in Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
        3. Has Children Alianore de Vitré b: ABT 1158 in Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France

         

        Sources:

        1. Title: oliver III de dinham.ged
        Repository:
        Media: Other
        Text: Date of Import: 19 Mar 2005
        2. Title: geoffrey V de dinham.ged
        Repository:
        Media: Other
        Text: Date of Import: 27 Mar 2005

         

         

      • Citation:

        e-mail: michaelneuman@earthlink.net

  2. Katherine de Grandison.ged