Berengar
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Berengar is a masculine name, of some popularity among certain noble families during the Middle Ages, especially the Unruochings and those related. Bérenger is the French form and Berengario the Italian. The Latin form is Berengarius. The name is ultimately derived from Germanic roots meaning "bear" and "spear" (cf. Geir
, Gerald
).
Berenguer is the Catalan form of the name. Berenguier/Berengier is the Occitan.
It's also a compound name with "Raymond" in the family of the counts of Barcelona and Provence.
Berenger, Bérenger, or Beringer may refer to:
Geir
Geir is a male name common in Iceland and Norway, rare in Sweden, and very rare in Denmark. It is an ancient Nordic name meaning "spear" or spear of God, as in the lightning bolt of Oden, and is one of the original nordic runes...
, Gerald
Gerald
Gerald is a masculine German given name meaning "rule of the spear" from the prefix ger- and suffix -wald . Variants include the English given name Jerrold, and the feminine nickname Jeri. Gerald is less common as a surname...
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- Berengar of Toulouse
- Berengar I of NeustriaBerengar I of NeustriaBerengar I was a 9th-century nobleman of East Francia, a son of Gebhard, Count of Lahngau, and younger brother of Udo. He and his brother were created Margraves of Neustria by Charles the Bald in 861....
- Berengar II of NeustriaBerengar II of NeustriaBerengar II was the Count of Bayeux and Rennes and Margrave of the Breton March from 886 until his death a decade later.Berengar's kin became the first Gallo-speaking lords holding residence within Brittany , as a consequence of the Breton nobility being more or less broken under the Norman...
- Berengar I of ItalyBerengar I of ItalyBerengar of Friuli was the Margrave of Friuli from 874 until no earlier than 890 and no later than 896, King of Italy from 887 until his death, and Holy Roman Emperor from 915 until his death.Berengar rose to become one of the most influential laymen in the empire of Charles the Fat before he...
- Berengar II of ItalyBerengar II of ItalyBerengar of Ivrea , sometimes also referred to as Berengar II of Italy, was Margrave of Ivrea and usurper King of Italy from 950 until his deposition in 961, the last before Italy's incorporation into the Holy Roman Empire...
- Berengar of ToursBerengar of ToursBerengar of Tours was a French 11th century Christian theologian and Archdeacon of Angers, a scholar whose leadership of the cathedral school at Chartres set an example of intellectual inquiry through the revived tools of dialectic that was soon followed at cathedral schools of Laon and Paris, ...
, theologian - Berengar, Bishop of VenosaBerengar, Bishop of VenosaBerengar was the Bishop of Venosa. He is mentioned for the last time at Christmas 1096.The son of Arnaud d'Échauffour, he became a monk in Saint-Evroul-sur-Ouche as a youth. He was a student of Abbot Thierri....
- Juhel Berengar
Berenguer is the Catalan form of the name. Berenguier/Berengier is the Occitan.
- Berenguier de PalazolBerenguier de PalazolBerenguier de Palazol, Palol, or Palou was a Catalan troubadour from Paillol in the County of Roussillon. Of his total output twelve cansos survive, and a relatively high proportion—eight—with melodies....
- Berenguer d'AnoiaBerenguer d'AnoiaBerenguer d'Anoia or de Noya was a Catalan troubadour from Majorca. He wrote the Mirall de trobar, an Occitan poetic, grammatical, and rhetorical treatise in the tradition of the Razos de trobar of Raimon Vidal and the Regles de trobar of Jofre de Foixà, a genre always popular in Catalan...
- Berengier TrobelBerengier TrobelBerengier Trobel or Berenguier Trobel was a troubadour and bourgeois from Rodez. He wrote two surviving cansos. Outside of his own poetry and the chansonniers that contain it he is known from only two documents of Rodez, both of which he witnessed in 1275.One of his cansos is an attack on love...
- Berenguer de Palou IIBerenguer de Palou IIBerenguer de Palou II was bishop of Barcelona from 1212 to 1241. He was a major supporter of James I of Aragon.He began his career as a canon priest in Barcelona Cathedral during the episcopate of his uncle Berenguer de Palou I...
, bishop of Barcelona
It's also a compound name with "Raymond" in the family of the counts of Barcelona and Provence.
- Ramon Berenguer (disambiguation), multiple people
- Berenguer Ramon (disambiguation), multiple people
Berenger, Bérenger, or Beringer may refer to:
- Berenger FredoliBerenger FredoliBérenger Fredoli was a French canon lawyer and Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati.-Celestine V:...
, French bishop (c. 1250–1323) - Alphonse-Marie-Marcellin-Thomas BérengerAlphonse-Marie-Marcellin-Thomas BérengerAlphonse-Marie–Marcellin–Thomas Bérenger , known as Thomas Bérenger or Berenger de la Drôme, was a French lawyer and politician...
, French lawyer (1785–1866) - Bérenger SaunièreBérenger SaunièreFrançois Bérenger Saunière was a Roman Catholic priest in the French village of Rennes-le-Château, in the Aude region, officially from 1885 until he was transferred to another village in 1909 by his bishop, a nomination he declined and subsequently resigned...
, French priest (1852–1917) - Paul BérengerPaul BérengerPaul Raymond Bérenger GCSK MP is the Leader of the Opposition of Mauritius and former Prime Minister of the Republic. Bérenger, who is a Christian of French descent, is the only Prime Minister of Mauritius who was not a Hindu....
, Mauritian politician (born 1945) - Tom BerengerTom BerengerTom Berenger is an American actor known mainly for his roles in action films.-Early life:Berenger was born as Thomas Michael Moore in Chicago to an Irish Catholic family. Berenger's father was a printer for the Chicago Sun-Times. Berenger has a sister, Susan...
, American actor (born 1949) - Bérenger, a character in the play RhinocerosRhinoceros (play)Rhinoceros is a play by Eugène Ionesco, written in 1959. The play belongs to the school of drama known as the Theatre of the Absurd...
by Eugène Ionesco - Victor Henri BérengerVictor Henri BérengerVictor Henri Bérenger was France's ambassador to the United States from 1926 to 1927.-References:...
, French ambassador to the United States - Beringer Vineyards
- Bearenger , a character in Tails Sky Patrol
- Category:French-language surnames