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King of Hedmark Eystein "The Severe" Throndsson

King of Hedmark Eystein "The Severe" Throndsson

Male 683 - 710  (27 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  King of Hedmark Eystein "The Severe" ThrondssonKing of Hedmark Eystein "The Severe" Throndsson was born in 683 in Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway; died in 710 in Norway.

    Eystein married Solveig Halfdansdottir about 699 in Upland, Norway. Solveig (daughter of of Sweden Halfdan Solfasson) was born in 684 in Soleyum, Sweden; died in 770 in Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Asa Eysteinsdottir  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 708 in Uppland, Norway; died in 739 in Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway.
    2. 3. Earl of Throndheim Hogne  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 700 in Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway.
    3. 4. Hodne Eysteinsson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 704 in Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway.
    4. 5. Frode Eysteinsson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 702 in Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Asa EysteinsdottirAsa Eysteinsdottir Descendancy chart to this point (1.Eystein1) was born in 708 in Uppland, Norway; died in 739 in Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway.

    Asa married King of Norway Halfdan "White Leg" Olafsson about 730 in Norway. Halfdan (son of King of Vestfold and Jutland Olaf "The Tree-Hewer" Ingjaldsson and Solveig Halfdansdottir) was born about 704 in Romerike, Akershus, Buskerud, Norway; died in 750 in Toten, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. King of Vestfold in Raumerike Eystein "The Fart" Halfdanarsson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 736 in Holtum, Vestfold, Norway; died about 780 in Borre, Vestfold, Norway.
    2. 7. Gudrod "Jagtkonge" Halfdansson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 738 in Vestfold, Norway; died about 810 in Norway.

  2. 3.  Earl of Throndheim HogneEarl of Throndheim Hogne Descendancy chart to this point (1.Eystein1) was born about 700 in Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway.

  3. 4.  Hodne EysteinssonHodne Eysteinsson Descendancy chart to this point (1.Eystein1) was born about 704 in Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway.

  4. 5.  Frode EysteinssonFrode Eysteinsson Descendancy chart to this point (1.Eystein1) was born about 702 in Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  King of Vestfold in Raumerike Eystein "The Fart" HalfdanarssonKing of Vestfold in Raumerike Eystein "The Fart" Halfdanarsson Descendancy chart to this point (2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 736 in Holtum, Vestfold, Norway; died about 780 in Borre, Vestfold, Norway.

    Eystein married of Vestfold Hild Ericsdottir about 756 in Akershus, Norway. Hild (daughter of of Vestfold Eric Agnarsson) was born about 740 in Vestfeld, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. King of Vestfold Halfdan "The Old" Eysteinson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 760 in of Western Scandina; died in 800 in Norway.
    2. 9. King of Haithabu Harold Eysteinsson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 750; died in 804 in Irish Sea.

  2. 7.  Gudrod "Jagtkonge" HalfdanssonGudrod "Jagtkonge" Halfdansson Descendancy chart to this point (2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 738 in Vestfold, Norway; died about 810 in Norway.

    Gudrod married Alfhild Alfarinsson about 769 in Norway. Alfhild (daughter of King of Alvheim Alfarin) was born about 743 in of Vestfold, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. King of Jutland and Vestfold Olaf Gudrossson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 770 in Norway; died in 840 in Vestfold, Norway.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  King of Vestfold Halfdan "The Old" EysteinsonKing of Vestfold Halfdan "The Old" Eysteinson Descendancy chart to this point (6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 760 in of Western Scandina; died in 800 in Norway.

    Halfdan married Hlif Dagsdatter about 787 in Norway. Hlif was born about 762. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Gudrod Halfdansson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 790 in Holtum, Vestfeld, Norway; died in 821.

  2. 9.  King of Haithabu Harold EysteinssonKing of Haithabu Harold Eysteinsson Descendancy chart to this point (6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 750; died in 804 in Irish Sea.

    Family/Spouse: of Engern Emhild. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. King of Haithabu Hemming Haroldsson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 777; died in 837.

  3. 10.  King of Jutland and Vestfold Olaf GudrosssonKing of Jutland and Vestfold Olaf Gudrossson Descendancy chart to this point (7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 770 in Norway; died in 840 in Vestfold, Norway.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. of Agder Ragnvald Olafsson  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 782 in Vestfold, Norway; died about 850 in Mære, Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.
    2. 14. Helgi Olafsson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 802 in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.


Generation: 5

  1. 11.  Gudrod HalfdanssonGudrod Halfdansson Descendancy chart to this point (8.Halfdan4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 790 in Holtum, Vestfeld, Norway; died in 821.

    Gudrod married Asa Haraldsson about 816 in Norway. Asa (daughter of Harald "The Red Herbrandsson) was born about 794 in Holtum, Vestfeld, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Halfdan "Schwarze" Gudrodsson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 822 in Vestfeld, Norway; died in 860 in Norway.

  2. 12.  King of Haithabu Hemming HaroldssonKing of Haithabu Hemming Haroldsson Descendancy chart to this point (9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 777; died in 837.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. of Jutland Harold Hemmingsson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 800; died in 844.

  3. 13.  of Agder Ragnvald Olafssonof Agder Ragnvald Olafsson Descendancy chart to this point (10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 782 in Vestfold, Norway; died about 850 in Mære, Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.

    Ragnvald married of Russia Thorberga Sigurdsdottir about 833 in of Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway. Thorberga (daughter of Danish King of Russia Sigurd II "Snake-in-Eye" Ragnarsson, King of Denmark and Princess in England Heluna (Bleja)) was born in 799 in Jutland, Denmark; died in 851 in Mære, Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Ascrida Rognvaldsdottir  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 812 in Mære, Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died in 890 in Mære, Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.

  4. 14.  Helgi OlafssonHelgi Olafsson Descendancy chart to this point (10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 802 in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

    Helgi married of Russia Thorberga Sigurdsdottir about 819 in Ireland. Thorberga (daughter of Danish King of Russia Sigurd II "Snake-in-Eye" Ragnarsson, King of Denmark and Princess in England Heluna (Bleja)) was born in 799 in Jutland, Denmark; died in 851 in Mære, Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Petty King of Ireland Ingjald "The White" Helgasson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 820 in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.


Generation: 6

  1. 15.  Halfdan "Schwarze" GudrodssonHalfdan "Schwarze" Gudrodsson Descendancy chart to this point (11.Gudrod5, 8.Halfdan4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 822 in Vestfeld, Norway; died in 860 in Norway.

    Halfdan married Ragnhild Sigurdsson about 849 in Norway. Ragnhild (daughter of Sigurd Helgisson and Ingibjorg Haraldsson) was born about 830 in Ringerike, Sogn, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Harald I "Fairhair" Halfdansson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 850 in Hademark, Norway; died in 933 in Norway; was buried in Hauko, Rogaland, Norway.

  2. 16.  of Jutland Harold Hemmingssonof Jutland Harold Hemmingsson Descendancy chart to this point (12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 800; died in 844.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Killed at Battle of Walcheran

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Thyre Haroldsdatter  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 888 in England; died in 935 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark; was buried in Jellinghojene, Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark.

  3. 17.  Ascrida RognvaldsdottirAscrida Rognvaldsdottir Descendancy chart to this point (13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 812 in Mære, Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died in 890 in Mære, Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Ascinda Rognualdsdattir

    Ascrida married Eyestein "The Noisy" Ivarsson, Earl of More about 829 in of Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway. Eyestein (son of Ivar Halfdansson, Jarl of the Uplanders, son of Ivar, Jarl of the Uplands and Eysteinsdottir) was born in 810 in Mære, Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died in 859 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Sigurd I "Riki the Powerful" Eysteinsson, Earl of Orkney  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 832 in Mære, Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died in 892 in Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland.
    2. 22. Swanhilda Eysteinsdottir  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 850 in Mære, Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.
    3. 23. Ragnvald I "The Wise" Eysteinsson, Earl of Orkney  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 830 in Mære, Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died about 892 in Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland.
    4. 24. Malahuc Eysteinsson  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 845 in Mære, Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died about 900 in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

  4. 18.  Petty King of Ireland Ingjald "The White" HelgassonPetty King of Ireland Ingjald "The White" Helgasson Descendancy chart to this point (14.Helgi5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 820 in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.


Generation: 7

  1. 19.  Harald I "Fairhair" HalfdanssonHarald I "Fairhair" Halfdansson Descendancy chart to this point (15.Halfdan6, 11.Gudrod5, 8.Halfdan4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 850 in Hademark, Norway; died in 933 in Norway; was buried in Hauko, Rogaland, Norway.

    Harald married Swanhilda Eysteinsdottir about 870 in Norway. Swanhilda (daughter of Eyestein "The Noisy" Ivarsson, Earl of More and Ascrida Rognvaldsdottir) was born about 850 in Mære, Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. Prince of Norway Bjorn  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 892 in Vestfeld, Norway; died in 927.

    Harald married Thora "Mosterstang" Karadatter about 888 in Vestfold, Norway. Thora was born about 865 in Moster, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Harald married Snaefrid Svassesdatter about 896 in Vestfold, Norway. Snaefrid was born about 872 in Trondheim, Sor Trondelag, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Harald married Asa Hakonsdatter about 890 in Vestfold, Norway. Asa was born about 860 in of Trondheim, Sor Trondelag, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Harald married Alvhild (Alfhild) Ringsson about 890 in Vestfold, Norway. Alvhild was born about 868 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Harald married Gyda Eiriksson about 884 in Norway. Gyda was born about 852 in Hordaland, Norway, Hordaland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Harald married Queen of Norway Ragnhild Eriksdatter about 894 in Norway. Ragnhild was born about 870 in Jylland, Denmark; died in 897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 20.  Thyre HaroldsdatterThyre Haroldsdatter Descendancy chart to this point (16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 888 in England; died in 935 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark; was buried in Jellinghojene, Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark.

    Family/Spouse: King of Denmark Gorm "The Old". Gorm (son of King of Denmark Harold Parcus and Elgiva) was born about 840 in Denmark; died in 893 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark; was buried in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. King of Denmark Herbastus (Harold) VII "Bluetooth" Gormsson  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 910 in Blauzahan, Germany; died on 1 Nov 987 in Jomsborg, Roskilde, Denmark.

  3. 21.  Sigurd I "Riki the Powerful" Eysteinsson, Earl of OrkneySigurd I "Riki the Powerful" Eysteinsson, Earl of Orkney Descendancy chart to this point (17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 832 in Mære, Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died in 892 in Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland.

  4. 22.  Swanhilda EysteinsdottirSwanhilda Eysteinsdottir Descendancy chart to this point (17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 850 in Mære, Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.

    Swanhilda married Harald I "Fairhair" Halfdansson about 870 in Norway. Harald (son of Halfdan "Schwarze" Gudrodsson and Ragnhild Sigurdsson) was born about 850 in Hademark, Norway; died in 933 in Norway; was buried in Hauko, Rogaland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. Prince of Norway Bjorn  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 892 in Vestfeld, Norway; died in 927.

  5. 23.  Ragnvald I "The Wise" Eysteinsson, Earl of OrkneyRagnvald I "The Wise" Eysteinsson, Earl of Orkney Descendancy chart to this point (17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 830 in Mære, Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died about 892 in Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland.

    Family/Spouse: Ragnhild Hrolfsdottir. Ragnhild (daughter of Hrolf Nefia) was born in 848 in Nystu Bergset, Ovre Rendal, Hedmark, Norway; died in 854 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Duke of Normandy Robert (Rollo) Ragnvaldsson  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 870 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway; died in 932 in of Notre Dame, Rouen, France; was buried in of Notre Dame, Rouen, France.
    2. 28. Ivar Ragnvaldsson  Descendancy chart to this point died about 972.
    3. 29. Jarl of More Thori "The Silent" Ragnvaldsson  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 24.  Malahuc EysteinssonMalahuc Eysteinsson Descendancy chart to this point (17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 845 in Mære, Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died about 900 in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Malahuc married Maud de St. Pol about 875 in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. Maud (daughter of Adelolf de Boulogne and Mathilde de Crequy) was born in 920 in Thérouanne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died in 965 in Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 30. Ralph de Bayeaux  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 895 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died after 930 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.
    2. 31. Richard, Vicomte de St Sauveur I  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 881 in Maer, Norway; died in 933 in Cotentin, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France.
    3. 32. Hugh de Cavalcamp  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 890 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died in Tosny, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France.


Generation: 8

  1. 25.  Prince of Norway BjornPrince of Norway Bjorn Descendancy chart to this point (19.Harald7, 15.Halfdan6, 11.Gudrod5, 8.Halfdan4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 892 in Vestfeld, Norway; died in 927.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 33. Gudrod Bjornsson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 927 in Norway; died in 963.

  2. 26.  King of Denmark Herbastus (Harold) VII "Bluetooth" GormssonKing of Denmark Herbastus (Harold) VII "Bluetooth" Gormsson Descendancy chart to this point (20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 910 in Blauzahan, Germany; died on 1 Nov 987 in Jomsborg, Roskilde, Denmark.

    Herbastus married Gynrithe Olafsdatter about 940 in Normandy, France. Gynrithe (daughter of King of Sweden Olof "Mitkg" Bjornsson and Ingeberg Thrandsdotter) was born in 919 in Denmark; died in 1000. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 34. Gunnora de Crepon  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Nov 936 in Crépon, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 23 Sep 1031 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.
    2. 35. Wevie de Crepon  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 948.
    3. 36. Queen of Norway Thyra Haraldsdotter  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 947 in Denmark; died on 18 Sep 1000 in Norway.
    4. 37. Herfast de Crepon  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 963.
    5. 38. Prince of Denmark Herbastus de Crepon  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 945 in Normandy, France; died in 1002.
    6. 39. King of Denmark Sveyn I Tveskäg Haroldsson  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 963 in Denmark; died on 2 Feb 1014 in London, Middlesex, England.

    Herbastus married Cynthia de Crepon in 934 in Normandy, France. Cynthia (daughter of Prince of Obatrides Mistawri) was born about 914 in of Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 27.  Duke of Normandy Robert (Rollo) RagnvaldssonDuke of Normandy Robert (Rollo) Ragnvaldsson Descendancy chart to this point (23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 870 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway; died in 932 in of Notre Dame, Rouen, France; was buried in of Notre Dame, Rouen, France.

    Notes:

    See Europsch Stammtafeln Bund II tafel 36.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 40. William I "Longsword"  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 893 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 17 Dec 942 in Picardie, France; was buried in Rouen Cathedral, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.
    2. 41. Gerletta  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 42. Kathlin  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 43. Crespina  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 44. Princess of Normandy Adele  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 910 in Normandy, France; died after 14 Oct 962.
    6. 45. Count of Corbeil Robert  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 891/919; died in 897/998.
    7. 46. of Normandy Adaele Gerloc De Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 920 in Rouen, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France; died on 14 Oct 962 in Nevers, Nievre, Bourgogne, France.

  4. 28.  Ivar RagnvaldssonIvar Ragnvaldsson Descendancy chart to this point (23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) died about 972.

  5. 29.  Jarl of More Thori "The Silent" RagnvaldssonJarl of More Thori "The Silent" Ragnvaldsson Descendancy chart to this point (23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1)

  6. 30.  Ralph de BayeauxRalph de Bayeaux Descendancy chart to this point (24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 895 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died after 930 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 47. Balso de Bayeux, Count of Bayeaux  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 930 in Bayeaux, Calvados, Normandy, France; died in 992 in Normandy, France.

  7. 31.  Richard, Vicomte de St Sauveur IRichard, Vicomte de St Sauveur I Descendancy chart to this point (24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 881 in Maer, Norway; died in 933 in Cotentin, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Richard de St. Sauveur

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 48. Nigel, Vicomte de St Sauveur II  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 911 in Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 17 Dec 972 in Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France.

  8. 32.  Hugh de CavalcampHugh de Cavalcamp Descendancy chart to this point (24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 890 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died in Tosny, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 49. Ralph de Toeni  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 917 in Tosni, Eure, France; died after 975.


Generation: 9

  1. 33.  Gudrod BjornssonGudrod Bjornsson Descendancy chart to this point (25.Bjorn8, 19.Harald7, 15.Halfdan6, 11.Gudrod5, 8.Halfdan4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 927 in Norway; died in 963.

    Gudrod married Cecilie about 956 in Vestfold, Norway. Cecilie was born about 936 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 50. Harald Gudrodsson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 964 in Greenland; died about 995.

  2. 34.  Gunnora de CreponGunnora de Crepon Descendancy chart to this point (26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born on 21 Nov 936 in Crépon, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 23 Sep 1031 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Gunnora married Richard I "The Fearless", Duke of Normandy in 978 in Normandy, France. Richard (son of William I "Longsword" and Sporte de Bretagne) was born on 5 May 933 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 20 Nov 996 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 51. Richard, Duke of Normandy II  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Aug 962 in Fécamp, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 28 Aug 1026 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.
    2. 52. Geoffrey, Count of Brionne  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 962 in Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 28 Aug 1015 in Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France.
    3. 53. Hedwig de Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 977 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 21 Feb 1034 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France; was buried in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France.
    4. 54. of Normandy Beatrix  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 980 in of Normandy, France; died on 18 Jan 1035.
    5. 55. Count of Evreux and Archbishop of Rouen Robert d'Evereaux  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 964 in Evreux, Normandy, France; died on 16 Mar 1037 in Evreux, Normandy, France; was buried in Fecamp, Normandy, France.
    6. 56. Count of Heismes and Eu William, Count of Eu I  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 978 in Exmes, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 26 Jan 1058 in Eu, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried in Eu, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.
    7. 57. of Normandy Matilda  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 974 in Fécamp, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1017.
    8. 58. of Normandy Emma  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 982 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 6 Mar 1052 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried on 14 Mar 1051/52 in Winchester, Hampshire, England.

