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 Braose The House of Braose ("alias" Breuse, Brewes, Brehuse, Briouze, Brewose etc., Latinised to de Braiosa) was a prominent family of Anglo-Norman nobles originating in Briouze, near Argentan, Orne, Normandy. Members of this family played a significant part in the Norman conquest of England and subsequent power struggles in England, Wales and Ireland in the 11th to 14th centuries.