Seguin
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First name
Seguin is a FrenchFrench language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and Gascon
Gascon language
Gascon is usually considered as a dialect of Occitan, even though some specialists regularly consider it a separate language. Gascon is mostly spoken in Gascony and Béarn in southwestern France and in the Aran Valley of Spain...
name. It is of Germanic
Germanic languages
The Germanic languages constitute a sub-branch of the Indo-European language family. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approximately the mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age northern Europe...
origin (sig-, that is, "victory", cf. modern German Sieg, and -win, that is, "friend", related to modern English "win"). Sigiwinus, Siguvinus, Siguinus, Siguin, Sigiwin, Sigwin, or Sigoin are variants.
- Seguin I of GasconySeguin I of GasconySeguin I Lupo was Duke of Gascony from 812 until 816, when Louis the Pious deposed him "because of his boundless arrogance and wicked ways", according to the contemporary Frankish chroniclers. The "Basques across the Garonne and around the Pyrenees" rebelled against the removal of their duke, but...
- Seguin II of GasconySeguin II of GasconySeguin II , called Mostelanicus, was the Count of Bordeaux and Saintes from 840 and Duke of Gascony from 845. He was either the son or grandson of Seguin I, the duke appointed by Charlemagne....
- Seguin de Badefol
- Seguin de Lugny
- Sigwin von Are
Surname
- Erasmo SeguinErasmo SeguínJuan Jose Maria Erasmo Seguin was a prominent citizen and politician in San Antonio de Bexar in the 19th century. From 1807 until 1835, Seguin served as postmaster of San Anotnio, TX. After Mexico achieved independence from Spain, Seguin was named the sole representative from Texas to the...
(1782–1857), Texas postmaster, San Antonio Mayor & political figure, Rancher - Juan Nepomuceno SeguínJuan SeguínJuan Nepomuceno Seguín was a 19th-century Texas Senator, Mayor, Judge, and Justice of the Peace and a prominent participant in the Texas Revolution.-Early life and family:...
(1806–1890), Tejano hero of the Texas Revolution - Edouard SeguinEdouard SeguinÉdouard Séguin was a physician and educationist who was born in Clamecy, Nièvre. He is remembered for his work with children having cognitive impairments in France and the United States....
(1812-1880), French physician - Marc SeguinMarc SeguinMarc Seguin was a French engineer, inventor of the wire-cable suspension bridge and the multi-tubular steam-engine boiler.- Biography :...
(1786-1875), French engineer and inventor - Philippe SéguinPhilippe SéguinPhilippe Séguin was a French political figure who was President of the National Assembly from 1993 to 1997 and President of the Cour des Comptes of France from 2004 to 2010....
(1943-2010), French politician - Danny SeguinDanny SeguinDaniel "Dan" Seguin is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 37 games in the National Hockey League. He would play with the Vancouver Canucks and Minnesota North Stars....
(1948-), retired Ice Hockey Player - Tyler SeguinTyler SeguinTyler Seguin is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League . He was a draft pick of the Bruins, selected second overall in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft...
, Ice Hockey Player - Wolfgang SeguinWolfgang SeguinWolfgang "Paule" Seguin is a retired East German footballer.-Club career:Seguin took up playing football in his hometown of Burg in 1953. He spent ten years with Einheit Burg, playing an attacking role. In 1963 he transferred to SC Aufbau Magdeburg, where he would play 380 Oberliga matches until...
, East German association footballer - Louis de Seguin, Marquis de Pazzi and former owner of the notable Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine estate Château Fortia
Places
- Seguin, TexasSeguin, TexasSeguin is a city in Guadalupe County, Texas, in the United States. It is part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 22,011; the July 1, 2009 Census estimate, however, showed the population had increased to 26,842...
- Seguin, OntarioSeguin, OntarioSeguin is a township in central Ontario, Canada, in the District of Parry Sound. The township was incorporated on January 1, 1998, by amalgamating the former townships of Humphrey, Foley, Christie, and the western half of Monteith with the village of Rosseau....
- Seguin Island, MaineMaineMaine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
, see Seguin LightSeguin LightSeguin Light is a lighthouse on Seguin Island at the mouth of the Kennebec River, Maine.It was first established in 1795. The present structure was built in 1857. It is the highest lighthouse on the Maine coast and has the only first order Fresnel lens ever used there...
Institutions
- Seguin High School (Arlington, Texas)Seguin High School (Arlington, Texas)Juan Seguin High School is a secondary school serving grades 9-12 located in Arlington, Texas and is part of the Arlington Independent School District. The school has just under 2000 registered students. -History:...
- Seguin High School (Seguin, Texas)Seguin Independent School DistrictSeguin Independent School District is a public school district based in Seguin, Texas .In addition to Seguin, the district also serves the communities of McQueeney and Kingsbury....
- Seguin Services (Cicero, Illinois)