Rowenna de Manning

• Joined the SCA in the Kingdom of the West in AS X.
• Chancellor of Madrone Campus of the University of Ithra 6 years
• Regent of the University of Ithra 19 years
• Founding member of the Madrone Culinary Guild
• Order of the Laurel AS XIV for culinary arts, study and practice of Middle Eastern dance and costume
• Order of the Pelican AS XVII
• Court Baroness of An Tir AS XVIII
• Became a Lion of An Tir at Twelfth Night Coronation XXXVI/2002
• Red Tree Pursuivant (Madrone Herald)somewhere around AS XIII 3 years
• Deputy Kingdom Seneschal AS XVI 3 years
• Guild Head of the Madrone Culinary Guild XL/2005-2006
• Keeper of the Culinary Guild banquet equipment 20+ years

Rowenna de Manning, born in Sicily, is the daughter of a Norman soldier and an Arab merchant's daughter. Upon the death of her mother and father, her Norman father's relatives claimed her and took her to Christian lands, where she was fostered in the household of Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine for a time. With a growing mislike for the curious customs of the Norman French, such as seldom taking a bath, Rowenna fled to her uncle in Sicily, under the protection of a group of pilgrims and knights on their way to fight in Outre Mer. Her Norman French relatives continue to try to retrieve her to live in the West, and Rowenna keeps well out of reach. She lives quietly in Samarkand when not visiting An Tir.