Posted by: Nicholas de Vere Date: May 19, 2001 at 16:01:10 In Reply to: Milo de Vere by Debbie Fain of 332
Milo Duke of Angiers was also the Count of Anjou and according to the evidence, the son of the "legendary" Melusine. (see Sabine Baring Gould). Milo's wife was the daughter of Pepin and Leuthergis the concubine and so his successors on the female side were Merovingian whilst the mother of the overall dynasty - Melusine - was a princess of the southern Picts of Albha. Her totem tribal badge was the Dragon, hence the fairytale connotations. The Dragon Motif turns up later on the seal of Hugh de Vere in 1200 ad whilst the Blue Boar; a Druidic caste badge also called Le Solitaire, was derived from Melusine's husband's family, hence the Blue Boar and "Harpy" or wouivre supporters in the Vere Arms.