Golden Swan Tournament

Golden Swan Tournament is held annually on the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend in Appledore.

Golden Swan is a persona development challenge for female personas. The purpose of Golden Swan is to foster knowledge of the lives of women in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The equivalent challenge for male personas is Scholars of St. Thomas Aquinas

A successful Golden Swan has acquired a level and depth of understanding of what a woman's life was like in a given time period that may be unequalled even in the highest academic circles.

Each year the candidates enter 12 categories. Eight are mandatory: Persona Development, Skills and Technologies, Costuming, Needlework, Calligraphy, Everyday Life, Courtesy and Etiquette, and Inspirational Behaviour. The candidate must also choose 4 out of 6 of the following: Games and Pastimes, Bardic, Dance, Survival Skills, Habitat, Food.

Please note that all categories are open to anyone as individual contests.

Golden Swans

XIX/1984

• Kyrsteen ap Sennann du Saone
• Thyri Eriksdottir (Kelinda Garrett)
• Elspeth Aylena of Alnwick
• Gyelle Spence

XX/1985

• Janet Marie nic Alaster McBain
• Eileen Falconer

XXI/1986

• (none)

XXIV/1987

• Madelein de Vos (Gudrun)

XXIII/1988

• (none)

XXIV/1989

• Mother Abbess Megan
• Anthea de Northeton

XXV/1990

• Ilana Cordonero di Firenze (Aelana Cordovera)
• Helene von Gruner

XXVI/1991

• Adriana Juliet Francesca Maria della Cassa della Sangomano

XXVII/1992

• Meresigha Stonegatta

XXVIII/1993

• (none)

XXIX/1994

• (none)

XXX/1995

• Aloise de Pont du Fosse

XXXII/1996

• (none)

XXXII/1997

• Eloise de Montagne

XXXIII/1998

• Vigdis Bjornsdottir

XXXIV/1999

• Osorgarow the Dredful
• Nadjeszka

XXXV/2000

• (none)

XXXVI/2001

• Walburga of Liege
• Agnes Cresewyck & Meryell Kennet (dual entry as sisters)

XXXVII/2002

XXXVIII/2003

• Alis Talairan de Perigord
• Rose Vanden Burge

XXXIX/2004

• Saikhan Naranaimorin

XL/2005

• Julia Aurelia
• Lucy Pogge

XLI/2006

Event Reports

• Golden Swan Tournament XXXVI/2001
• Golden Swan Tournament XXXVII/2002
• Golden Swan Tournament XXXVIII/2003
• Golden Swan Tournament XXXIX/2004
• Golden Swan Tournament XL/2005