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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Emery m. Proto-Germanc *amal 'vigor, bravery' + Old High German rih 'ruler'.

The name of a 6th C king of the Visigoths, a 6th C king of Galicia, a 12th C king of Jerusalem, and a 12th-13th C king of Jerusalem.

Almaurry and the like represent metasthetized forms. Variants in Haim- are either derivatives of this name with an excrescent h or contain the prototheme Old High German heim, Old Frankish *haim 'home'. In France, the popularity of the name was strengthened by its appearance as the name of a legendary hero in the chansons de geste and the Matter of France.

Brabant
Latin
1312 Amelrici (gen) JeanIII p. 4, Amelricus (nom) ibid. p. 3, Aymericus (nom) ibid. p. 6
France
Latin
c665 Amelrico (abl) DCEL-2 Add. IV; c823 Amalricus (nom) irminon-vol2 13, Gaugiacum; 1029x1033 Haimericus (nom) CartStPC XII; 1047 Aimerici (gen) CartNDSaintes I; 1060 Aimerici (gen) ibid. XIX; 1067x1086 Aimericus (nom) ibid. XIV; 1107 Aimerici (gen) CartStPC XVII, Haimerici (gen) ibid. XVII; 1115x1149 Amauricus (nom) ibid. X; 1121 Amauricus (nom) CartNDJosaphat XI; 1127 Aimerici (gen) CartStPC III; 1132 Aimerici (gen) clairvaux-12thc 5; 1133 Amolrici (gen) CartNDdOurscamp XXX; 1138x1162 Amalricus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 60; c1140 Haimerico (dat) CartNDdOurscamp LXXXIII; 1146 Imarus (nom) CartNDSaintes VIII; 1147 Amalrici (gen) clairvaux-12thc 18, Emmaurici (gen) ibid. 14; 1147x1162 Amalrici (gen) ibid. 55, Amalrrici (gen) ibid. 55; 1153 Ymarus (nom) CartNDSaintes IX; 1158 Amalricus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 33, Amaricus (nom) ibid. 33; c1160 Amalricus (nom) CartNDdOurscamp XVI, Haimerici (gen) ibid. XVI; 1163 Amalricus (nom) ibid. XV; 1180 Haimerico (abl) ibid. LV; 1258 Amalricum (acc) ArrestReg-volI XXXIII, Pentecost, Amalricus (nom) ibid. III, Pentecost, Aymericum (acc) ibid. III, Pentecost; 1259 Almauricum (acc) ibid. V, St. Martin; 1260 Amalrico (abl) ibid. IX, Pentecost, Amalricus (nom) ibid. IX, Pentecost, Aymericum (acc) ibid. XII, Candlemas; 1261 Amalrico (abl) ibid. VII, BMV, Amalricus (nom) ibid. VII, BMV, Haymericus (nom) ibid. IX, BMV; 1273 Aimericum (acc) RegToul-13thC p. 40, Aimericus (nom) ibid. p. 40, Aymerici (gen) ibid. p. 22; 1274 Aimerici (gen) ibid. p. 44; 1378 Almarico (dat) hanquetvol1 439, Almaurico (dat) ibid. 2043, Aymerico (dat) ibid. 1686
Old French
1296 Amauri paris1296 p. 31, Hemeri ibid. p. 35; 1313 Emaurri Paris1313 p. 10
Middle French
1387 Hemery beauchet-vol1 p. 15; 1392 Emery MemBret-II col. 607; 1418 Almaurry HGParis p. 382; 1421 Almaurry favier 52, Emery ibid. 471; 1438 Amaury ibid. 396, Emery ibid. 269
Germany
Latin
1142 Ermericus (nom) mairhofer XIII; 1219 Emelricus (nom) quix-vol1 73; 1401 Emerico (dat) HD1401 no. 362
Italy
Latin
1265x1339 Ameri (gen) BBC-Berg 34; 1326 Almerico (abl) Friuli-14thC no. 441
Spain
Latin
1487 Aymericus (nom) carbonell p. 10
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