Louis was born in 1081, the son of Philippe I. He reigned as King from 1108 to his death in 1137. He reestablished order in the royal domain, fought King Henry I of England and stopped the Germain Emperor Henry V from invading France. Suger was his principal minister.
Various spellings of the name are:
Léveillée, Léveillé, L'éveillé.
It is pronounced as if there is a "y" instead of the two "l's"; phonetically "liveayear".
In French pronunciation, two "l's" between two vowelles, of which the first is an "i", are pronounced like a "y".
The first person to use the name was most likely a soldier who played the trumpet or horn to "awaken" the other soldiers. The English word "reveille" comes from the French verb "éveiller" or "réveiller".
In the various genealogical dictionaries and repositories, there are variations and alternates to this name: Fourquain, Fourquin, Forcan.
D'après l'ouvrage de Laurent FORDANT, "Tous les noms de famille de France et leur localisation en 1900" le patronyme FOURQUIN est localisé dans quatre départements : La Moselle (57), Les Vosges (88), Le Nord (59) et Paris (75). Le patronyme LÉVEILLÉE est localisé dans deux départements : l'Eure (27) et La Manche (50). Le patronyme LÉVEILLER est localisé dans trois départements : La Vendée (85), l'Ille-et-Vilaine (35) et l'Eure-et-Loir (28). Le patronyme LÉVEILLE est localisé dans trois départements : Paris (75), l'Orne (61) et La Manche (50). Caro, commune du Morbihan (56), nous relevons une famille FOURQUEN en 1787. (Source : "Répertoire général de bio-bibliographie Bretonne" par Ren KERVILLER") Il existe une autre commune qui s'appelle Vitré en France dans le département des Deux-Sèvres (79). Le C.G.I.V.
According to Laurent FORDANT's work, "All the family names of France and their localization in 1900", the surname FOURQUIN is found in four departments: La Moselle (57), Les Vosges (88), Le Nord (59) and Paris (75). The surname LÉVEILLÉE is found in two departments: L'Eure (27) and La Manche (50). The surname LÉVEILLER is found in three departments: La Vendée (85), I'Ille-et-Vilaine (35) and L'Eure-et-Loir (28). The surname LÉVEILLE is found in three departments: Paris (75), l'Orne (61) and La Manche (50). Caro, commune du Morbihan (56), we find a FOURQUEN family in 1787. (Source: "General Repository of Bio-bibliography of Britanny" by Ren KEVILLER)
Information gathered from Cercle Généalogique d' Ille et Vilaine (CGIV)