  3. 35.  Wevie de CreponWevie de Crepon Descendancy chart to this point (26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 948.

    Family/Spouse: Lord of Longueville Osbern I de Bolbec. Osbern was born about 940 in Longueville, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 59. Lord of Longueville Osbern II de Bolbec  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 975 in Longueville, Normandy, France; died in 1063 in Longueville, Normandy, France.

    Wevie married Touroude de Harcourt about 979. Touroude was born in 949 in Pont-Audemer, Eure, France; died in 1040; was buried in Preaux, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 60. Humphrey de Vielles  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 980 in Pont-Audemer, Eure, France; died on 28 Sep 1044 in Normandy, France; was buried in Preaux, Normandy, France.

  4. 36.  Queen of Norway Thyra HaraldsdotterQueen of Norway Thyra Haraldsdotter Descendancy chart to this point (26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 947 in Denmark; died on 18 Sep 1000 in Norway.

    Thyra married Prince of Sweden Styrbjorn "The Strong" Olafsson in 947 in Denmark. Styrbjorn (son of King of Sweden Olof "Mitkg" Bjornsson and Ingeberg Thrandsdotter) was born in 903 in Sweden; died in 985 in Fyrisval, Uppsala, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 61. Thorgils "Sprakalaeg" Styrjornsson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 970 in Uppsala, Sweden.

  5. 37.  Herfast de CreponHerfast de Crepon Descendancy chart to this point (26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 963.

    Family/Spouse: Cyrid. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 62. Avelina de Crepon  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 974 in of Longueville, Normandy, France; died in France.
    2. 63. Steward of Normandy (Robert) Osbern de Crepon  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1000 in Normandy, France.

  6. 38.  Prince of Denmark Herbastus de CreponPrince of Denmark Herbastus de Crepon Descendancy chart to this point (26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 945 in Normandy, France; died in 1002.

  7. 39.  King of Denmark Sveyn I Tveskäg HaroldssonKing of Denmark Sveyn I Tveskäg Haroldsson Descendancy chart to this point (26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 963 in Denmark; died on 2 Feb 1014 in London, Middlesex, England.

    Sveyn married Sigrid Storrada "The Haughty" Skoglar-Testedot about 984. Sigrid (daughter of Skoglar Toste) was born in 967 in Poznan, Poland; died on 2 Feb 1014. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 64. Princess of Denmark Estrid Margareta Svensdotter  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 985 in Lejre, Denmark; died on 5 Sep 1020 in Skåne, Denmarkkkkkkkk.

  8. 40.  William I "Longsword"William I "Longsword" Descendancy chart to this point (27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 893 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 17 Dec 942 in Picardie, France; was buried in Rouen Cathedral, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

    William married Sporte de Bretagne in 932 in Normandel, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France. Sporte was born in 911 in Senlis, Bretagne, France; died in 945 in Normandy, France; was buried in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 65. Richard I "The Fearless", Duke of Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 May 933 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 20 Nov 996 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

    William married Luitgarda de Vermandois in 940. Luitgarda (daughter of Herbert de Vermandois, Count of Vermandois Count of Meaux and Count of Soissons II and Adele Capet) was born about 922 in of Vermandois, Normandy, France; died on 9 Feb 978; was buried in Matemoutier Abbe, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  9. 41.  GerlettaGerletta Descendancy chart to this point (27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1)

  10. 42.  KathlinKathlin Descendancy chart to this point (27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1)

  11. 43.  CrespinaCrespina Descendancy chart to this point (27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1)

  12. 44.  Princess of Normandy AdelePrincess of Normandy Adele Descendancy chart to this point (27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 910 in Normandy, France; died after 14 Oct 962.

    Adele married Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Auvergne William III "Towhead" about 944 in Aquitaine, France. William (son of Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Poitou Ebles "The Bastard" and Emiliane) was born about 912 in of Poitiers, France; died on 3 Apr 963 in Montecassino, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 66. Count of Aquitaine William IV "Ironarm"  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 945 in of Aquitaine, Gironde, France; died on 3 Feb 995 in Abbey Saint Cyprien of Poitiers.

  13. 45.  Count of Corbeil RobertCount of Corbeil Robert Descendancy chart to this point (27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 891/919; died in 897/998.

  14. 46.  of Normandy Adaele Gerloc De Normandyof Normandy Adaele Gerloc De Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 920 in Rouen, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France; died on 14 Oct 962 in Nevers, Nievre, Bourgogne, France.

    Adaele married Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Auvergne William III "Towhead" about 944. William (son of Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Poitou Ebles "The Bastard" and Emiliane) was born about 912 in of Poitiers, France; died on 3 Apr 963 in Montecassino, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 67. Adelaide d'Aquitaine  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 945 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 15 Jun 1006 in Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France.

  15. 47.  Balso de Bayeux, Count of BayeauxBalso de Bayeux, Count of Bayeaux Descendancy chart to this point (30.Ralph8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 930 in Bayeaux, Calvados, Normandy, France; died in 992 in Normandy, France.

    Balso married Poppa de Valois in 970 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. Poppa (daughter of Count of Bayeux Gui Berenger de Senlis and Gunhilde de Vermandois) was born in 934 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 68. Ancitel de Bayeux, Viscount of Bessin  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 992 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died after 1031 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.
    2. 69. Fredistina de Bayeaux  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 974 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1015 in Guerny, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France.

  16. 48.  Nigel, Vicomte de St Sauveur IINigel, Vicomte de St Sauveur II Descendancy chart to this point (31.Richard8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 911 in Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 17 Dec 972 in Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 70. Roger, Vicomte de St Sauveur  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 944 in Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1014 in Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France.

  17. 49.  Ralph de ToeniRalph de Toeni Descendancy chart to this point (32.Hugh8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 917 in Tosni, Eure, France; died after 975.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 71. Ralph I de Toeni  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 955 in Tosni, Eure, France.


Generation: 10

  1. 50.  Harald GudrodssonHarald Gudrodsson Descendancy chart to this point (33.Gudrod9, 25.Bjorn8, 19.Harald7, 15.Halfdan6, 11.Gudrod5, 8.Halfdan4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 964 in Greenland; died about 995.

    Harald married Asta Gudbrandsson about 994 in Vestfold, Norway. Asta (daughter of King of the Uplanders Gudbrand "Kule" and Ulfhild) was born about 972 in Vestfeld, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 72. King of Norway Olav II Haraldsson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 995 in Ringerike, Norway, Denmark; died on 29 Jul 1030 in St. Klestad, Norway; was buried on 3 Aug 1030 in St. Clemens, Trondheim, Norway.

  2. 51.  Richard, Duke of Normandy IIRichard, Duke of Normandy II Descendancy chart to this point (34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born on 28 Aug 962 in Fécamp, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 28 Aug 1026 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Richard married Judith de Rennes in 996 in France. Judith (daughter of Conan I "The Crooked", Duke of Brittany Count of Rennes and Ermengarde d'Anjou) was born in 974 in Bretagne, France; died on 16 Jun 1017 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried in Bernay, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 73. 6th Duke of Normandy Robert I "The Magnificent", 5th Duke of Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Jun 1000 in Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 22 Jul 1035 in Nice, Bithynia, Turkey.
    2. 74. Richard III "le Bon", Duke of Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1001 in Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 6 Aug 1027 in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey.
    3. 75. Monk at Fecamp William (Nicholas)  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1001; died in Jun 1025.
    4. 76. Countess of Burgundy Alice (Adelaide) de Normandie  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Apr 1003 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 27 Jul 1037 in Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France.

    Richard married Princess of Denmark Estrid Svendsdatter in 1017 in Normandy, France. Estrid (daughter of Princess of Poland Swietoslava (Sygryda) (Gunhild)) was born about 962 in of Denmark; died in 9 May; was buried in Cathedral, Roskilde, Roskilde, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Richard married Pope (Papie) about 1024 in of Normandy, France. Pope was born about 997 in of Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 77. Earl of Corbeil, Archbishop of Rouen Mauger  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 990; died in 1055 in Guernsey, Channel Islands.
    2. 78. of Normandy Pappa (Pappia)  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 985 in of Normandy, France.
    3. 79. Princess of Normandy Adela  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1015.

  3. 52.  Geoffrey, Count of BrionneGeoffrey, Count of Brionne Descendancy chart to this point (34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 962 in Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 28 Aug 1015 in Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Geoffrey married Hawise de GuinesBrionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. Hawise (daughter of Count Guisnes Sigefred "The Dane" and Countess of Guisnes Elstrude de Flanders) was born in 958 in Guînes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died on 19 Jul 1002 in Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 80. Gilbert de Clare, Count of Brionne  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1000 in Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 24 Nov 1040 in Eschafour,, Eu, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.
    2. 81. Adela d'Eu  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 53.  Hedwig de NormandyHedwig de Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 977 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 21 Feb 1034 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France; was buried in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France.

    Hedwig married Geoffrey I Berengar in 996 in Bretagne, France. Geoffrey (son of Conan I "The Crooked", Duke of Brittany Count of Rennes and Ermengarde d'Anjou) was born in 980 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France; died on 20 Nov 1008 in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in Bretagne-de-Marsan, Landes, Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 82. Emma  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Feb 1024 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 1 Feb 1095 in Cotentin, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France.

  5. 54.  of Normandy Beatrixof Normandy Beatrix Descendancy chart to this point (34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 980 in of Normandy, France; died on 18 Jan 1035.

    Beatrix married Viscount of Veretadour, Camborn and Turenne Ebles about 1000 in Roucy, Aisne, France. Ebles (son of Viscount of Ventedour II Archembaud and Sulpice de Turenne) was born in 970 in Turenne, France; died after 1030. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 83. Viscount of Turenne William  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1010 in Turenne, France; died about 1050.

  6. 55.  Count of Evreux and Archbishop of Rouen Robert d'EvereauxCount of Evreux and Archbishop of Rouen Robert d'Evereaux Descendancy chart to this point (34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 964 in Evreux, Normandy, France; died on 16 Mar 1037 in Evreux, Normandy, France; was buried in Fecamp, Normandy, France.

    Family/Spouse: Havlive de Rouen. Havlive was born about 968 in Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 84. Richard d'Evereaux  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 986 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 13 Dec 1067 in Normandy, France.
    2. 85. d'Evereaux  Descendancy chart to this point

  7. 56.  Count of Heismes and Eu William, Count of Eu ICount of Heismes and Eu William, Count of Eu I Descendancy chart to this point (34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 978 in Exmes, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 26 Jan 1058 in Eu, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried in Eu, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

    William married Lescelin de Turquerville before 1017. Lescelin was born about 997; died in 1057. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 57.  of Normandy Matildaof Normandy Matilda Descendancy chart to this point (34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 974 in Fécamp, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1017.

  9. 58.  of Normandy Emmaof Normandy Emma Descendancy chart to this point (34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 982 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 6 Mar 1052 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried on 14 Mar 1051/52 in Winchester, Hampshire, England.

    Emma married King of England Æthelred II "The Unready" on 5 Apr 1002 in Winchester Cathedral, England. Æthelred (son of King of England Edgar "The Peaceful" and Ælfthryth) was born in 968 in Wessex, England; died on 23 Apr 1016 in London, Middlesex, England; was buried in St Paul's, London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 86. King of England Edward "The Confessor"  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1005 in Islip, Oxfordshire, England; died on 5 Jan 1066 in London, England; was buried in Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England.
    2. 87. Alfred Athling  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1012 in England; died on 5 Feb 1036 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.
    3. 88. Princess of England Goda (Godgifu)  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1009 in Wessex, England; died before 1056 in Lewes, Sussex, England.

    Emma married Canute in 1017. Canute was born about 995; died on 12 Nov 1035 in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 89. I Harold  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 982/1026; died in 1040.
    2. 90. Swein  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 982/1026; died in 1036.
    3. 91. Harthacnut  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1019; died in 1042.

  10. 59.  Lord of Longueville Osbern II de BolbecLord of Longueville Osbern II de Bolbec Descendancy chart to this point (35.Wevie9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 975 in Longueville, Normandy, France; died in 1063 in Longueville, Normandy, France.

    Osbern married Avelina de Crepon about 1001 in France. Avelina (daughter of Herfast de Crepon and Cyrid) was born about 974 in of Longueville, Normandy, France; died in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 92. Count of Longueville Walter Giffard  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1010 in Longueville, Normandy, France; died in 1084 in France.
    2. 93. Beatrice de Bolbec  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 995 in Vascoeuil, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1059 in Vascoeuil, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France.
    3. 94. Geoffrey de Bolebec  Descendancy chart to this point was born after 973 in Longueville, Normandy, France.
    4. 95. Gozeline d'Arques  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 985 in Longueville, Normandy, France; died after 1035 in Arques-la-Bataille, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France.

  11. 60.  Humphrey de ViellesHumphrey de Vielles Descendancy chart to this point (35.Wevie9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 980 in Pont-Audemer, Eure, France; died on 28 Sep 1044 in Normandy, France; was buried in Preaux, Normandy, France.

    Humphrey married Aubreye de la Haye Auberie about 1010 in France. Aubreye was born in 984 in Pont-Audemer, Eure, France; died on 20 Sep 1045. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 96. Lord of Beaumont-le-Roger and Pont-Audemer, Viscount of Hiesmes Roger de Beaumont  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1022 in Pont-Audemer, Eure, France; died on 29 Nov 1094.

  12. 61.  Thorgils "Sprakalaeg" StyrjornssonThorgils "Sprakalaeg" Styrjornsson Descendancy chart to this point (36.Thyra9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 970 in Uppsala, Sweden.

    Family/Spouse: Sigrid. Sigrid was born about 971 in of Halland, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 97. Earl of Denmark Ulf Thorgilsson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 953 in Halland, Sweden; died on 22 Sep 1027 in Sweden; was buried in Hellige-Trefolg Kirken, Roskilde, Denmark.
    2. 98. Gytha Thorgilsdottir  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1001 in Halland, Sweden; died after Jun 1069 in Flanders.
    3. 99. Eilif Thorgilsson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 995 in Halland, Sweden; died about 1020.

  13. 62.  Avelina de CreponAvelina de Crepon Descendancy chart to this point (37.Herfast9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 974 in of Longueville, Normandy, France; died in France.

    Avelina married Lord of Longueville Osbern II de Bolbec about 1001 in France. Osbern (son of Lord of Longueville Osbern I de Bolbec and Wevie de Crepon) was born in 975 in Longueville, Normandy, France; died in 1063 in Longueville, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 92. Count of Longueville Walter Giffard  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1010 in Longueville, Normandy, France; died in 1084 in France.
    2. 93. Beatrice de Bolbec  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 995 in Vascoeuil, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1059 in Vascoeuil, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France.
    3. 94. Geoffrey de Bolebec  Descendancy chart to this point was born after 973 in Longueville, Normandy, France.
    4. 95. Gozeline d'Arques  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 985 in Longueville, Normandy, France; died after 1035 in Arques-la-Bataille, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France.

    Avelina married Walter GiffordFrance. Walter was born about 978 in Of Halsbury. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  14. 63.  Steward of Normandy (Robert) Osbern de CreponSteward of Normandy (Robert) Osbern de Crepon Descendancy chart to this point (37.Herfast9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1000 in Normandy, France.

    Family/Spouse: Emma (Alberade) d'Ivry. Emma (daughter of Count of Ivry Ralph de Bayeaux and Erneburge de Caux) was born about 1008 in Ivry, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 100. Earl of Hereford William FitzOsbern  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1030 in Poitiers, Poitou, France; died on 20 Feb 1070/71 in Battle of Cassel, Normandy, France; was buried in Cormeilles Abbey, France.
    2. 101. Emma FitzOsbern  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1034 in of Normandy, France.

  15. 64.  Princess of Denmark Estrid Margareta SvensdotterPrincess of Denmark Estrid Margareta Svensdotter Descendancy chart to this point (39.Sveyn9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 985 in Lejre, Denmark; died on 5 Sep 1020 in Skåne, Denmarkkkkkkkk.

  16. 65.  Richard I "The Fearless", Duke of NormandyRichard I "The Fearless", Duke of Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born on 5 May 933 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 20 Nov 996 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Richard married Gunnora de Crepon in 978 in Normandy, France. Gunnora (daughter of King of Denmark Herbastus (Harold) VII "Bluetooth" Gormsson and Gynrithe Olafsdatter) was born on 21 Nov 936 in Crépon, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 23 Sep 1031 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 102. Richard, Duke of Normandy II  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Aug 962 in Fécamp, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 28 Aug 1026 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.
    2. 103. Geoffrey, Count of Brionne  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 962 in Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 28 Aug 1015 in Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France.
    3. 104. Hedwig de Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 977 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 21 Feb 1034 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France; was buried in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France.
    4. 105. of Normandy Beatrix  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 980 in of Normandy, France; died on 18 Jan 1035.
    5. 106. Count of Evreux and Archbishop of Rouen Robert d'Evereaux  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 964 in Evreux, Normandy, France; died on 16 Mar 1037 in Evreux, Normandy, France; was buried in Fecamp, Normandy, France.
    6. 107. Count of Heismes and Eu William, Count of Eu I  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 978 in Exmes, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 26 Jan 1058 in Eu, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried in Eu, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.
    7. 108. of Normandy Matilda  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 974 in Fécamp, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1017.
    8. 109. of Normandy Emma  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 982 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 6 Mar 1052 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried on 14 Mar 1051/52 in Winchester, Hampshire, England.

    Richard married of Paris Emma in 956 in France. Emma (daughter of Hugh "The Great" Capet and of Saxony Hedwig) was born in 945 in France; died on 19 Mar 968. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  17. 66.  Count of Aquitaine William IV "Ironarm"Count of Aquitaine William IV "Ironarm" Descendancy chart to this point (44.Adele9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 945 in of Aquitaine, Gironde, France; died on 3 Feb 995 in Abbey Saint Cyprien of Poitiers.

