What French noble family is originally from a northeastern French town, whose name is "Wirten" in medieval German, has surviving family members in Scandinavia, Spain, and Germany?
Verdun Verdun ( ; ] ; medieval German: "Wirten" , official name before 1970 "Verdun-sur-Meuse") is a small city in the Meuse department in Grand Est in northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department.
House of Clermont The House of Clermont is a noble family of the French region of Picardy dating from the 10th century and included both the early counts of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis as well as many Constables of France. The house eventually merged with the House of Nesle with the marriage of Raoul II of Clermont and Gertrude of Nesle. The family is the sometimes referred to as the House of Clermont-Nesle ("Maison de Clermont-Nesle" ).