Blanchefleur
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Origin of the name Blanche:
Derived from the Old French blanchir (to make white), which is from blanc (white). The name, introduced to England by the Normans, can be coincidentally derived from the Middle English blanchen (to make white, to take color from). The name was originally used as a nickname for someone with pale blond hair and now often mistakenly thought to mean "blond."
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Pronounced BLAWNSH-fluhr (sort of...)
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From the French, meaning "White Flower"
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Blanchefleur was the mother of Tristan in "Tristan and Isolde" (Tristan unt Iseulde).
Blanchefleur was the wife of Percival in several variants of holy grail quest stories.
Blanchefleur was the heroine of the medieval story "Floris and Blanchefleur."
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