    Notes:

    Duke of Aquitaine. abdicated 993. Also known as Fierabras.

    William married of Blois Emma about 968. Emma (daughter of Count of Champagne I Theobald and Luitgarda de Vermandois) was born about 945 in of France; died after 27 Dec 1003. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 110. Count of Aquitaine William VII "The Great"  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 969 in of Poiter, France; died on 31 Jan 1030 in Abbey Saint Cyprien of Poitiers.

  18. 67.  Adelaide d'AquitaineAdelaide d'Aquitaine Descendancy chart to this point (46.Adaele9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 945 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 15 Jun 1006 in Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France.

    Adelaide married Hugh Capet, King of the Franks in 968. Hugh (son of Hugh "The Great" Capet and of Saxony Hedwig) was born on 23 Aug 941 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France; died on 24 Oct 996 in Les Juifs, Chartres, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France; was buried in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 111. King of France Robert II "The Pious" Capet  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Mar 972 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France; died on 20 Jul 1031 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France; was buried in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.

  19. 68.  Ancitel de Bayeux, Viscount of BessinAncitel de Bayeux, Viscount of Bessin Descendancy chart to this point (47.Balso9, 30.Ralph8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 992 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died after 1031 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.

    Ancitel married Poppa de Senlis in 1016 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. Poppa (daughter of Berengal de Senlis) was born in 1000 in Senlis, Oise, Picardie, France; died in 1026 in Longueville, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 112. Ranulf "The Rich" de Briquessart, Vicomte De Bessin  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Jan 1021 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 21 May 1089 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.
    2. 113. Emma de Bayeaux  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1020 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1034 in Ivry, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France.

  20. 69.  Fredistina de BayeauxFredistina de Bayeaux Descendancy chart to this point (47.Balso9, 30.Ralph8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 974 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1015 in Guerny, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Family/Spouse: Raoul I de Toeni. Raoul (son of Ralph I de Toeni) was born in 975 in Toeni, Eure, France; died about 1018. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 114. Roger I "The Spainard" de Toeni  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 992 in Tosni, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 31 May 1039 in Conches, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France.
    2. 115. Baron of Belvoir Robert de Toeni  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1014 in St. Saveur, Normandy, France; died on 4 Aug 1088 in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England.
    3. 116. Adele de Toeni  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1004 in Normandy, France; died in 1051.

  21. 70.  Roger, Vicomte de St SauveurRoger, Vicomte de St Sauveur Descendancy chart to this point (48.Nigel9, 31.Richard8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 944 in Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1014 in Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France.

    Roger married Adele Esproita de Bretagne in 964 in Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France. Adele was born about 920 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1057 in Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 117. Niel, Vicomte de St. Sauveur II  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 980 in Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1045 in St Michel, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France.

  22. 71.  Ralph I de ToeniRalph I de Toeni Descendancy chart to this point (49.Ralph9, 32.Hugh8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 955 in Tosni, Eure, France.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 118. Raoul I de Toeni  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 975 in Toeni, Eure, France; died about 1018.


Generation: 11

  1. 72.  King of Norway Olav II HaraldssonKing of Norway Olav II Haraldsson Descendancy chart to this point (50.Harald10, 33.Gudrod9, 25.Bjorn8, 19.Harald7, 15.Halfdan6, 11.Gudrod5, 8.Halfdan4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 995 in Ringerike, Norway, Denmark; died on 29 Jul 1030 in St. Klestad, Norway; was buried on 3 Aug 1030 in St. Clemens, Trondheim, Norway.

    Olav married Thorberga Arnimsson in 1021 in Norway. Thorberga was born about 1001 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Olav married Alfhild about 1018 in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway. Alfhild was born about 1002 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Olav married Princess of Sweden Astrid in 1024 in Uppsala, Sweden. Astrid (daughter of King of Sweden Olaf III "Skotkonung" Eriksson and Princess of Wends Edla) was born in 1003 in of Uppsala, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 119. Princess of Norway Ulfhild  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1024 in Denmark; died on 24 Apr 1070.

  2. 73.  6th Duke of Normandy Robert I "The Magnificent", 5th Duke of Normandy6th Duke of Normandy Robert I "The Magnificent", 5th Duke of Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (51.Richard10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born on 22 Jun 1000 in Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 22 Jul 1035 in Nice, Bithynia, Turkey.

    Notes:

    Robert contributed to the restoration of Henry King of France to his throne and received from the gratitude of that monarch the Vexin as an addition to his patrimonial domains. In the 8th year of his reign, curiosity or devotion induced him to undertake a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where the fatigues of the journey and the heat of the climate so impaired his constitution he died on his way home.

    Some sources call him Robert I the Magnificent!

    Robert married Officer of the Household Hariette de Falaise about 1023. Hariette (daughter of Fulbert "The Tanner" de Falaise and Doda (Duxia)) was born in 1003 in Falaise, Normandy, France; died in 1035; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 120. of Normandy Countess of Aumale Adeliza  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1029; died before 1090.
    2. 121. William I "The Conqueror", King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Normandy, France; died on 9 Sep 1087 in Priory of St. Gervais, Rouen, France.

  3. 74.  Richard III "le Bon", Duke of NormandyRichard III "le Bon", Duke of Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (51.Richard10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1001 in Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 6 Aug 1027 in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey.

    Richard married Adèle Capet, Princess of France in Jan 1026 in Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France. Adèle (daughter of King of France Robert II "The Pious" Capet and of Toulouse Constance d'Arles) was born in 1009 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France; died on 8 Jan 1078 in Monastere de Lordre de St Benoist, Messines, France; was buried in Mesen, Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 122. Alix De Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Oct 1021 in Vire, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 3 Aug 1098 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.

  4. 75.  Monk at Fecamp William (Nicholas)Monk at Fecamp William (Nicholas) Descendancy chart to this point (51.Richard10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 1001; died in Jun 1025.

  5. 76.  Countess of Burgundy Alice (Adelaide) de NormandieCountess of Burgundy Alice (Adelaide) de Normandie Descendancy chart to this point (51.Richard10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born on 22 Apr 1003 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 27 Jul 1037 in Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France.

    Alice married Renaud, Count of Burgundy I before 1 Sep 1016 in Burgundy, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France.. Renaud (son of Otto, King of Lombardy I and of Rheims Ermentrude de Roucy) was born in 990 in Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France; died on 4 Sep 1057 in Fecamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried in Besancon, Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 123. William I "The Great", Count of Burgundy and Macon  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Oct 1020 in Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 12 Nov 1087 in Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; was buried in Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comte, France.

  6. 77.  Earl of Corbeil, Archbishop of Rouen MaugerEarl of Corbeil, Archbishop of Rouen Mauger Descendancy chart to this point (51.Richard10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 990; died in 1055 in Guernsey, Channel Islands.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 124. Renaud de Corbeil  Descendancy chart to this point

  7. 78.  of Normandy Pappa (Pappia)of Normandy Pappa (Pappia) Descendancy chart to this point (51.Richard10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 985 in of Normandy, France.

    Pappa married Gilbert (Gautier) de St. Valery about 1004 in of St. Valery-en-Caux, Normandy, France. Gilbert (son of Bernard St. Valery and Emma) was born about 977 in of St. Valery-en-Caux, Normandy, France; died after 1011. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 125. Bernard II de St. Valery  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1005 in of St. Valery-en-Caux, Normandy, France; died on 14 Oct 1066 in Hastings, Sussex, England.
    2. 126. Richard de St. Valery  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1053.

  8. 79.  Princess of Normandy AdelaPrincess of Normandy Adela Descendancy chart to this point (51.Richard10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1015.

    Family/Spouse: Stephen II de Champagne. Stephen (son of Count of Blois, Champagne, Chartres, Tours and Beauvais Odo (Eudes), II and Ermengarde d'Auvergne) was born about 1015; died about 1047. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 127. Count of Troyes Odo (Eudes), III  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1107.

  9. 80.  Gilbert de Clare, Count of BrionneGilbert de Clare, Count of Brionne Descendancy chart to this point (52.Geoffrey10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 1000 in Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 24 Nov 1040 in Eschafour,, Eu, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Gilbert married Gunnora d'Anjou in 1021 in Tillieres, Eure, France. Gunnora (daughter of Fulk III "The Black", Count of Anjou and Hildegarde de Lorraine) was born in 984 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 12 Sep 1042 in Fecamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 128. Richard FitzGilbert de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Aug 1030 in Saint-Martin-de-Bienfaite-la-Cressonnière, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 14 Nov 1090 in St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, England; was buried in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England.
    2. 129. Baldwin FitzGilbert  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1022 in Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1095 in Okehampton, Devonshire, England.
    3. 130. Esilia Crispin  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Nov 1020 in Tillières, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1087 in Eye, Suffolk, England.
    4. 131. Gilbert de Crispin  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1037 in Poix, Somme, Picardie, France; died in 1090 in Bec, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Family/Spouse: Constance de Eu. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 81.  Adela d'EuAdela d'Eu Descendancy chart to this point (52.Geoffrey10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1)

    Family/Spouse: Vicomte de St. Sauveur Niel III de St. Sauveur. Niel (son of Niel, Vicomte de St. Sauveur II and Countess of Bretange Hedwige) died after 1066. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 132. William d'Aubigny  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1020 in Aubigny, Normandy, France; died after 1066.

  11. 82.  EmmaEmma Descendancy chart to this point (53.Hedwig10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born on 6 Feb 1024 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 1 Feb 1095 in Cotentin, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France.

    Emma married Ivo, Vicomte de Cotentin on 2 Apr 1043 in Bretagne, France. Ivo (son of Niel, Vicomte de St. Sauveur II and Adela d'Eu) was born in 1026 in Bellomontensis, Cotentin Manche Normandy, France; died on 22 May 1059 in Contentin, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 133. Wolfric de Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton of Runcorn  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1055 in Cotentin, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1100 in Runcorn, Cheshire, England.

  12. 83.  Viscount of Turenne WilliamViscount of Turenne William Descendancy chart to this point (54.Beatrix10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1010 in Turenne, France; died about 1050.

    William married Matilda about 1045 in France. Matilda was born about 1025 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 134. Viscount of Turenne I Boso  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1050 in Turenne, France; died in 1091.

    William married Adelaide de Chalons about 1046 in France. Adelaide was born about 1025 in France; died in 1080. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  13. 84.  Richard d'EvereauxRichard d'Evereaux Descendancy chart to this point (55.Robert10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 986 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 13 Dec 1067 in Normandy, France.

    Notes:

    RICHARD, COMTE D'EVREUX, AND GUILLAUME HIS SON
    The Conqueror and His Companions
    by J. R. Planché, Somerset Herald. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874........

    Of the group of nobles at the head of this chapter, the first two are mentioned by Wace, and Guillaume de Poitiers speaks only of the son of Count Richard.

    Other writers, however, assert that both Count Richard and his son fought side by side in the battle of Senlac. It is possible they might have done so, as Count Richard died on the 13th of December of the following year, 1067, and there is nothing to prove that he was not in the army of invasion. It is remarkable, however, that in Taylor's List it is William, Count of Evreux, who is set down as contributing eighty vessels to the fleet; and as William was not Count of Evreux in 1066, it is possible that it is one of the many mistakes we find in the baptismal names of these early nobles and their wives, and we ought to read "Richard," at least as far as the furnishing so noble a contingent as eighty vessels, which must surely have been the act of the reigning Prince, and not of his son, who might at the same time have had the command of them. Richard, Count of Evreux, was the grandson of Richard I, Duke of Normandy, and succeeded his father, Robert, Count of Evreux and Archbishop of Rouen, in 1037. Beyond the fact that at a date variously stated as 1055, 1060, and 1066 or 1067, he founded the abbey of St. Sauveur; nothing is stated of his acts and deeds worth recording; but he is described by the monk of Jumièges as equally a good Christian and aa good soldier.....

    He was twice married. His first wife was Adela (called by Pere Anselm, Helene), widow of the Roger de Toeni who was slain in 1038, by whom he had William, who succeeded him, and Agnes, third wife of Simon de Montfort, and whose abduction by her half-brother, Ralph de Toeni, I have already mentioned. By his second wife, Godechilde, of whose family we know as little as we do of that of his first, he had only one daughter, named after her mother, who became abbess of St. Sauveur, the abbey founded by her father at Evreux.

    Of William, Count of Evreux, the undoubted companion of the Conqueror, much more is recorded, though nothing previous to the invasion, except his being present with his father at the great Council at Lillebonne, wherein that invasion was decided upon. He is reported as having borne himself valiantly in the battle, and received an ample share of the lands in England distributed by the Conqueror in 1070 to the chieftains who had accompanied him in his expedition. He returned to Normandy in 1078, and was one of the mediators in the treaty of Peace of Blanchelande (vide p. 198, ante). Shortly afterwards, King William, as if to indemnify himself for the property he had bestowed upon him in England, took from him the Castle of Evreux, and placed a royal garrison in it. Nevertheless, he fought on the King's side during the disturbances in Maine, and was taken prisoner at the assault of the Castle of Saint Suzanne, held against the King by Hubert, Vicomte de Maine. In 1087, on the death of the Conqueror, he recovered the Castle of Evreux, driving out the royal troops both from there and from the town of Dangu in the Norman Vexin.

    Being without issue, he had adopted his niece Bertrade, daughter of his brother-in-law, Simon de Montfort. In 1089, Fulk le Rechin, or the Quarreler, Count of Anjou, captivated by her beauty, determined to repudiate his third wife, Arengarde, daughter of Isambert, Lord of Chalet-dillon, whom he had only married, 21st January, 1087, in order to obtain the hand of the lovely Bertrade. At this moment, the Manceaux making a fresh effort to throw off the yoke of the Normans, Duke Robert Court-heuse entreated the Count of Anjou to assist him in their repression, which he promised to do on condition that the Duke would obtain for him the hand of Bertrade. On Robert's application to the Count of Evreux, he was answered: "Not unless you will restore me Noyon- sur-Andelle, Gassai, Cravant, Ecouchi, and the other lands of Raoul, my paternal uncle, who was facetiously called 'Tete d'Ane,' on account of his head of hair, and to my nephew, William de Breteuil, Pont Saint Pierre; for Robert de Gassai, son of Raoul, has made me his sole heir." The Duke accepted the condition, and restored to him the whole of these estates, except that of Ecouchi, which was held by Gerrard de Gournay, who was of the same family. The beautiful young Bertrade was, therefore, literally sold at that price to the profligate and detestable Count of Anjou, whom she subsequently fled from with the French King, Philip I, -- the natural consequence of such an unholy union, and the guilt of which lies on the head of her uncle. I have already, in my notice of Ralph de Toeni, spoken of the war maintained for three years between him and this William, Count of Evreux, his uterine brother, kindled by the hostility of their respective wives. After their reconciliation the Count of Evreux did good service to Duke Robert against William Rufus, who endeavored to take from him the city of Rouen; but afterwards, making his peace with the King on the departure of Court-heuse for the Holy Land, he was appointed, in 1097, one of the leaders of the army sent by Rufus, as Regent of Normandy in his nephew's absence, to wrest the province of the Vexin from the King of France, and after the reduction of Maine, in the following year, was charged, in conjunction with Gilbert de 1'Aigle, with the keeping of the city of Mans.

    Previous to the death of Rufus the Count of Evreux was out of favor with the King, in consequence of some reports to his disadvantage, attributed to the jealousy of Robert de Meulent, but he continued loyal to that monarch up to the day of the fatal hunt in the New Forest. He lost no time afterwards, however, in avenging himself on Robert de Meulent, whose land of Beaumont he overran and ravaged with unsparing fury.

    In 1104 the new King of England, Henry I, coming over to Normandy with a numerous fleet and a great power, in order to restore something like order into the duchy, which the indolent and dissolute Robert Court-heuse had abandoned to the shameless parasites by whom he was enslaved, Robert, conscious of his misconduct, and alarmed at the attitude of his brother, implored his forgiveness and protection, offering him, as a pledge of his sincerity, the whole Comté of Evreux, with the feudal services of itss Count and all his vassals.....

    "The illustrious Count," says Orderic, "hearing that he was to be transferred like a horse or an ox, and wishing to preserve his integrity and fealty, said publicly to the Princes: 'I have served your father faithfully all my days, never having stained my sworn fealty in any matter hitherto. I have also observed it to his heir, and determined to use every effort to continue in that course; but it being impossible, as I have often heard learned doctors declare, on the faith of Scripture and the Word of God, that a man can serve two masters who are opposed to each other, it is my earnest desire to be subject to one lord only, lest, being liable to a double service, I may satisfy neither. I love both the King and the Duke; both are the sons of the King, my late lord, and I wish to respect both; but I will only do homage to one, and him I will faithfully serve.'"

    The chronicler adds that this candid declaration pleased every one. Duke Robert himself placed the hands of the Count between those of the King, and William became Henry's "Man," fighting for him loyally against his former lord, Robert Court-heuse, at the battle of Tenchebrai, A.D. 1106. But the restless and mischief-making spirit of his wife, by whom he was blindly guided, disturbed the good feeling between William and his sovereign, who had begun very highly to appreciate the services of the Count of Evreux. Proud and envious, she involved him in continual quarrels with the most influential nobles about the person of the King, and ultimately induced him to destroy a tower which Henry had caused to be erected in Evreux.

    This act embroiled him with the King, and caused his banishment and the confiscation of his estates. He sought refuge with Fulk V, Count of Anjou, the son of his niece Bertrade, A.D. 1112. Recalled and re-established in his estates after fourteen months' exile, he was a second time banished and again pardoned and restored to his rank and property, and died of apoplexy, 18th April, 1118, without issue.

    I cannot resist quoting from Orderic a ridiculous story connected with the death of this Count, because it is so seriously told by the worthy monk of St. Evroult, and illustrates the curious state of education of the period.

