Armand de Sevigny

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Armand
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Preferred title: Not specified Their Pronouns: Not specified Resides: Gyldenholt Status: Semi-Active Awards: Visit the Caid Order of Precedence
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Per bend Or and GU, a dragon passant and a lion's jambe erect erased counterchanged
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Duke Armand de Sevigny, KSCA, OP

He was elevated to the Order of the Chivalry on June 05, 1976 by Paul and Carol, King and Queen of the West.

Offices & Positions

• 1st King of Caid with Diana de Savigny, 06/03/1978-11/18/1978.
• 1st Baron of Gyldenholt with Diana de Savigny, 01/12/1980-01/12/1985.
• 6th King of Caid with Diana de Savigny, 11/22/1980-05/30/1981.

SCA Biography

 Armand de Sevigny joined the SCA in A.S.VI [ late 1971] in the newly founded Barony of 
Calafia [San Diego, Ca.] in the Kingdom of the West. He joined originally as a Franciscan 
friar called Armand-Sebastian de la foret de Savigny. He was soon drafted into more 
martial pursuits, but never forgot his humble and irritatingly pious beginnings.
  He was knighted by King Paul of Belatrix of the West in A.S. XI  (1976). In A.S.XII
 [1978] he became the first King of Caid [Southern California] and served again as King 
in A.S. XVI [1981]. Armand also has served as Kingdom Seneschal, was the founding baron 
of the Barony of Gyldenholt [Orange County, California], and later served for two years 
as the first Captain General of the Army of the Kingdom of Caid [1987-1989]. In A.S. XVII
 [1983] he was made a member of the Order of the Pelican.
   For thirteen years Armand was active in the equestrian arts in the kingdom and in 
jousting outside the SCA. He received a Lux Caidis for equestrian arts in 1996. As part 
of his interests in historical knighthood, he has made and used several medieval saddles
 to better study how a knight rode in battle. The death of his beloved mount, Bayard, in 
July 1996, and increased mundane work and family commitments have prevented him from being
 as active recently as he would like. His other horse, Odin, was the one he rode at the
 SCA's Twenty-Fifth Year celebration in Ansterroa.  Odin, Armand's old warhorse for a 
dozen years or more,
passed away in his sleep in the early morning hours of November 20th of natural causes. 
He had served us well, first in the medieval equestrian games, and later for many years 
as a calm and dependable mount for his young daughters. He will be missed, but the memory
 of him will be cherished.

After the passing of his friend William Marshal, Armand went on a final crusade to Egypt in 1217. There he met and befriended Francis of Assisi.The effect of this relationship was so profound that when Armand returned home, he relinquished his worldly estates and founded a religious house where he lived until the end of his life.

Armand is a Premier Companion of the [http://www.lanceofstanne.com Company of St Anne. With many of the other members of the Company of St. Anne he attended the First Emprise of the Black Lion. This was the first time an emprise of its kind had ever been held in this kingdom. With three other members of St Anne, he formed the Lance of St Anne Or and rode against several other lances to claim victory. He rode a rental horse, named Tristan (seen below).

This is Sir Armand on Tristan (below), staged to compete in the Black Lion Emprise I. He appears circa 1215, riding in clothe heraldic bardings, which completely cover the horse. This is how Armand would have appeared at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214, near the end of his career.