[Steppes] History of the Order of the Tread of the Steppes -- andits final member

[Martha A. Compton]

To the Lady Isobel des Tourelles de Seine, Vivat!

Well deserved.

Muireann




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jay Rudin" <rudin at ev1.net>
To: <steppes at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 10:07 PM
Subject: [Steppes] History of the Order of the Tread of the Steppes -- 
andits final member


> Before there was a kingdom of Ansteorra, ...
> Before there was a principality of Ansteorra, ...
> Before there was a region of Ansteorra, ...
> Before there was a barony of the Steppes, ...
>
> There was the March of the Steppes.  It was the first shire in what would
> someday become Ansteorra.  And uniquely for a shire, it had an actual
> armigerous shire Order -- the Tread of the Steppes.  (And it will stay
> unique.  It is now illegal for an SCA shire to have an official Order.)
>
> It was opened in 1973 by the Crown of Atenveldt.
> It was closed in 1975 by Baron Aulus Allemanius Draconis when we became a
> barony.
> It was re-opened in 1982 by Baroness Aureliane Rioghail as a baronial
Order
> for those who had served since the days of the shire.
> It was closed in 1988 by Baron Robin of Gilwell and Baroness Adelicia
> Tagliaferro.
>
> It is an extremely rare award, for very few people qualify for it.
>
> Most of the above I learned as ancient Steppes history, for I never saw
the
> March, or the first few years of the barony.
>
> There is only one active person left in the Barony of the Steppes who
> remembers that time -- Lady Isobel des Tourelles de Seine.  She alone has
> lived here throughout the history of the Barony.
>
> Tonight at baronial business meeting, Baron Mahdi and Baroness Valeria,
with
> the permission of King Aaron and Queen Britta, re-opened the Tread of the
> Steppes to make Lady Isobel the final Companion of the Tread of the
Steppes.
>
> She has been given an honor that very few have earned, and that none other
> can ever receive.
>      Richard of Mont Royal
>      La Ranna
>      John of the Rudder
>      Allemanius Draconis
>      Aureliane Rioghail
>      Lloyd von Eaker
>      Leo Exiter the Wanderer
>      Anne-Louise of Blue Castle
>      Willow de Wisp
> and now ... Isobel des Tourelles de Seine
>
> Isobel!
>
>
> Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin
>
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