    "About this time," says the writer, "a prodigy was seen in England. A rustic having bought a cow, presumed to be with calf, at Ely, killed and opened it by order of Henry the Breton, bishop of that diocese. Strange to say, instead of a calf, three little pigs were found in it. "A certain pilgrim returning from Jerusalem, who chanced to meet the countryman driving the cow home from market, told him, and afterwards repeated to the Bishop and other bystanders, that three great persons in the dominions of King Henry would die that year, and many severe calamities would follow. The pilgrim's prophecy was justified by events which occurred in the time specified.

    "In fact, William, Count of Evreux, died on the fourteenth of the kalends of May (11th April), and was interred at Fontenelles, in the Abbey of St. Wandrille, by the side of his father Richard. Soon afterwards Queen Matilda, whose baptismal name was Edith, died on the kalends (1st) of May, and lies buried in the Church of St. Peter at Westminster; likewise Robert, Earl of Meulent, expired on the nones (5th) of June, and reposes with his father and brother in the chapters of the monks at Preaux. After the death of these distinguished persons there were great troubles in Normandy."

    It needed no ghost from the grave, nor second-sighted pilgrim to predict that three persons of rank would die in the course of the ensuing twelve months, or that there would be troubles in some parts of the dominions of Henry.

    The production of the three little pigs is by far the most surprising part of the story. Are we much less prone to gulp down preposterous statements in the 19th century?

    One fact, however, is incidentally brought to light in this foolish fiction which is important to the genealogist. The double name of the Queen warns us of the confusion that may arise from our ignorance of such instances in other cases; one of which may possibly be discovered in the puzzling entry in Domes day Book respecting the King's daughter "Matilda" (vide p. 84, ante).

    I have given you the character of Isabel, wife of Ralph de Toeni, it is but fair to place before you that of her antagonist, Havise, from the same authority.

    "The Countess," writes Orderic, "was distinguished for her wit and beauty. She was one of the tallest women in all Evreux, and of very noble birth, being the daughter of William, the illustrious Count of Nevers. Disregarding the counsels of her husband's barons, she chose rather to follow her own opinion, and her ambition prompting her to meddle in political affairs, she was easily led to engage in rash enterprises."

    The Countess died in 1114, and was buried at Noyon-sur-Andelles, in the priory which, with her husband, she had founded in 1108, but which was unfinished when Orderic was writing the eleventh book of his "History," viz., 1136. The building was razed to the ground in the reign of Charles IX, who laid the foundations of a magnificent palace there, and since that time the place has been called Charleval.

    Family/Spouse: Adele de Toeni. Adele (daughter of Raoul I de Toeni and Fredistina de Bayeaux) was born about 1004 in Normandy, France; died in 1051. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 135. Agnès d'Évreux  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Nov 1030 in Évreux, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1087 in Montfort-l'Amaury, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France.
    2. 136. William d'Evereaux  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1032 in Normandy, France; died on 18 Apr 1118.

    Family/Spouse: Abbess of St. Sauveur Godechilde. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 137. Godechilde  Descendancy chart to this point

  14. 85.  d'Evereauxd'Evereaux Descendancy chart to this point (55.Robert10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1)

    Family/Spouse: Gerrard Flaitel. Gerrard was born in Jan 983 in Longueville, Normandy, France; died in 1028 in Longueville, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 138. Ermentrude (Ermengarde) Fleitel  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1014 in Longueville, Normandy, France.

  15. 86.  King of England Edward "The Confessor"King of England Edward "The Confessor" Descendancy chart to this point (58.Emma10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1005 in Islip, Oxfordshire, England; died on 5 Jan 1066 in London, England; was buried in Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England.

    Notes:

    Known as "the Confessor", he was born around c. 1003/4 (by 1005) at Islip, Oxon. When he succeeded his half-brother King Hartacanute, on the 8th of June, 1042, the crown of England reverted from the usurping Dainsh dynasty to the line of Cerdic once
    more, and for the last tiem. Edward was crowned on the 3rd of April, 1043, at Winchester Cathedral.

    He died on the 4th or 5th of January, 1066, at the Palace of Westminster, and was buried in the new Westminster Abbey, built by his command and only recently consecrated.

    He was succeeded by Harold, Earl of Wessex, his brother-in-law, to whom he left his throne, with the suport of the Witan, there being no adult claimant to the crown of the line of Cerdic.

    Edward and Edith's marriage was purely platonic, the King being unwilling, for religious reasons, to comsummate it, hense there were no children.

    His talent lay in the building of churches.

    On the 7th of February, 1161, edward the Confessor was canonised, thus becoming the only king of England to be made a saint.

    Edward married of Wessex Edith on 23 Jan 1045. Edith (daughter of Godwin and Gytha Thorgilsdottir) was born about 1020; died on 18 Dec 1075 in Palace of Westminster, London, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  16. 87.  Alfred AthlingAlfred Athling Descendancy chart to this point (58.Emma10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born before 1012 in England; died on 5 Feb 1036 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.

  17. 88.  Princess of England Goda (Godgifu)Princess of England Goda (Godgifu) Descendancy chart to this point (58.Emma10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1009 in Wessex, England; died before 1056 in Lewes, Sussex, England.

    Goda married Count of Mantes and the Vexin Walter "Dreux" de Vexin about 1023. Walter (son of Count of Vexin Walter (Gautier) II "The White" de Valois and Adele de Senlis) was born in 979 in Normandy, France; died on 1 Jul 1035 in Bithynia, Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 139. Earl of Hereford Ralph de Sudeley  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1030 in Nantes, Normandy, France; died on 21 Dec 1057 in Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England.

    Goda married Count of Boulogne II Eustace about 1050. II (son of I Eustace and Mahaut) was born about 1015 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died in 1087. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  18. 89.  I HaroldI Harold Descendancy chart to this point (58.Emma10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 982/1026; died in 1040.

  19. 90.  SweinSwein Descendancy chart to this point (58.Emma10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 982/1026; died in 1036.

  20. 91.  HarthacnutHarthacnut Descendancy chart to this point (58.Emma10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1019; died in 1042.

  21. 92.  Count of Longueville Walter GiffardCount of Longueville Walter Giffard Descendancy chart to this point (59.Osbern10, 35.Wevie9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1010 in Longueville, Normandy, France; died in 1084 in France.

    Notes:

    WALTER GIFFARD
    The Conqueror and His Companions
    by J. R. Planché, Somerset Herald. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874..

    Here we have the name of an illustrious Norman, the progenitor of a race from which the noblest families in England are proud to trace their descent; and, strange to say, beyond this fact little or nothing is known about his own family which can be supported by credible authority. Even the origin of the name of Giffard, Gifford, or Giffart, as it is indifferently spelt, has yet to be definitively settled.

    The story that has been so often told about it, viz., that it signified a free-handed or liberal giver, is without any substantial foundation, and is, I believe, one of the many which have been so detrimental to the study of genealogy and heraldry, by misleading the inquirer or checking research altogether. It is upon the authority of William of Jumièges thatt this Walter Giffart, the companion of the Conqueror, the first we know of that name, has been set down as a son of Osborn de Bolbec by his wife, indifferently called Avelina and Duvelina, sister of Gonnor, wife of Richard, Duke of Normandy. Granting this to be true, as we have no documentary evidence to contradict it, the appellation of Giffart or Gifford, appears to be one of those sobriquets founded on personal peculiarities so commonly applied to distinguish certain members of a family previous to the general establishment of hereditary surnames.

    Instances of the practice are familiar to the veriest schoolboy, and in the preceding memoir I have mentioned Lambert the Bearded, Eustace with the Eye, and Eustace with the Whiskers. Hence the complimentary suggestion of " Free-Giver," which I should be happy to leave undisputed could it be borne out by etymology. The family, however, was Norman, not Saxon; and it is in the Norman-French, or Low-Latin of the eleventh century, that we must look for its derivation. The word occurs in both those dialects. In Roquefort's Dictionnaire de la Langue Romane, "Giffarde" is rendered "Joufloue, qui a des grosses joues - servante de cuisine," the word being derived from giffe "the cheek," giffle also signifying in the same language "un soufflet," or blow on the cheek. An old French poet, Gautier de Coisiny, complains that women of every class paint themselves, even the torchepot, " scullion," and the Giffarde, " kitchen maid or cook." So in the new Dictionnaire Franco-Normand, by M. George Métivier, we have "Giffair, rire comme un jouflou." And, to myy great satisfaction, I find that this esteemed philologist has come to the same conclusion as myself, for under that word he has " Giffe, Giffle, Joue. Telle est l'origine de l'illustre famille Normande de Giffard, nom répandu très au-delà de cette Province (Jersey, of which Mons. Métiviervier is a native) et de nos îles." Vide also Ducange, sub voce "Giffardus,"" who has a similar interpretation, "Ancilla coquina." It is almost impossible to resist the conviction that Giffard, in the language of that day, signified a person with large cheeks, and was in consequence applied to a cook, who is popularly represented as fat and rubicund.

    I beg to apologize to those of my readers who may not take any interest in such disquisitions, and hasten to the sayings and doings of Walter Giffard, with whom the name, whatever it meant, could not have originated, as an Osborne and a Berenger Giffard were his contemporaries, proving that the sobriquet of an individual had become the appellation of a family.

    We first hear of him in 1035, as a companion of Hugh de Gournay in the abortive attempt of Edward son of King Ethelred to recover the crown of England (vide vol. ii. p. 113), and next in 1053, when he was left by Duke William in command of the forces blockading the Castle of Arques, and at that period was Lord of Longueville, and already past the prime of life, judging by his account of himself only thirteen years afterwards. In the following year Wace informs us he was entrusted by the Duke with the defense of the district of Caux, in which Longueville is situate, on the occasion of the invasion of Normandy by Henry, King of France. Subsequently he appears to have made a pilgrimage to St. Iago de Compostella, in Spain, or may perhaps have been sent there by the Duke on some mission to Alfonso King of Galicia, to whom William afterwards affianced his daughter Agatha, after the breaking off of the match with the Saxon Prince Edwin. All we learn from Wace is that in the great battle William's first horse had been brought to him by Giffard from Spain, "the gift of a king who had a great friendship for him." The Lord of Longueville accompanied his sovereign to England, having furnished his fleet, according to the List published by Taylor, with thirty vessels and a hundred men.

    Previous to the battle, Raoul de Conches, the hereditary standard-bearer of Normandy, having prayed quittance of service on that day, that he might fight with greater freedom in the field, the Duke called to him Walter Giffard, and desired him to bear his gonfanon, who also requested to be excused the honor on the plea of being too old and too feeble. "For the mercy of God, sire," said the old knight, "look upon my white and bald head; my strength is impaired, and I am short of breath," and in answer to the Duke's passionate reproaches, urged that he had a large contingent of men-at-arms in the field, whom he was bound to lead into action, and at the head of them he was ready to die in his sovereign's cause. Whereupon the Duke excused him, and assured him that he loved him more than ever, and that if he survived that day it should be the better for him (Walter) as long as he lived.

    We hear of no special exploit performed by him during the battle, Benoîtt de St.-More merely saying that he was struck down in the mélée, andnd rescued apparently by William himself. At its close, however, after Harold had been mortally wounded, this brave old Lord of Longueville, with his bald head and his white locks, is accused of assisting to mutilate the body of the heroic King!

    It would be an indignity to the noble veteran to defend him against so infamous a charge, and fortunately there is no need to do so, for it is unsupported by any evidence, and the accuser stands convicted of falsehood and exaggeration sufficient to deprive him of any character for honesty whatever.

    When the fight was over, and the victorious Duke had ordered a space on the top of the hill to be cleared of the dead and dying, that his tent might be pitched there, and signified his intention to sup and sleep on the spot, Walter Giffard galloped up to him. " Sire," he said, "what are you about? You are surely not fitly placed here among the dead. Many an Englishman lies bleeding and mingled with the slain, but yet living, and though wounded, only waiting to rise at night and escape in the darkness. They would delight to take their revenge, and would sell their lives dearly, no one caring who killed him afterwards, so he but slew a Norman first, for they say we have done them great wrong. You should lodge elsewhere, guarded by one or two thousand men whom you can best trust. Let a careful watch be set this night, for we know not what snares may be laid for us. You have made a noble day of it, but I like to see the end of the work." The Duke, however, adhered to his original determination. (Roman de Rou) There can be no doubt, I think, that this Walter Giffard who fought at Hastings was the person to whom William the Conqueror, in 1070, gave the earldom of Buckingham; for, old as he is said by Wace to have represented himself at that period, he lived nineteen years afterwards, and was one of the Commissioners entrusted by William to superintend the compilation of the great survey of England, and I can find no reason whatever for the ordinary assertion that his son, the second Walter, was the first earl.

    There is evidence that in 1079 he founded the priory of St. Michel de Bolbec, and he is reported to have died about 1081, which we may fairly understand to be 1085, the year in which Domesday was begun and completed.

    The wife of this Walter was Ermengarde, a daughter of Gerrard Flaitel, by whom he had a son, the second Walter, Earl of Buckingham, who died in 1102, and with whom he has been confounded. He had also a second son named William, who was Chancellor to William Rufus, made Bishop of Winchester by Henry I, 1107, and died in 1128, and a daughter, named Rohais or Rohesia, wife of Richard Fitz Gilbert, from whom descended the great house of Clare.

    Family/Spouse: Ermentrude (Ermengarde) Fleitel. Ermentrude (daughter of Gerrard Flaitel and d'Evereaux) was born in 1014 in Longueville, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 140. Rohese Giffard  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1035 in Longueville, Normandy, France; died after 1133.
    2. 141. Earl of Buckingham 1st Walter Giffard  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1038; died on 15 Jul 1102.
    3. 142. Bishop of Winchester William Giffard  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1038 in Longueville, Normandy, France.

  22. 93.  Beatrice de BolbecBeatrice de Bolbec Descendancy chart to this point (59.Osbern10, 35.Wevie9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 995 in Vascoeuil, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1059 in Vascoeuil, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Beatrice married Tesselin de Vascoeuil, Count of Rouen in 1010 in Longueville, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. Tesselin (son of Gozelin de Rouen and Emmeline de Normandy) was born in 970 in Vascoeuil, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1021 in Vascoeuil, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 143. Beatrice de Vascoeuil  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1020 in Vascoeuil, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France; died about 1059 in Varennes, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France.

  23. 94.  Geoffrey de BolebecGeoffrey de Bolebec Descendancy chart to this point (59.Osbern10, 35.Wevie9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born after 973 in Longueville, Normandy, France.

    Family/Spouse: Beatrice de Arques. Beatrice (daughter of Josselyn de Arques and Emmeline) was born in 975. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  24. 95.  Gozeline d'ArquesGozeline d'Arques Descendancy chart to this point (59.Osbern10, 35.Wevie9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 985 in Longueville, Normandy, France; died after 1035 in Arques-la-Bataille, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 144. Godfrey d'Arques  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1010 in Arques-la-Bataille, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France.

  25. 96.  Lord of Beaumont-le-Roger and Pont-Audemer, Viscount of Hiesmes Roger de BeaumontLord of Beaumont-le-Roger and Pont-Audemer, Viscount of Hiesmes Roger de Beaumont Descendancy chart to this point (60.Humphrey10, 35.Wevie9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 1022 in Pont-Audemer, Eure, France; died on 29 Nov 1094.

    Notes:

    Seigneur of Beaumont, Pontaudemer, Brionne and Vatteville, Normandy.

    Roger was nicknamed Barbatus or La Barbe because he wore a moustache and beard while the Normans usually were clean shaven. This peculiarity is recognized in the forty-first panel of the Bayeux Tapestry where he is depicted sitting at a feast with Duke William on his left hand, Odo brother of William and Bishop of Bayeux in the centre.

    Planché tells us that "he was the noblest, the wealthiest, and the most valiant seigneur of Normandy, and the greatest and most trusted friend of the Danish family." There is an explanation for this - as an older cousin who had never rebelled against the young Duke, he was part of the kinship group of noblemen that William relied upon in governing Normandy and fighting off frequent rebellion and invasions. The historian Frank McLynn notes that William relied on relatives descended via his mother (namely his half-brothers and brothers-in-law) and on relatives descended from the Duchess Gunnora's sisters, since his own paternal kin had proved unreliable.

    Wace, the 12th century historian, says that "at the time of the invasion of England, Roger was summoned to the great council at Lillebonne, on account of his wisdom; but that he did not join in the expedition as he was too far advanced in years." Although Roger could not fight, he did not hesitate in contributing his share of the cost, for he provided at his own expense sixty vessels for the conveyance of the troops across the channel. Furthermore, his eldest son and heir fought bravely at Hastings as noted in several contemporary records. As a result, Roger's elder sons were awarded rich lands in England, and both eventually were made English earls by the sons of the Conqueror.

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    Died:
    Abbey of Preaux, Pont-Audemer, Eure, France

    Roger married Adeline de Meulan in 1040. Adeline (daughter of Waleran de Meulan and Ode de Conteville) was born about 1025. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 145. 1st Earl of Warwick Henry de Beaumont  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1048; died on 20 Jun 1123.
    2. 146. 1st Earl of Leicester Robert de Beaumont, Count Meulan I  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1046 in Beaumont-le-Roger, Eure, Normandy, France; died on 5 Jun 1118 in Préaux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; was buried .

  26. 97.  Earl of Denmark Ulf ThorgilssonEarl of Denmark Ulf Thorgilsson Descendancy chart to this point (61.Thorgils10, 36.Thyra9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 953 in Halland, Sweden; died on 22 Sep 1027 in Sweden; was buried in Hellige-Trefolg Kirken, Roskilde, Denmark.

