According to my French dictionnaries the term huguenot comes from eyguenet which is an alteration of german Eidgenossen , name given to the Geneva people in league against the duke of Savoie. Luc -----Message d'origine----- De : Roy Day <royday@dial.pipex.com> À : HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com <HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com> Date : 14 décembre, 2000 12:48 Objet : [HWE] The spirit of King Hugo >The assemblies of the Protestants of Tours took place at night in a tower >haunted, it was said, by a spirit called King Hugo. This took place in the >middle of the 16th century and is supposedly how the name Huguenot came to >be. >Does anybody have any further information? > >Roy. > > >==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== >To access list archives: go to URL's below for 1)threaded or 2)keyword >1) http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/huguenots-walloons-europe >2) http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > >============================== >Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > > >