Courtenay
Courtenay was initially just the name of two parishes in France:
- Courtenay (Isère) in the Isère department and
- Courtenay (Loiret) in the Loiret department
The canton of Courtenay and the aristocratic Courtenay family and their heirs from the Capetian family , the House of France-Courtenay , are derived from the latter . A branch line of the original Courtenay went to England; the following places were named after her:
in the United States:
in Canada:
in New Zealand:
Courtenay is the family name of the following people:
- Bryce Courtenay (1933–2012), Australian writer
- Cezaria Anna Baudouin de Courtenay-Ehrenkreutz-Jędrzejewiczowa (1885–1967), Polish ethnologist, art historian and linguist
- Charles Courtenay, 17th Earl of Devon (1916–1998), British aristocrat and politician
- Charles Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon (* 1975), English lawyer and noble politician
- Ed Courtenay (* 1968), Canadian ice hockey player
- Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (1526–1556), English nobleman
- Gertrude Courtenay, Marchioness of Exeter († 1558), Marchioness of Exeter
- Hatto von Courtenay († after 1039), French nobleman
- Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter (1498–1538), cousin of King Henry VIII of England.
- Hugh de Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon († 1340), English nobleman
- Hugh Courtenay († 1348) († 1348), English knight
- Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon (1942-2015), British peer
- Jan Ignacy Niecisław Baudouin de Courtenay (1845–1929), Polish linguist and Slavist
- Joan Courtenay (1411-1465), English nobleman
- Joscelin of Courtenay , Lord of Courtenay
- Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer (1907-2004), South African amateur biologist, museum director for many years
- Philip Courtenay († 1489), English knight
- Philip of Courtenay , titular emperor of Constantinople
- Richard Courtenay († 1415), English clergyman
- Thomas de Courtenay, 5th Earl of Devon (1414–1458), English nobleman and magnate
- Tom Courtenay (born 1937), British actor
- William Courtenay (1342-1396), English clergyman
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