    Family/Spouse: Princess of Denmark Estrid Margaret Svendsdatter. Estrid (daughter of King of Denmark, Norway and England Svend "Forked Beard" and Princess of Poland Swietoslava) was born about 955 in Denmark; died before 9 May 1047; was buried in Cathedral Roskilde, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 147. Bjorn Ulsiusson  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 983 in Denmark; died in 1049.

  27. 98.  Gytha ThorgilsdottirGytha Thorgilsdottir Descendancy chart to this point (61.Thorgils10, 36.Thyra9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1001 in Halland, Sweden; died after Jun 1069 in Flanders.

    Notes:

    She died in exile.

    Gytha married Godwin about 1019/20. Godwin (son of Wulfnoth) was born about 987 in of Wessex, England; died on 15 Apr 1053 in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England; was buried in Winchester Cathedral, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 148. King of England Harold II Godwineson  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1022; died on 14 Oct 1066 in Battle of Hastings, Sussex, England; was buried in Waltham Abbey, Essex, England.
    2. 149. of Wessex Edith  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1020; died on 18 Dec 1075 in Palace of Westminster, London, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England.
    3. 150. of Wessex Elgiva  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1025; died about 1066.
    4. 151. of Wessex Sveyn  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1023; died on 29 Sep 1052 in Lycia, Constantinople, Byzantium.
    5. 152. of Wessex Tostig  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1026; died on 25 Sep 1066 in Battle of Stamford Bridge, Northumberland, England; was buried in Yorkminster, England.
    6. 153. of Wessex Alfgar  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 154. of Wessex Gunnhildre  Descendancy chart to this point died on 24 Aug 1087 in Bruges, Flanders; was buried in Bruges Cathedral, Bruges, Flanders.
    8. 155. of Wessex Gyrth  Descendancy chart to this point died on 16 Oct 1066 in Battle of Hastings, Santlache, England.
    9. 156. of Wessex Leofwine  Descendancy chart to this point died on 14 Oct 1066 in Battle of Hastings, Santlache, England.
    10. 157. of Wessex Wulfnoth  Descendancy chart to this point died after 1087.

  28. 99.  Eilif ThorgilssonEilif Thorgilsson Descendancy chart to this point (61.Thorgils10, 36.Thyra9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 995 in Halland, Sweden; died about 1020.

  29. 100.  Earl of Hereford William FitzOsbernEarl of Hereford William FitzOsbern Descendancy chart to this point (63.(Robert)10, 37.Herfast9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 1030 in Poitiers, Poitou, France; died on 20 Feb 1070/71 in Battle of Cassel, Normandy, France; was buried in Cormeilles Abbey, France.

    Notes:

    The Conqueror and His Companions
    by J. R. Planché, Somerset Herald. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874........

    Of the three great names at the head of this chapter [Wm F. O., Roger de Montgomeri, Robt de Beaumont], that of William Fitz Osbern claims precedence as the nearest personal friend of the Conqueror, and the chief officer of his household. Son of that Osbern the son of Herfast, otherwise Osbern de Crépon, who was foully murdered in the bed-chamberr off his young sovereign by William de Montgomeri, he succeeded him in his office of Dapifer and the favor of the Duke. No particular feat of arms is recorded of him, though he must have fought in some, if not all, of the battles in Normandy during the twenty years or more which immediately preceded the invasion of England, from that of Val-ès-Dunes in 1047 tooo that of Varaville in 1060, and was probably with the Duke in his expeditions against Conan in Brittany and his invasion of Maine in 1063. We have proof at least of his presence at the siege of Domfront in 1054, when he was sent with Roger de Montgomeri to demand an explanation from Geoffrey Martel of his conduct in marching into Normandy and seizing Alençon. It is not, however, till thee memorable year 1066 that hee becomes a prominent person in the history of Normandy and of England. He appears to have somewhat resembled his master in character, combining great valor with much readiness of wit and astuteness of policy. We have seen him entering the hall of the Palace at Rouen "humming a tune," and rousing the moody Duke from his silent and sullen consideration of the news from England by bidding him bestir himself and take vengeance on Harold, who had been so disloyal to him; to call together all that he could call, cross the sea, and wrest the crown from the perjured usurper. William followed his advice, as most people do when they have already determined on taking the course suggested, and "Osbern, of the bold heart," was very likely aware of that fact when he ventured to express his opinion. The call was made first of the Duke's relatives and most confidential friends, and then of the whole baronage of Normandy. It is at this last and large assembly at Lillebonne that the audacity and cunning of Fitz Osbern become strongly apparent.

    Considerable hesitation, and in some instances direct objection, being displayed to the adoption of the project, and the council breaking up into groups to discuss it, the wily Dapifer flitted about from one influential chief to the other, suggesting the danger of driving their feudal lord to extremities; that they should rather anticipate his wishes than suffer him to ask their aid in vain, and that it would be much worse for them eventually, should the Duke have to complain that his enterprise had failed in consequence of their defection. Puzzled and irresolute they at length requested him to speak to the Duke in the name of the whole body, and say not only that they feared the sea, but also that they were not bound to serve him beyond it.

    Having thus contrived to be elected their spokesman, he, with the greatest effrontery, assured the Duke that they were unanimous in their determination to support him. That to advance him they would go through fire and water. They would not only cross the sea, but double their service. He who should bring twenty knights would cheerfully bring forty; he who was bound to serve with thirty would come with sixty, and the barons who had to serve with one hundred men would join him with two hundred. As to himself, he promised to furnish sixty ships laden with fighting men. The barons were as indignant as astounded at this unwarrantable declaration. Many openly disavowed him; all was tumult and confusion. "No one could hear another speak; no one could either listen to reason or render it for himself" (Roman de Rou).

    The Duke then withdrawing to one side of the hall, sent for the barons one by one, and assuring them of his love and grace, pledged himself that if they would support him, as Fitz Osbern had stated, by doubling their service on this occasion, that they should not be called on in future for service beyond what was the custom of the land, and such as their ancestors had always rendered to their feudal lord. The Duke's eloquence was successful, and, as before stated (page 51), each baron's promise was recorded by scribes ready at hand as soon as it was made.

    In Taylor's List, the number of ships furnished by Fitz Osbern, whose name stands first upon it, agrees with that mentioned by Wace. "Habuit a Willielmo Dapifero, filio Osberni LX naves." No knights are mentioned.

    We next hear of him on English ground. While the Duke of Normandy was haranguing his forces on the morning of the battle, "William Fitz-Osber" rode up and interrupted him, saying, "Sire, we tarry here too long, let us all arm ourselves. Allons! Allons!" Wace, who recounts this incident, says, Fitz Osbern's horse was "all covered with iron." This is one of the instances in which he has been guilty of an anachronism, no such practice existing in the days of the Conqueror (vide the Bayeux Tapestry), but at the time that he composed the Roman de Rou, the fashion had been imported from the East by the Crusaders, and the horses were often coated with chain from the tail to the nostrils. In the disposition of the army, he was selected by the Duke to be a leader of the wing composed of the men of Boulogne and Poix, but we hear of no special incident connected with his name in the course of the battle.

    The reward of his great and long-continued service was promptly bestowed upon him. The earldom of Hereford and the lordship of the Isle of Wight being the principal honors; the manor of Hanley, in Worcestershire, and several in Gloucestershire and other counties, which, in consequence of his dying before the great survey, cannot now be identified.

    In addition to these substantial benefits, King William, on his return to Normandy in 1067, made him governor of his newly built Castle of Winchester: an office of great responsibility, as Winchester at that period was a city second only in importance to London. Its palace was the favorite residence of Edward the Confessor and the early Norman kings. It possessed a mint and a treasury, in which the riches and regalia of the sovereign were deposited, and was consequently to be most jealously guarded. The Conqueror also associated him with Bishop Odo, in the vicegerency (sic; viceregency) of the realm during his absence. Fitz Osbern having the chief administration of justice in the north, and Odo in the south of the kingdom.

    On the defeat of Edgar Athelin and his confederates at York by the Conqueror in 1068, William Fitz Osbern was appointed governor of that city, and in the following year was hastily summoned to relieve the cities of Shrewsbury and Exeter, simultaneously attacked by the Welsh and the disaffected men of Cheshire, Devonshire, and Cornwall. He was too late to save Shrewsbury, which the insurgents, under Edric the Wild, had burned and abandoned; but reaching Exeter at the moment when a sudden sally of the garrison had driven back the besiegers and thrown them into confusion, the Earl, in conjunction with Count Brian of Brittany, fell upon them and put them nearly all to the sword.

    In 1070, he was sent to Normandy by King William in order to assist Queen Matilda, the duchy being at that time in a very disturbed state. About the same period war broke out in Flanders between Richilde, widow of Count Baldwin VI -- called De Mons, and mother of his eldest son and heir, Ernulph -- and Robert, surnamed the Frison, who claimed the regency during the minority of Ernulph, in conformity with the will of his deceased brother. Matilda, taking the side of her sister-in-law, sent the Earl of Hereford with what forces she could spare to her aid. The Earl was then a widower, and either from love or ambition, became a suitor for the hand of the still fair Countess of Flanders.

    Richilde, either responding to his affection, or from a desire to attach the valiant Norman more thoroughly to her interest, married him, and made him titular Count of Flanders.

    He did not long, however, enjoy his dignity, for, on the 22nd of February, 1071, a sanguinary engagement took place at Ravenchoven, near Cassel, between the forces of Robert the Frison and those of the Countess Richilde and her ally, Philip I, King of France, in which both her son, young Count Ernulph, and her husband, the Earl of Hereford, who fought by his side, fell together.

    According to Meier, the death-blow of William Fitz Osbern was dealt by one of his own knights, named Gerbodon, who had previously unhorsed him, but we are left in doubt as to the motive of the felon. The Earl's body was carried by his men-at-arms to the Abbey of Cormeilles, in Normandy, of which he was the founder in 1060, and buried there "amid much sorrow." His first wife, Adelina or Adeliza, was the daughter of Roger de Toeni. The date of her death is uncertain, but it probably took place some few years before the Conquest. She was buried at the Abbey of Lire, on the river Risle, in Normandy, which was also founded by Fitz Osbern as early as 1046; perchance on the occasion of his marriage, as Cormeilles may have been on that of her death. The dates are at least suggestive.

    By Adelina de Toeni he had three sons and two daughters. The eldest son, William, succeeded him as Lord of Breteuil and Pacy, and in all his other possessions in Normandy. The second, Ralph, was shorn a monk, when young, in the Abbey of Cormeilles; and the third, Roger de Breteuil, had the earldom of Hereford and all the land his father held in England. The eldest daughter, Emma, married Ralph, Earl of Norfolk, of whom much hereafter. The name of the second and that of her husband are at present unknown, but she became the mother of Raynold de Cracci. (It is clear, therefore, that Dugdale and the other genealogists are in error, who give to Roger de Toeni for wife Alicia, a daughter of William Fitz Osbern, independently of the fact that in that case she would have been his own grand-daughter. Adela, by Pere Anselm called Helene, the widow of Roger de Toeni, and mother of Adeline or Alicia, wife of Will. Fitz Osbern, married secondly Richard Count of Evreux, vide chapter viii., p. 249.) A natural daughter of William de Breteuil, named Isabel, married Ascelin Goel, and was the direct ancestress of the Lovels of Tichmarsh. (Vide vol. ii, ch. vii)

    William married Countess of Hainault and Namur Richilda about 1070 in of Flanders. Richilda (daughter of Count of Mons Renier and Maud) was born in 1030 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; died on 18 Mar 1086 in Mechelen, Antwerpen, Belgium; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Adeliza (Adelina) de Toeni. Adeliza (daughter of Roger I "The Spainard" de Toeni and Godehut (Goldehilde) Borrell) was born about 1035 in Tosni, France; died in Lire Abbey, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 158. Emma FitzOsbern  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1059 in Breteuil, France; died after 1095.

  30. 101.  Emma FitzOsbernEmma FitzOsbern Descendancy chart to this point (63.(Robert)10, 37.Herfast9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1034 in of Normandy, France.

    Emma married William de Vernon about 1055 in of Normandy, France. William (son of Hugh de Vernon and de Centerville) was born about 1030 in Vernon, Eure, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 159. Seigneur de Reviers Richard de Reviers  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1060 in of Mosterton, Dorsetshire, England; died on 8 Sep 1107; was buried in Abbey Montebo.

  31. 102.  Richard, Duke of Normandy IIRichard, Duke of Normandy II Descendancy chart to this point (65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born on 28 Aug 962 in Fécamp, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 28 Aug 1026 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Richard married Judith de Rennes in 996 in France. Judith (daughter of Conan I "The Crooked", Duke of Brittany Count of Rennes and Ermengarde d'Anjou) was born in 974 in Bretagne, France; died on 16 Jun 1017 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried in Bernay, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 160. 6th Duke of Normandy Robert I "The Magnificent", 5th Duke of Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Jun 1000 in Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 22 Jul 1035 in Nice, Bithynia, Turkey.
    2. 161. Richard III "le Bon", Duke of Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1001 in Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 6 Aug 1027 in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey.
    3. 162. Monk at Fecamp William (Nicholas)  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1001; died in Jun 1025.
    4. 163. Countess of Burgundy Alice (Adelaide) de Normandie  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Apr 1003 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 27 Jul 1037 in Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France.

    Richard married Princess of Denmark Estrid Svendsdatter in 1017 in Normandy, France. Estrid (daughter of Princess of Poland Swietoslava (Sygryda) (Gunhild)) was born about 962 in of Denmark; died in 9 May; was buried in Cathedral, Roskilde, Roskilde, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Richard married Pope (Papie) about 1024 in of Normandy, France. Pope was born about 997 in of Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 164. Earl of Corbeil, Archbishop of Rouen Mauger  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 990; died in 1055 in Guernsey, Channel Islands.
    2. 165. of Normandy Pappa (Pappia)  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 985 in of Normandy, France.
    3. 166. Princess of Normandy Adela  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1015.

  32. 103.  Geoffrey, Count of BrionneGeoffrey, Count of Brionne Descendancy chart to this point (65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 962 in Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 28 Aug 1015 in Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Geoffrey married Hawise de GuinesBrionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. Hawise (daughter of Count Guisnes Sigefred "The Dane" and Countess of Guisnes Elstrude de Flanders) was born in 958 in Guînes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died on 19 Jul 1002 in Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 167. Gilbert de Clare, Count of Brionne  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1000 in Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 24 Nov 1040 in Eschafour,, Eu, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.
    2. 168. Adela d'Eu  Descendancy chart to this point

  33. 104.  Hedwig de NormandyHedwig de Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 977 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 21 Feb 1034 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France; was buried in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France.

    Hedwig married Geoffrey I Berengar in 996 in Bretagne, France. Geoffrey (son of Conan I "The Crooked", Duke of Brittany Count of Rennes and Ermengarde d'Anjou) was born in 980 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France; died on 20 Nov 1008 in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in Bretagne-de-Marsan, Landes, Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 169. Emma  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Feb 1024 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 1 Feb 1095 in Cotentin, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France.

  34. 105.  of Normandy Beatrixof Normandy Beatrix Descendancy chart to this point (65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 980 in of Normandy, France; died on 18 Jan 1035.

    Beatrix married Viscount of Veretadour, Camborn and Turenne Ebles about 1000 in Roucy, Aisne, France. Ebles (son of Viscount of Ventedour II Archembaud and Sulpice de Turenne) was born in 970 in Turenne, France; died after 1030. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 170. Viscount of Turenne William  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1010 in Turenne, France; died about 1050.

  35. 106.  Count of Evreux and Archbishop of Rouen Robert d'EvereauxCount of Evreux and Archbishop of Rouen Robert d'Evereaux Descendancy chart to this point (65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 964 in Evreux, Normandy, France; died on 16 Mar 1037 in Evreux, Normandy, France; was buried in Fecamp, Normandy, France.

    Family/Spouse: Havlive de Rouen. Havlive was born about 968 in Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 171. Richard d'Evereaux  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 986 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 13 Dec 1067 in Normandy, France.
    2. 172. d'Evereaux  Descendancy chart to this point

  36. 107.  Count of Heismes and Eu William, Count of Eu ICount of Heismes and Eu William, Count of Eu I Descendancy chart to this point (65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 978 in Exmes, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 26 Jan 1058 in Eu, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried in Eu, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

    William married Lescelin de Turquerville before 1017. Lescelin was born about 997; died in 1057. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  37. 108.  of Normandy Matildaof Normandy Matilda Descendancy chart to this point (65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 974 in Fécamp, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1017.

  38. 109.  of Normandy Emmaof Normandy Emma Descendancy chart to this point (65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 982 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 6 Mar 1052 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried on 14 Mar 1051/52 in Winchester, Hampshire, England.

    Emma married King of England Æthelred II "The Unready" on 5 Apr 1002 in Winchester Cathedral, England. Æthelred (son of King of England Edgar "The Peaceful" and Ælfthryth) was born in 968 in Wessex, England; died on 23 Apr 1016 in London, Middlesex, England; was buried in St Paul's, London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 173. King of England Edward "The Confessor"  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1005 in Islip, Oxfordshire, England; died on 5 Jan 1066 in London, England; was buried in Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England.
    2. 174. Alfred Athling  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1012 in England; died on 5 Feb 1036 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.
    3. 175. Princess of England Goda (Godgifu)  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1009 in Wessex, England; died before 1056 in Lewes, Sussex, England.

    Emma married Canute in 1017. Canute was born about 995; died on 12 Nov 1035 in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 176. I Harold  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 982/1026; died in 1040.
    2. 177. Swein  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 982/1026; died in 1036.
    3. 178. Harthacnut  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1019; died in 1042.

  39. 110.  Count of Aquitaine William VII "The Great"Count of Aquitaine William VII "The Great" Descendancy chart to this point (66.William10, 44.Adele9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 969 in of Poiter, France; died on 31 Jan 1030 in Abbey Saint Cyprien of Poitiers.

