- Bundeswehr. The O'Flaherty clan has
historically used the
phrase "Fortuna
Favet Fortibus" as a motto. The O'Keeffe
family motto is “Forti et
fideli nihil difficile”...
- Crouchback, 1st Earl of
Lancaster (m. 1269; died 1274)
Father William de Forz, 4th Earl of
Albemarle Mother Isabella de
Fortibus,
Countess of Devon...
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William de Forz (died 1195) was a
French noble,
believed to be from Fors in Poitou. He
became by
right of his wife
Count of
Aumale following his marriage...
- from Carisbrooke. The
final private owner was the
Countess Isabella de
Fortibus, who, on her
deathbed in 1293, was
persuaded to sell it to
Edward I. Subsequently...
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Isabel de Forz (or
Isabel de Redvers,
Latinized to
Isabella de
Fortibus; July 1237 – 10
November 1293) was the
eldest daughter of
Baldwin de Redvers, 6th...
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toponymic is
variously rendered as Fors and Forz, or else
Latinised to
Fortibus. Soon
after 1213,
Albemarle was
established by King John in the territories...
-
castle with
stone walls,
towers and a keep. In 1293,
Countess Isabella de
Fortibus, the last
Redvers resident, sold the
castle to
Edward I. From then on,...
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managed by the
Office of
Public Works. The clan
motto is
Fortuna Favet Fortibus, or "Fortune
Favours the Brave"
which may have been
inspired by the same...
- the de
Redvers family. The last
holder of both
titles was
Isabella de
Fortibus nee de Redvers, 8th
Countess of Devon, who
inherited them on the death...
- 19th-century accounts. One
tradition holds that it was
planted by
Isabella de
Fortibus (1237–93). Wistman's Wood and the folk tale of the 'Wild Hunt'
served as...
