Escors

Escors or de Cors,^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]} is a family name of French origin probably from the region of Aquitaine or Gascony that moved to Navarre "Escors" is related to other Occitan surnames from Aquitaine (Descors, Escars) and present-day Catalonia (Escorsell, Escorsa) that derived form "Cors-Cortis".^{[citation needed]} The name "Cors" permanently incorporated the Occitan medieval demonstrative article "Es-" between the 10th and 12th centuries (Es-Cors/ Es-Corz).^[9] Many typographic variants can be found in the documents of the Kingdom of Navarre (Escorsi, Escorssi, Escorçi and Escorçy, d'Escourçy, de Corçy, d'Estorçy), or in the Gascon Rolls (Descorce, Descoce, Descorse, De Schours).^[10]

This family moved to Navarre in 1234 following the House of Champagne when they took over the Kingdom of Navarre^[11][7][12] and some of the members served as military personnel,^[11][13] and administrators. It is likely that they settled in the village of Maya (Amaiur in euskera) in the Baztan Valley (Navarre).^{[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]}

The Escors family was closely related to other French families (Ségur and Bourg)^[25] and maybe to Baztanese families such as Borda, Maya, Echenique, Uharrichena (Oharrichena/Ocharrichena), Baztan, and Goyeneche if indeed the Escors settled in Maya as the "Escorz" family^{[17][19][26][27][14]}