    Notes:

    Some sources say he resigned the Dukedom for his son in 1021, but this is not indicated in Stammtafeln. Some sources also say died 1025, but Stammtafeln indicates 1030.

    William married Comtesse de Bourgogne Agnes de Macon in 1018 in France. Agnes (daughter of Otto, King of Lombardy I and of Rheims Ermentrude de Roucy) was born in 995 in of Bourgogne, France; died on 10 Nov 1068. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 179. Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Poitiers William VIII (Guillaume)  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1026; died on 25 Sep 1086 in Chateau de Chize, Deux-Sevres, Poitou-Charentes, France.
    2. 180. Duke of Aquitaine William VII (Peter)  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1023 in France; died in 1058.
    3. 181. Princess of Aquitaine Agnes  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1018 in Aquitaine, France; died on 14 Dec 1077.

    William married Brisque de Gascogne about 1009 in Aquitaine, Gironde, France. Brisque was born about 989 in Gascogne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  40. 111.  King of France Robert II "The Pious" CapetKing of France Robert II "The Pious" Capet Descendancy chart to this point (67.Adelaide10, 46.Adaele9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born on 27 Mar 972 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France; died on 20 Jul 1031 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France; was buried in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.

    Robert married of Burgundy Bertha in 996. Bertha was born about 980. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Robert married of Toulouse Constance d'Arles in 1000 in Meulan, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France. Constance (daughter of Count of Arles, Provence, and Toulouse William (Guillaume) de Taillefer, III and Adelaide (Arsinde) (Blanche) d'Anjou) was born in 985 in Toulouse, Jura, Franche-Comte, France; died on 25 Jul 1032 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France; was buried in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 182. Adèle Capet, Princess of France  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1009 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France; died on 8 Jan 1078 in Monastere de Lordre de St Benoist, Messines, France; was buried in Mesen, Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium.
    2. 183. Robert I "The Old" Capet, Duke of Burgundy  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1011 in Meulan, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France; died on 21 Mar 1076 in Fleury-Sur-Ouche, Yonne, Bourgogne, France; was buried in St Seine Abbey, Semur.
    3. 184. Henry Capet, King of France I  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 May 1008 in Reims, La Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 4 Aug 1060 in Vitry, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; was buried in St Denis Abbey, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.

  41. 112.  Ranulf "The Rich" de Briquessart, Vicomte De BessinRanulf "The Rich" de Briquessart, Vicomte De Bessin Descendancy chart to this point (68.Ancitel10, 47.Balso9, 30.Ralph8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born on 17 Jan 1021 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 21 May 1089 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.

    Ranulf married Alix De Normandy on 1 May 1045 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. Alix (daughter of Richard III "le Bon", Duke of Normandy and Adèle Capet, Princess of France) was born on 14 Oct 1021 in Vire, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 3 Aug 1098 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 185. Ranulf "Le Meschin" de Briquessart, Viscount of Bessin  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1050 in Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died in Jan 1129 in Chester, Cheshire, England; was buried in Chester, Cheshire, England.
    2. 186. of Bayeux Agnes de Briquessart  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1072 in Guernon Castle, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1099 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.

  42. 113.  Emma de BayeauxEmma de Bayeaux Descendancy chart to this point (68.Ancitel10, 47.Balso9, 30.Ralph8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 1020 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1034 in Ivry, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France.

    Family/Spouse: Richard de Beauffoe. Richard was born in 1016 in Normandy, France; died in 1081. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 187. Alice de Beauffoe  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1033 in Normandy, France.

  43. 114.  Roger I "The Spainard" de ToeniRoger I "The Spainard" de Toeni Descendancy chart to this point (69.Fredistina10, 47.Balso9, 30.Ralph8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 992 in Tosni, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 31 May 1039 in Conches, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France.

    Family/Spouse: Godehut (Goldehilde) Borrell. Godehut was born in 995 in Toeni, Normandy, France; died in 1077. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 188. Adeliza (Adelina) de Toeni  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1035 in Tosni, France; died in Lire Abbey, France.
    2. 189. Raoul de Toeni, Seigneur de Conches-en-Ouche II  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1029 in Conches, Normandy, France; died on 9 Apr 1102 in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England.
    3. 190. Robert de Toeni  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1038 in Guerny, Eure, Normandie, France; died on 31 May 1098 in Conches, Eure, France.

  44. 115.  Baron of Belvoir Robert de ToeniBaron of Belvoir Robert de Toeni Descendancy chart to this point (69.Fredistina10, 47.Balso9, 30.Ralph8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 1014 in St. Saveur, Normandy, France; died on 4 Aug 1088 in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England.

    Notes:

    Belvoir: The Heirs of Robert and Berengar de Tosny.

    Taken from website http://www.ihrinfo.ac.uk/ihr/nine.html.

    K. S. B. Keats-Rohan.

    Succession to the fee of Belvoir has been discussed as a problem several times over the years, but perhaps the issue is actually straightforward once one has identified the key players.1 Domesday's Robert de Tosny of Belvoir was a collateral of his contemporaries Ralph and Roger. By c. 1050+ he had a first-born son Berengar who could expect to succeed his father in Normandy.2 Around the time of Domesday Book, a few years before his death, Robert founded Belvoir priory with his wife Adelais. Early charters of Belvoir mention their sons William and Geoffrey and their daughter Agnes.3 At his death, Robert's lands were divided between Berengar, his eldest son and Norman heir - co-incidentally an English tenant-in-chief in his own right - and his next son and English heir, William. Presumably some provision was made for the third son Geoffrey. As it happened, all three sons were to die without issue, which meant that rights of succession passed to Robert's daughters.

    Initially, the sole right of succession passed to Robert's eldest daughter Albreda, who inherited the tenancies-in-chief of both her eldest brother Berengar and her younger brother William before the date of the Lindsey Survey, which shows her husband Robert de Insula in charge of both honours.4 It has always been assumed that Albreda was the widow of Berengar who took his land to a second husband, but the idea is clearly untenable once the full story of the Belvoir succession unfolds. The references in confirmation charters of the Lincolnshire abbey of Newhouse to 'the fee of Albreda de Tosny'' is an indication that the wife of Robert de Insula was a blood relative and heiress of Berengar, rather than his widow.5 This view is confirmed by the necrology of Belvoir priory, where the anniversaries of Berengar and Albreda uxor eius, deo sancta (a phrase always referring to a religious in this document) were kept on 29 June.6 All doubt is removed by a charter of c. 1147/52 in which Hugh Bigod made a grant to Kirkstall abbey for the soul of Albrede de Insula amite mee, a phrase that can only mean that Albreda was his mother's sister.7 The phrase also usefully confirms that Albreda de Tosny and Albreda (wife of Robert) de Insula were the same.

    Robert de Tosny had two other daughters, of whom the youngest was Agnes. She confirmed her father's grant of land at Aslackby, Lincolnshire, to Belvoir priory as being part of her marriage portion on her first marriage to Ralph de Beaufour of Hockering (fl. 1086/1100).8 Widowed in the early twelfth century, she married secondly Hubert I de Ryes, castellan of Norwich, to whom the tenancy-in-chief of Hockering was given by Henry I. She occurs in the 1129/30 Pipe Roll (p. 93) charged with a debt of 35 silver marks because her son was with the count of Flanders. At a similar date she attested the charter which William de Albini pincerna gave for Wymondham priory on the day his wife Matilda Bigod, Agnes's niece, died. Agnes follows her sister Adelisa Bigod in the witness list, where she was accompanied by her daughter Almud and a niece or granddaughter (nepta) Muriel.9 Her dower lands at Aslackby and at Seaton, Northamptonshire (then in Rutland), were held in 1166 by her son or grandson Ralph de Beaufour from her grandson Hubert II de Ryes.10

    The elder of Robert de Tosny's younger daughters was Adelisa, wife of Roger Bigod at his death in 1107. It is probable that Roger was married only once, although he is usually credited with two wives of the same name on the inconclusive evidence of a pro anama clause in a charter of his son William.11 Roger and his wife Adelisa gave charter for Rochester priory which referred to their sons and daughters and was attested by their children William, Humphrey, Gunnor and Matilda.12 This charter tellingly refers to King Henry, making it highly unlikely that Roger acquired a second wife and second family before his death in 1107. It is likely that Rogers' children were born from the late 1090s onwards, and that the youngest of them were Hugh and Cecilia.13 Roger's daughters Gunnor and Matilda were married soon after 1107. Gunnor's marriage to Robert fitz Swein of Essex had perhaps been arranged by her father. Matilda was married to William de Albini pincerna by Henry I who bestowed 10 Bigod fees on her as a marriage portion. The marriages certainly took place before Adelisa de Tosny became the heiress to Belvoir on the death without issue of her eldest sister Albreda, some time between 1115/18 and 1129, when Adelisa, as widow of Roger Bigod, accounted for her father's land of Belvoir.14

    In 1129 the sole surviving issue of Robert de Tosny were his younger daughters Adelisa Bigod and Agnes de Beaufour, who was then already married to Hubert de Ryes. At that date his Bigod granddaughter Matilda de Albini was probably already dead and her sister Gunnor not long removed from her second marriage to Haimo de St Clair. Of their siblings, only Hugh Bigod and Cecilia, then wife of William de Albini Brito, survived. The Carta returned by Hugh Bigod in 1166 shows him holding the fee of his aunt Albreda de Insula.15 At the same date William de Albini Brito II held the fee of Belvoir. The conclusion from this must be that Adelisa succeeded Albreda in the fees of both Berengar and Robert de Tosny as next surviving sister. When she in her turn died she left issue of both sexes. Her sole surviving son Hugh succeeded his aunt Albreda - and by extension, her eldest brother Berengar - as heir both to Berengar's tenancy-in-chief in Lincolnshire and the Norman lands of Robert de Tosny of Belvoir. His tenancy of Robert's Norman lands is shown in a Norman record of 1172 where he is named as holding land of the fee of Conches and Tosny.16 More important in terms of size in England, the lordship of Belvoir was nonetheless the lesser of the two Tosny lordships because it as not associated with their Norman heritage. As the inheritance of a woman married to an important tenant-in-chief it could be expected to pass to one of her younger children and not her husband's principal male heir. Since she had no surviving younger sons after 1120, the devolution of Belvoir to one of her daughters was inevitable. Gunnor and Matilda had long since been provided for from their father's inheritance by the time, after c. 1115/1118, that Adelisa succeeded to Belvoir. Consequently it was the youngest daughter Cecilia - quite probably a mere infant at her father's death in 1107 - who became her mother's heiress. She was, of course , an heiress whose marriage could advantageously be used to reward one of the king's loyal new men. Cecilia's marriage to William de Albini Brito has been said to have occurred as early as 1107 on the basis of a Belvoir charter given by Ralph de Raines and attested by Roger Bigod, but it certainly took place much later. The Belvoir charter just mentioned probably begins to the early 1140s . It was attested by William de Albini senior and his wife Cecilia, their son William junior, Roger Bigot, Robert de Toteneio, Ralph de Albeneio and others.17 Since William, Robert and Ralph were certainly sons of William and Cecilia it is clear that Roger Bigod was also, as is confirmed by the order of their sons William, Robert, Roger, listed in the Thorney Liber vitae (BL Add, 40,000, fol. 2r)

    The prosopography of Domesday Book which is part of the COEL research project will be published later this year by Boydell and Brewer as Domesday People: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166. Volume I. Domesday Book.

    It is hoped that the COEL database will be published in November/December. Final details are still to be decided, but a network copy will probably cost around Ãii600. A few screen shottttts frommm theeeee database are available on the Unit website, http;://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/prosop/home.stm (or, if that proves troublesome, www.linacre.ox.ac.uk, then click on Unit).

    Inquiries can be sent be e-mail to katherine.keats-rohan@linacre.ox.ac.uk

    Footnotes
    1 Cf. J. Green, Government of England Under Henry I, 228-9.
    2 Named after his father's brother Berengar Spina, all three occur in a Marmoutier charter of 1063, when Berengar , probably then still an adolescent, authorised an agreement made by his father (Faroux, Recueil...de Normandie, 157).
    3 Mon. Ang. ii, 288-9.
    4 Lindsey Survey (Lincoln Record Soc. Vol. 19) L3/8, 4/3, 6/5, 7/5, 10/1.
    5 Stenton, Danelaw Charters, nos. 238-9.
    6 BL Add. 4936, fol. 27.
    7 Coucher Book of Kirkstall (Thoresby Soc. Vol. 8, 1904), no. cclxvi, pp. 188-9.
    8 Mon. Ang. ii, 290, no. vii.
    9 Mon. Ang. iii, 330-1.
    10 RBE, 401.
    11 Mon. Ang. iii, 330-1.
    12 BL Cotton Domitian A x, fol. 201v-2r.
    13 The view that all his children were minors at his death in 1107 was expressed in A. Wareham,'Motives and politics of the Bigod family c.1066-1177', Anglo-Norman Studies 17 (1995).
    14 Pipe Roll 31 Henry I, 114.
    15 RBE 397.
    16 At Guerney and Vesley, Eure, cant. Gisors; RBE, 642; cf. Loyd, Anglo-Norman Families, 74.
    17 Mon. Ang. ii, 289, no. 111.

    Family/Spouse: Adeliza. Adeliza was born about 1050. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 191. Adeliza de Toeni  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1072 in St Saveur, Normandy, France; died after 1130 in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England.

  45. 116.  Adele de ToeniAdele de Toeni Descendancy chart to this point (69.Fredistina10, 47.Balso9, 30.Ralph8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1004 in Normandy, France; died in 1051.

    Notes:

    Said by some to be the widow, not the sister of Roger. This is not possible as Roger did not die until 1038.

    Family/Spouse: Richard d'Evereaux. Richard (son of Count of Evreux and Archbishop of Rouen Robert d'Evereaux and Havlive de Rouen) was born about 986 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 13 Dec 1067 in Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 135. Agnès d'Évreux  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Nov 1030 in Évreux, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1087 in Montfort-l'Amaury, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France.
    2. 136. William d'Evereaux  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1032 in Normandy, France; died on 18 Apr 1118.

  46. 117.  Niel, Vicomte de St. Sauveur IINiel, Vicomte de St. Sauveur II Descendancy chart to this point (70.Roger10, 48.Nigel9, 31.Richard8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 980 in Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1045 in St Michel, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France.

    Family/Spouse: Countess of Bretange Hedwige. Hedwige was born about 1004 in Brittany, Bretange, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 192. Vicomte de St. Sauveur Niel III de St. Sauveur  Descendancy chart to this point died after 1066.

    Niel married Adela d'Eu in 1040 in St Sauveur, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France. Adela (daughter of William, PERSON Comte de Eu & Hiesmes and Lesceline de Harcourt) was born in 985 in Eu, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1025. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 193. Ivo, Vicomte de Cotentin  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1026 in Bellomontensis, Cotentin Manche Normandy, France; died on 22 May 1059 in Contentin, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France.

  47. 118.  Raoul I de ToeniRaoul I de Toeni Descendancy chart to this point (71.Ralph10, 49.Ralph9, 32.Hugh8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 975 in Toeni, Eure, France; died about 1018.

    Family/Spouse: Fredistina de Bayeaux. Fredistina (daughter of Balso de Bayeux, Count of Bayeaux and Poppa de Valois) was born in 974 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1015 in Guerny, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 194. Roger I "The Spainard" de Toeni  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 992 in Tosni, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 31 May 1039 in Conches, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France.
    2. 195. Baron of Belvoir Robert de Toeni  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1014 in St. Saveur, Normandy, France; died on 4 Aug 1088 in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England.
    3. 196. Adele de Toeni  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1004 in Normandy, France; died in 1051.


Generation: 12

  1. 119.  Princess of Norway UlfhildPrincess of Norway Ulfhild Descendancy chart to this point (72.Olav11, 50.Harald10, 33.Gudrod9, 25.Bjorn8, 19.Harald7, 15.Halfdan6, 11.Gudrod5, 8.Halfdan4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1024 in Denmark; died on 24 Apr 1070.

    Ulfhild married of Saxony Ordulf about 1042 in Saxony. Ordulf (son of Duke of Saxony II Bernard and Elika von Schweinfurt) was born about 1022 in Saxony; died on 28 Mar 1072. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 197. Duke of Saxony Magnus  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1045 in of Saxe, Prussia; died on 23 Aug 1106.

  2. 120.  of Normandy Countess of Aumale Adelizaof Normandy Countess of Aumale Adeliza Descendancy chart to this point (73.Robert11, 51.Richard10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 1029; died before 1090.

    Family/Spouse: Count of Lens Lambert II von Boulogne. Lambert died in 1054. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 198. of Lens Judith  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1054 in Lens, Artois, France; died after 1086.

  3. 121.  William I "The Conqueror", King of EnglandWilliam I "The Conqueror", King of England Descendancy chart to this point (73.Robert11, 51.Richard10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born on 14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Normandy, France; died on 9 Sep 1087 in Priory of St. Gervais, Rouen, France.

    Notes:

    Reigned 1066-1087. Duke of Normandy 1035-1087. Invaded England defeated and killed his rival Harold at the Battle of Hastings and became King. The Norman conquest of England was completed by 1072 aided by the establishment of feudalism under which his followers were granted land in return for pledges of service and loyalty. As King William was noted for his efficient if harsh rule. His administration relied upon Norman and other foreign personnel especially Lanfranc Archbishop of Canterbury. In 1085 started Domesday Book.

    William married of Flanders Matilda in 1053 in Cathedral of Notre Dame d'Eu, Normandy, France. Matilda (daughter of Baldwin V "The Pious", Count of Flanders and Adèle Capet, Princess of France) was born on 24 Nov 1031 in Flanders, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died on 2 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; was buried in Holy Trinity Abbey, Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 199. Adela (Adelle)  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1062 in Normandy, France; died on 8 Mar 1137 in Marcigny-sur-Loire, France.
    2. 200. Duke of Bernay Richard  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1057/58 in Normandy, France; died about 1081.
    3. 201. Agatha  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1064; died in 1079.
    4. 202. of Holy Trinity Abbess of Caen Cecilia  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1056; died on 30 Jul 1126.
    5. 203. Duke of Normandy Robert II "Curthose"  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1054 in Normandy, France; died on 10 Feb 1133/34 in Cardiff Castle.
    6. 204. Adeliza  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1055; died about 1065.
    7. 205. King of England William II "Rufus"  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1060 in Normandy, France; died on 2 Aug 1100 in New Forest, Hampshire, England.
    8. 206. Constance  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1061 in Normandy, France; died on 13 Aug 1090 in Brittany, France.
    9. 207. King of England Henry I "Beauclerc"  Descendancy chart to this point was born about Sep 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England; died on 1 Dec 1135 in Lyons-la-Foret, Normandy, France; was buried in Reading Abbey, Berkshire, England.
    10. 208. Matilda  Descendancy chart to this point died before 1112.

  4. 122.  Alix De NormandyAlix De Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (74.Richard11, 51.Richard10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born on 14 Oct 1021 in Vire, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 3 Aug 1098 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.

    Alix married Ranulf "The Rich" de Briquessart, Vicomte De Bessin on 1 May 1045 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. Ranulf (son of Ancitel de Bayeux, Viscount of Bessin and Poppa de Senlis) was born on 17 Jan 1021 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 21 May 1089 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 209. Ranulf "Le Meschin" de Briquessart, Viscount of Bessin  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1050 in Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died in Jan 1129 in Chester, Cheshire, England; was buried in Chester, Cheshire, England.
    2. 210. of Bayeux Agnes de Briquessart  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1072 in Guernon Castle, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1099 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.

  5. 123.  William I "The Great", Count of Burgundy and MaconWilliam I "The Great", Count of Burgundy and Macon Descendancy chart to this point (76.Alice11, 51.Richard10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born on 14 Oct 1020 in Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 12 Nov 1087 in Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; was buried in Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comte, France.

    William married Stephanie de Longwy before 1060 in Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. Stephanie (daughter of Adalbert de Longwy and Clemence de Foix) was born in 1035 in Longwy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France; died on 19 Oct 1092 in Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comte, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 211. Countess of Burgundy-Ivrea Gisela Burgundy  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1075 in Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France; died after 1133 in Chambéry, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France.
    2. 212. of Burgundy Matilda  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1065 in Dijon, Cote d'Or, Bourgogne, France; died on 23 Mar 1103 in Dijon, Cote d'Or, Bourgogne, France,.
    3. 213. Count of Burgundy and Macon Stephen de Macon  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1065 in Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France; died on 27 May 1102 in during the Crusades, Turkey.
    4. 214. Sibylla Burgundy  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1065 in Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 23 Mar 1102 in Brosse, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France.
    5. 215. Count, Dominus, Prince, Emperor and Consul of Galicia Raymond Burgandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1065 in Dijon, Cote d'Or, Bourgogne, France; died on 24 May 1107 in Grajal de Campos, Leon, Castilla-Leon, Spain.
    6. 216. of Burgundy Ermentrude de Burgundy  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1055 in Rheim, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 8 Mar 1105 in Bar-le-Duc, Meuse, Lorraine, France.
    7. 217. Ida De Namur  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1073 in Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 22 Nov 1117 in Nottinghamshire, England.
    8. 218. Guy Burgundy, Pope Calixtus II  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1066 in Quingey, Doubs, Franche-Comte, France; died on 13 Dec 1124 in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy.

  6. 124.  Renaud de CorbeilRenaud de Corbeil Descendancy chart to this point (77.Mauger11, 51.Richard10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1)

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 219. Bouchard de Corbeil  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1022 in Corbeil, Marne, France.

  7. 125.  Bernard II de St. ValeryBernard II de St. Valery Descendancy chart to this point (78.Pappa11, 51.Richard10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1005 in of St. Valery-en-Caux, Normandy, France; died on 14 Oct 1066 in Hastings, Sussex, England.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 220. Walter (Gauthier) de St. Valery  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1035 in of St. Valery-en-Caux, Normandy, France.

  8. 126.  Richard de St. ValeryRichard de St. Valery Descendancy chart to this point (78.Pappa11, 51.Richard10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) died in 1053.

    Family/Spouse: Ada de Hugleville. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  9. 127.  Count of Troyes Odo (Eudes), IIICount of Troyes Odo (Eudes), III Descendancy chart to this point (79.Adela11, 51.Richard10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) died in 1107.

    Odo married of Normandy Adeliza about 1056 in of Normandy, France. Adeliza was born about 1026 in Falaise, Calvados, France; died before 1090. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 221. Stephen de Aumale  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1070; died in 1127.

  10. 128.  Richard FitzGilbert de ClareRichard FitzGilbert de Clare Descendancy chart to this point (80.Gilbert11, 52.Geoffrey10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born on 10 Aug 1030 in Saint-Martin-de-Bienfaite-la-Cressonnière, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 14 Nov 1090 in St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, England; was buried in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: 1030, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England

    Notes:

    also Sheriff of Devon

    Family/Spouse: Rohese Giffard. Rohese (daughter of Count of Longueville Walter Giffard and Ermentrude (Ermengarde) Fleitel) was born about 1035 in Longueville, Normandy, France; died after 1133. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 222. Rohese FitzRichard de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1055 in Tunbridge, Kent, England; died in 1121 in England.
    2. 223. Earl Hertford Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1066 in Clare, Suffolk, England; died before 1117; was buried in 1117.
    3. 224. Lord of Nether Gwent Walter de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1056/1083; died on 10 Mar 1136/37.
    4. 225. Roger FitzRichard de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1056/1083; died in 1130.
    5. 226. Abbot of Ely Richard FitzRichard de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1056/1083; died in 1100.
    6. 227. Baron of Baynard Robert FitzRichard de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1056/1083; died in 1136.

  11. 129.  Baldwin FitzGilbertBaldwin FitzGilbert Descendancy chart to this point (80.Gilbert11, 52.Geoffrey10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1022 in Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1095 in Okehampton, Devonshire, England.

    Notes:

    Baldwin de Brionis, who, for the distinguished part he had in the Conquest, obtained from King William the Barony of Okehampton, the custody of the co. of Devon, and the government of the castle of Exeter in fee. He m. Albreda, dau. of Richard, surnamed Gos, Count of Avranche, and had, with other issue,
    I. Richard, surnamed de Redvers.
    II. Robert, governor of Brione.
    I. Emma, m. 1st to William Avenal, and 2ndly, to William de Abrincis.

    [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 140, Courtenay, Barons Courtenay, Earls of Devon]

    Family/Spouse: Albreda d'Avranches. Albreda was born about 1020 in Avranches, Normandy, France; died in Okehampton, Devonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 228. Emma FitzGilbert  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1037 in Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 24 Aug 1142 in Okehampton, Devon, England.

    Family/Spouse: Emma. Emma was born about 1030 in Brionne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  12. 130.  Esilia CrispinEsilia Crispin Descendancy chart to this point (80.Gilbert11, 52.Geoffrey10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born on 1 Nov 1020 in Tillières, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1087 in Eye, Suffolk, England.

    Esilia married William Malet about 1041 in Normandy, France. William (son of Earl of Mercia III Ælfgar and Alversa Malet) was born in 1014 in Graville, Normandy, France; died about 1071. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 229. Beatrice Malet  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1044 in of Alkborough, Lincolnshire, England.

  13. 131.  Gilbert de CrispinGilbert de Crispin Descendancy chart to this point (80.Gilbert11, 52.Geoffrey10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 1037 in Poix, Somme, Picardie, France; died in 1090 in Bec, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Gilbert married Eva de Montfort in 1074 in France. Eva (daughter of Amaury de Montfort, Lord of Montfort I and Bertrade de Gometz) was born in 1045 in Isle, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died after 1086 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 230. Eleanor de Crispin  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1070 in Runcorn, Cheshire, England; died after 1114 in Somme, Picardie, France.

  14. 132.  William d'AubignyWilliam d'Aubigny Descendancy chart to this point (81.Adela11, 52.Geoffrey10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 1020 in Aubigny, Normandy, France; died after 1066.

    Family/Spouse: de Plessis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 231. Roger d'Aubigny  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1040 in Aubigny, Normandy, France; died in 1084.

  15. 133.  Wolfric de Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton of RuncornWolfric de Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton of Runcorn Descendancy chart to this point (82.Emma11, 53.Hedwig10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 1055 in Cotentin, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1100 in Runcorn, Cheshire, England.

    Family/Spouse: Eleanor de Crispin. Eleanor (daughter of Gilbert de Crispin and Eva de Montfort) was born in 1070 in Runcorn, Cheshire, England; died after 1114 in Somme, Picardie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 232. William de Hatton  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1073 in Hatton, Warwickshire, England; died in 1090 in Hatton, Warwickshire, England.

  16. 134.  Viscount of Turenne I BosoViscount of Turenne I Boso Descendancy chart to this point (83.William11, 54.Beatrix10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1050 in Turenne, France; died in 1091.

    I married Gerberge de Terrasson about 1076 in France. Gerberge (daughter of Pierre de Terrasson) was born about 1055 in Terrasson, France; died in 1103. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 233. Maud de Turenne  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1090 in of Mayenne, France; died after 1162 in Beaune, Cote-d'Or, France.

  17. 135.  Agnès d'ÉvreuxAgnès d'Évreux Descendancy chart to this point (84.Richard11, 55.Robert10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born on 1 Nov 1030 in Évreux, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1087 in Montfort-l'Amaury, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Agnes d'Evereaux

    Agnès married Simon de Montfort, Seigneur de Montfort in 1058 in Normandy, France. Simon (son of Amaury de Montfort, Lord of Montfort I and Bertrade de Gometz) was born about 1025 in Montfort-l'Amaury, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France; died on 25 Sep 1087 in St Thomas, Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France; was buried in Épernon, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 234. Bertrade de Montfort  Descendancy chart to this point was born in May 1059 in Montfort-l'Amaury, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France; died on 14 Feb 1117 in Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in Saint-Remy-l'Honore, des Yvelines, Île-de-France, France.
    2. 235. Count Evereux Amaury, Seigneur de Montfort III  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 May 1070 in Montfort-l'Amaury, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France; died on 19 Apr 1137 in Évreux, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried in Saint-Remy-l'Honore, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France.
    3. 236. Simon II de Montfort  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1068 in Montfort Amaury, Ile-de-France, France; died in 1101 in Montfort, Amaury, Ile-de-France, France.

  18. 136.  William d'EvereauxWilliam d'Evereaux Descendancy chart to this point (84.Richard11, 55.Robert10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1032 in Normandy, France; died on 18 Apr 1118.

  19. 137.  GodechildeGodechilde Descendancy chart to this point (84.Richard11, 55.Robert10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1)

  20. 138.  Ermentrude (Ermengarde) FleitelErmentrude (Ermengarde) Fleitel Descendancy chart to this point (85.11, 55.Robert10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 1014 in Longueville, Normandy, France.

    Family/Spouse: Count of Longueville Walter Giffard. Walter (son of Lord of Longueville Osbern II de Bolbec and Avelina de Crepon) was born about 1010 in Longueville, Normandy, France; died in 1084 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 237. Rohese Giffard  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1035 in Longueville, Normandy, France; died after 1133.
    2. 238. Earl of Buckingham 1st Walter Giffard  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1038; died on 15 Jul 1102.
    3. 239. Bishop of Winchester William Giffard  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1038 in Longueville, Normandy, France.

  21. 139.  Earl of Hereford Ralph de SudeleyEarl of Hereford Ralph de Sudeley Descendancy chart to this point (88.Goda11, 58.Emma10, 34.Gunnora9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1030 in Nantes, Normandy, France; died on 21 Dec 1057 in Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England.

    Ralph married Getha Clopa about 1055. Getha was born about 1040 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 240. Lord of Sudeley Harold d'Ewyas  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1055 in Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England; died after 1115.

    Ralph married Gytha FitzOsgood about 1038. Gytha (daughter of Osgood Clapa) was born in 1025 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 241. Earl of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridge Ralph de Gael  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1042 in Gael, Brittany, France; died in 1096.

  22. 140.  Rohese GiffardRohese Giffard Descendancy chart to this point (92.Walter11, 59.Osbern10, 35.Wevie9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1035 in Longueville, Normandy, France; died after 1133.

    Family/Spouse: Richard FitzGilbert de Clare. Richard (son of Gilbert de Clare, Count of Brionne and Gunnora d'Anjou) was born on 10 Aug 1030 in Saint-Martin-de-Bienfaite-la-Cressonnière, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 14 Nov 1090 in St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, England; was buried in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 222. Rohese FitzRichard de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1055 in Tunbridge, Kent, England; died in 1121 in England.
    2. 223. Earl Hertford Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1066 in Clare, Suffolk, England; died before 1117; was buried in 1117.
    3. 224. Lord of Nether Gwent Walter de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1056/1083; died on 10 Mar 1136/37.
    4. 225. Roger FitzRichard de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1056/1083; died in 1130.
    5. 226. Abbot of Ely Richard FitzRichard de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1056/1083; died in 1100.
    6. 227. Baron of Baynard Robert FitzRichard de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1056/1083; died in 1136.

  23. 141.  Earl of Buckingham 1st Walter GiffardEarl of Buckingham 1st Walter Giffard Descendancy chart to this point (92.Walter11, 59.Osbern10, 35.Wevie9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1038; died on 15 Jul 1102.

  24. 142.  Bishop of Winchester William GiffardBishop of Winchester William Giffard Descendancy chart to this point (92.Walter11, 59.Osbern10, 35.Wevie9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1038 in Longueville, Normandy, France.

  25. 143.  Beatrice de VascoeuilBeatrice de Vascoeuil Descendancy chart to this point (93.Beatrice11, 59.Osbern10, 35.Wevie9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1020 in Vascoeuil, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France; died about 1059 in Varennes, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France.

    Beatrice married Ralph (Rudolph) de Warenne in 1034 in Bellencombe, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. Ralph was born on 12 Dec 1020 in Varenne, Bellencombre, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 15 Feb 1074 in Varenne, Bellencombre, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 242. 1st Earl of Surrey William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Jun 1055 in Varennes, Bellencombre, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 24 Jun 1099 in Lewes, Sussex, England; was buried in Priory of Lewes, Sussex, England.

  26. 144.  Godfrey d'ArquesGodfrey d'Arques Descendancy chart to this point (95.Gozeline11, 59.Osbern10, 35.Wevie9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1010 in Arques-la-Bataille, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France.

    Family/Spouse: Amelie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 243. William d'Arques  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1035 in Arques-la-Bataille, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France; died after 1086 in Thorpe Arche, Yorkshire, England.

  27. 145.  1st Earl of Warwick Henry de Beaumont1st Earl of Warwick Henry de Beaumont Descendancy chart to this point (96.Roger11, 60.Humphrey10, 35.Wevie9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1048; died on 20 Jun 1123.

    Notes:

    Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick (? – 20 June 1123) was an English nobleman. He is also known as Henry de Neubourg or Henry de Newburgh, from the castle of Newburg near Looviers, in Normandy where he was born.

    Henry was the younger son of Roger de Beaumont and Adeline of Meulan, daughter of Waleran III, Count de Meulan. He inherited the modest lordship of La Neubourg, in central Normandy, but acquired a much greater holding in England, when, in reward for help in suppressing the Rebellion of 1088, William II of England made him Earl of Warwick.

    His name is included in the roll of the knights who came over with the William the Conqueror, but he does not appear to have been present at the Battle of Hastings. He spent the greater part of his life in Normandy, his name is not found in the Domesday Book. He took it leading part in reconciling the Conqueror with his eldest son Robert Curthose in 1081 and he stood high in the Conqueror's favour. He was the companion and friend of Henry I, and when in 1100 a division took place amongst the barons who had gathered together to choose a successor to William II, it was mainly owing to his advice that Henry was selected and when in the following year most of the barons were openly or secretly disloyal and favoured the attempt of Duke Robert to gain the Crown, he and his brother were amongst the few that remained faithful to the King.

    He had many honours conferred upon him, in 1068 he was made Constable of Warwick Castle and shortly afterwards King William gave it to him together with the borough and manor. The Castle was enlarged and strengthened during the long succession of powerful lords, and it eventually became one of the most renowned of English fortresses and it remains even to-day the glory of the midland shires. The Bear and Ragged Staff was the badge of Guy the great opponent of the Danes, and Henry on his elevation to the Earldom in 1076 by William I, assumed it, and it has ever since been used by successive Earls. Odericus tells us that "he earned this honour by his valour and loyalty" and Wace speaks of him as "a brave man". He was made a Councillor by the King in 1079 and a Baron of the Exchequer in Normandy 12 April 1080.

    In 1099 he fought against the Welsh and built a castle at Abertawy, near Swansea, which was unsuccessfully attacked by the Welsh in 1113; he also captured the Gower peninsula in the south of Glamorganshire. He built other castles at Penrhys, Llandhidian and Swansea in ll20, together with the others at Oystermouth and Aberllychor, the only remains of the latter are a mound and a keep.

    Some time between 1106 and 1116 he was granted the lordship of Gower in Wales.

    Henry was by disposition quiet and retiring, and was overshadowed by his elder brother Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester, reputedly one of the most brilliant men in England.

    He died 20 June 1123 and was buried in the Abbey at Preaux.

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Family/Spouse: Margaret de Perche. Margaret (daughter of Count of Perche and Mortaigne Geoffrey II de Perche and Beatrice de Montdidier) was born about 1067 in Morlaign, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 244. 2nd Earl of Warwick Roger de Beaumont  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1102; died on 12 Jun 1153.

  28. 146.  1st Earl of Leicester Robert de Beaumont, Count Meulan I1st Earl of Leicester Robert de Beaumont, Count Meulan I Descendancy chart to this point (96.Roger11, 60.Humphrey10, 35.Wevie9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 1046 in Beaumont-le-Roger, Eure, Normandy, France; died on 5 Jun 1118 in Préaux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; was buried .

    Notes:

    ROBERT DE BEAUMONT

    The Conqueror and His Companions
    by J. R. Planché, Somerset Herald. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874..

    "Rogier li Veil, cil de Belmont, Assalt Engleis el primier front." Roman de Rou, 1. 13,462.

    Thus sings the Prebend of Bayeux in direct contradiction, as I have already observed, of the Archdeacon of Lisieux, who as distinctly asserts that Roger de Beaumont was left in Normandy, president of the council appointed by the Duke to assist his Duchess in its government. There is more reason, however, to discredit Wace in this instance than even in the former one, as Orderic corroborates the statement of the Archdeacon that it was Robert, the eldest son of Roger de Beaumont, who was the companion of the Conqueror in 1066, and whom he describes as "a novice in arms." Mr. Taylor, in his translation of the poem, has mentioned also that in the MS. of Wace, in the British Museum, the name is Robert, though the epithet "le Viel" is not appropriate to his then age. Might not "le Viel" be a clerical error for "de Vielles," the name of Roger's father, which is latinized into "de Vitulis"? Roger de Beaumont would of course have been de Vielles as well as his father. The latinizing of proper names cannot be too much deplored and deprecated.

    Of Roger, Count de Beaumont, it is unanimously recorded that he was the noblest, the wealthiest, and the most valiant seigneur of Normandy, and the greatest and most trusted friend of the Danish family. Son of Humphrey de Vielles, and grandson of Thorold de Pontaudemer, a descendant of the Kings of Denmark, through Bernard the Dane, a companion of the first Norman Conqueror, Duke Rollo, illustrious as was such as origin in the eyes of his countrymen, he considered his alliance with Adelina, Countess of Meulent, sufficiently honorable and important to induce him to adopt the title of her family in preference to that of his own.

    We have already heard of his first great exploit, when, as a young man, in the early years of Duke William, he defeated the turbulent Roger de Toeni, who with his two sons were slain in that sanguinary conflict (vide p. 19, ante). Towards the invading fleet he contributed, according to Taylor's List, sixty vessels, and being at that time advanced in years, and selected to superintend the affairs of the duchy, sent his young son Robert to win his spurs at Senlac.

    In that memorable battle he is said to have given proof of courage and intelligence beyond his years, and promise of the high reputation he would eventually obtain, and which won for him the surname of Prudhomme. "A certain Norman young soldier," writes William of Poitou, "son of Roger de Bellomont, and nephew and heir of Hugh, Count of Meulent, by Adelina, his sister, making his first onset in that fight, did what deserves lasting fame, boldly charging and breaking in upon the enemy with the troops he commanded in the right wing of the army."

    His services were rewarded by ninety manors in Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Wiltshire, and Northamptonshire. In 1080 he, with his brother Henry, afterwards Earl of Warwick, were amongst the barons who exerted themselves to reconcile King William to his son Robert Court-heuse, and in 1081 he subscribed a charter of confirmation in favour of the Abbey of Fécamp. This was the last document he signed inn the name of Beaumont, for his mother dying in year, he thenceforth wrote himself Comte de Meulent, and did homage to Philip I, King of France, for the lands to which he succeeded in that kingdom, and in 1082 sat as a Peer of France in a parliament held by the said King at Poissy.

    On the death of the Conqueror, the Comte de Meulent and his brother sided with William Rufus; their father, Roger de Beaumont, leaving also the ducal court and retiring to his estates. The late King had given the Castle of Ivri jointly to Roger de Beaumont and Robert his son; but during the absence of the latter in England, Robert Court-heuse, having become Duke of Normandy, exchanged, in 1090, that castle for the Castle of Brionne with Roger de Beaumont, without obtaining the consent of Robert de Meulent. The latter, having a quarrel with the monks of Bec, whose monastery was in the territory of Brionne, was greatly angered by this transaction, and repairing to the Duke at Rouen, boldly demanded of him the restoration of Ivri. The Duke answered that he had given his father the Castle of Brionne for it, which was a fair exchange. The Count replied, "I was no party to that bargain, and repudiate it; but what your father gave to my father that will I have, or by Saint Nicaise I will make you repent your conduct to me." The Duke, highly incensed, had him immediately arrested and imprisoned, and seizing the Castle of Brionne, gave it into the keeping of Robert, son of Baldwin de Meules. Roger de Beaumont, on receipt of these tidings, sought the Duke, and with the skill of an old courtier contrived to pacify his resentment, and obtain the release of his son and the restoration of Brionne; but Robert de Meules, who was in charge of it, refused to surrender it, and the Count de Meulent was obliged to resort to force. Siege was laid to the castle in regular form, and the garrison stoutly holding out, Gilbert du Pin, commanding the beleaguering forces, caused arrows, with their steel heads made red-hot in a furnace, to be shot over the battlements, and which, falling on the roofs of the buildings within the walls, set them on fire. The conflagration spreading, the place became no longer tenable, and Brionne remained from that period in the hands of the Counts of Meulent.

    The monks of Bec now found it necessary to patch up their quarrels with the Count, who behaved generously on the occasion, confirming their privileges and those also of the Abbey of Préaux, of Jumiéges, and St.t. Vaudrille, remitting certain imports due to him from the wine-growers of Mantes. I mention these circumstances, which have no interest for the general reader, only to notice a singular condition the Count attached to the franchise, namely, that the masters of all boats passing the Castles of Meulent and Mantes should play on the flageolet as they shot the bridges!

    On the departure of Robert Court-heuse for the Crusades, William Rufus, to whom he had confided the government of Normaudy, as a pledge for the repayment of the money the King had lent to him for the expenses of his expedition, considered it a good opportunity to recover from France the province of the Vexin. The Count of Meulent found himself awkwardly situated between the two contending parties. He owed fealty to both sovereigns: to the King of France for the Comté of Meulent, and to thee King of England for his large estates, both in that country and Normandy. He decided in fayour of the latter, received into his castle the forces of the Red King, and so opened for him an entrance into France. The war ended without advantage to either side, and was followed by another between Rufus and Hélie de la FlÈche, Comte du Maine. After vainlyly attempting to reduce the Castle of Dangueul, the King withdrew from the siege, leaving the Count of Menlent to carry on the operations. On the 28th April, 1098, Hélie was drawn into an ambush by Count Robert, and,, after a desperate defence, made prisoner, and conducted by him to the King, who was at Rouen, and who consigned his captive immediately to a dungeon in the great tower of that city.

    The incidents and results of this campaign are not sufficiently connected with the personal history of Robert de Meulent to require notice here. He was one of the royal hunting party in the New Forest on the 2nd of August, 1100, when William Rufus received his mysterious death-wound, and hastened on the instant with Prince Henry to Winchester, in order to secure the royal treasure, as well as the succession to the throne of England.

    Under the reign of the new King he retained the favour and influence he had enjoyed during those of the two Williams, and commanded the English army, which achieved the conquest of Normandy by Henry I in 1106, who acknowledged himself indebted for it to the advice and valour of the Earl of Leicester, to which dignity Robert de Meulent had been advanced by him at some period not distinctly ascertained, but most probably in the first year of his reign.

    Orderic Vital gives the following account of the mode by which he obtained the earldom: -- "The town of Leicester had four masters -- the King, the Bishop of Lincoln, Earl Simon" (Simon de St. Liz, Earl of Huntingdon), "and Ivo, the son of Hugh" (de Grentmesnil). The latter had been heavily fined for turbulent conduct, and was in disgrace at Court. He was also galled by being nicknamed "the Rope-dancer," having been one of those who had been let down by ropes from the walls of Antioch. He therefore had resolved to rejoin the Crusade, and made an agreement with the Count of Meulent to the following effect: -- The Count was to procure his reconciliation with the King, and to advance him five hundred silver marks for the expenses of his expedition, having the whole of Ivo's domains pledged to him as a security for fifteen years. In consideration of this, the Count was to give the daughter of his brother Henry, Earl of Warwick, in marriage to Ivo's son, who was yet in his infancy, and to restore him his father's inheritance. This contract was confirmed by oath, and ratified by the King, but Ivo died on his road to the Holy Land, and Robert de Meulent, by royal favour and his own address, contrived to get the whole of Leicester into his own hands, and being in consequence created an English earl, his wealth and power surpassed those of any other peer of the realm, and he was exalted above nearly all his family." (Book xi, c. 2)

    This great warrior and able man is said to have died of sorrow and mortification, caused by the infidelity of his second wife Elizabeth, otherwise Isabella, daughter of Hugh the Great, Comte de Vermandois and of Chaumont in the Vexin. He had married -- the date at present unknown -- Godechilde de Conches, daughter of Roger de Toeni, Seigneur de Conches, but had separated from her before 1096, as in that year she, who could not then have been seventeen, became the wife of Baldwin, son of Eustace de Boulogne, who was King of Jerusalem after the decease of his brother Godfrey. Robert de Meulent, then being between fifty and sixty, and without issue, sought the hand of Elizabeth de Vermandois, who was in the bloom of youth, and was accepted by the lady; but Ivo, Bishop of Châtres, forbade the magiage on the ground of consanguinity; the Count off Vemandois and the Count of Meulent being both great-grandsons of Gautier II, surnamed "Le Blanc," Count of the Vexin. A dispensation was obtained, however, from the Pope, on condition that Count Hugh should take the Cross, and the marriage was celebrated on the eve of his departure for the Holy Land, the same year in which Robert's first wife married Baldwin de Boulogne.

    The issue of Robert de Meulent by his second wife was a daughter named Emma, born, according to Orderic, in 1102; two sons (twins), baptised Waleran and Robert, born in 1104; a third son, known as Hugh the Poor, afterwards Earl of Bedford, and three other daughters, Adeline, Amicia, and Albreda, all of whom must have been born after 1104, when their father, then Earl of Leicester, was well stricken in years. Orderic, indeed, says he had five daughters, the fifth being named Isabel, after her mother.

    All these children being born in wedlock, were of course in the eyes of the law legitimate, but William de Warren, Earl of Warren and Surrey, second of that name, son of the mysterious Gundred, had supplanted the Earl of Leicester for some years in the affections of his wife, and her ultimate desertion of him for his young rival affected his mind, and hurried hhn to the grave, June 5, 1118.

    Henry of Huntingdon, in his "Letter to Walter," gives the following account of his last moments: -- "I will mention the Earl of Meulent, the most sagacious in political affairs of all who lived between this and Jerusalem. His mind was enlightened, his eloquence persuasive, his shrewdness acute; he was provident and wily; his prudence never failed; his counsels were profound; his wisdom great. He had extensive and noble possessions, which are commonly called honours, together witIx towns and castles, villages and farms, woods and waters, which he acquired by the exercise of the talents I have mentioned. His domains lay not only in England but in Normandy and France, so that he was able at his will to promote concord between the sovereigns of those countries, or to set them at variance and provoke them to war. If he took umbrage against any man, his enemy was humbled and crushed, while those he favoured were exalted to honour. Hence his coffers were filled with a prodigious influx of wealth in gold and silver, besides precious gems and costly furniture and apparel. But when he was in the zenith of his power it happened that a certain earl carried off the lady he had espoused, either by some intrigue or by force and stratagem. Thenceforth his mind was disturbed and clouded with grief, nor did he to the time of his death regain composure and happiness. "After days abandoned to sorrow, when he was labouring under an infirmity which was the precursor of death, and the Archbishop (of Rouen) and priests were performing their office for the confessional purification, they required of him that as a penitent he should restore the lands which by force or fraud he had wrung from others, and wash out his sins with tears of repentance, to which he replied, 'Wretched man that I am! If I dismember the domains I have acquired, what shall I have to leave to my sons?'

    "Upon this the ministers of the Lord answered, 'Your hereditary estates and the lands which you have justly obtained are enough for your sons; restore the rest, or else you devote your soul to perdition.'

    "The Earl replied, 'My sons shall have all. I leave it to them to act mercifully, that I may obtain mercy.'"

    "Assuming the monastic habit, he then breathed his last, and was buried near his father at Préaux, his heart being sent to the monastery off Brackley in Northamptonshire, which he had founded, and there preserved in salt.

    William of Malmesbury says of him, that his advice was regarded as though the oracle of God had been consulted; that he was the persuader of peace, the dissuader of strife, and capable of speedily bringing about whatever he desired by the power of his eloquence; that he possessed such mighty influence in England as to change by his single example the long established modes of dress and diet. Limiting himself on the score of his health to one meal a day, in imitation of Alexius, Emperor of Constantinople, the custom was adopted generally by the nobility. In law, he was the supporter of justice; in war, the insurer of victory; urging his lord the King to enforce the statutes vigorously, he himself not only respecting those existing, but proposing new. Ever loyal to his sovereign, he was the stern avenger of treason in others.

    It is a relief to read such a character of a man in these darkest days of feudalism, imperfect civilization, and demoralizing superstition.

    A word or two respecting his children.

    The twins, Waleran and Robert, were carefully brought up by King Henry I from the time of their father's death, "for the King loved him much, because in the beginning of his reign he had greatly aided and encouraged him." On their arriving at the proper age they received knighthood at his hands, and Waleran was put in possession of all his father's domains in France and Normandy, his brother Robert receiving the earldom of Leicester and the lands and honours in England. Three of their sisters were given in marriage by Waleran: -- Adeline to Hugh, 4th Sire de Montfort-sur-Risle, Amicia to Hugh de Château-neuf in Thimerais; andd Albreda (or Aubrey) to William Louvel or Lupel, son of Ascelin Goel, Lord of Ivri. ( Vide vol. ii, p. 223)

    Isabel became, according to the chronique scandaleuse of that day, one of the many mistresses of Henry I, and subsequently married Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Pembroke. What became of Emma, the eldest born, we know not. According to Orderic she was betrothed, when only a year old, to Aumari, nephew of William, Count of Evreux, but from some impediment which occurred the marriage never took place. She probably died in infancy, or entered a convent. The author of "L'Art de Vérifier less Dates," besides Hugh, Earl of Bedford, already mentioned, gives Robert, a fourth son, whom he calls Dreux, Sire de Boisemont.

    Robert married Isabel (Elizabeth ) de Vermandois in 1096. Isabel (daughter of Hugh "The Great" Capet, Duke of France and Burgundy and Adelaide de Vermandois) was born on 13 Feb 1081 in Vermandois, Normandy, Bretagne, France; died on 13 Feb 1131 in Sens, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France; was buried in St. Nicaise, Meulan, France-Sens, Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 245. 2nd Earl of Leicester Robert II de Beaumont  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1104 in Meulan, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, Normandy, France; died on 5 Apr 1168 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England; was buried in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.
    2. 246. Count of Meulan Earl of Worcester Waleran de Beaumont  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1104 in Beaumont, Normandy, France; died on 4 Oct 1166.
    3. 247. Isabel (Elizabeth) de Beaumont  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1098 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England; died on 6 Jan 1147 in Tunbridge, Kent, England.
    4. 248. Alice de Beaumont  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1105 in Beaumont, Sur-Oise, Normandy, France; died on 11 Jul 1191 in Rheims, France.
    5. 249. Eleanor de Beaumont  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1100 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.
    6. 250. Maud de Beaumont  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1116 in Meulan, Normandy, France; died after 1189.
    7. 251. Adeline de Beaumont  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1102 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.

  29. 147.  Bjorn UlsiussonBjorn Ulsiusson Descendancy chart to this point (97.Ulf11, 61.Thorgils10, 36.Thyra9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 983 in Denmark; died in 1049.

    Family/Spouse: Flicka Dansk. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 252. Siward Bjornsson  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 997 in Bernicia, Northumberland, England; died in 1055 in York, Yorkshire, England; was buried in St. Olaf's Church, York, England.

  30. 148.  King of England Harold II GodwinesonKing of England Harold II Godwineson Descendancy chart to this point (98.Gytha11, 61.Thorgils10, 36.Thyra9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 1022; died on 14 Oct 1066 in Battle of Hastings, Sussex, England; was buried in Waltham Abbey, Essex, England.

    Notes:

    Harold Godwineson, II was created Earl of East Anglia in c. 1045, and succeeded his father as Earl of Wessex on the 15th of April, 1053. He was created Earl of Hereford in 1058, and styled 'Duke of the English' from 1064. He succeeded Edward the Confessor as King of England on the 6th of January, 1066, having been chosen by the King as his successor with the support of the Witan. Harold II was crowned on the 6th of January, 1066, probably at St. Paul's Cathedral in London (some authorities state he was crowned at Westminster Abbey, but there is no evidence for this).

    He was killed at the Battle of Hastings, Sussex, England. He was felled by an arrow between his eyes - this popular myth has been perpetrated by a misreading of the Bayeus tapestry. He was, in fact, struck down by a blow from a sword wielded by a mounted Norman knight. Harold was buried on the seashore at Hastings, or on the battlefield - the latter is more likely. A stone memorial marks the spot within the grounds of Battle Abbey. Later on, Harold's remains were removed to Waltham Abbey in Essex.

    He was succeeded by William, Duke of Normandy, the victor of Hastings.

    THE NORMAN KINGS OF ENGLAND

    Harold II was the last of the Saxon Kings of England. His successor, William I, based his claim to the English throne upon a promise made to him more than a decade before 1066 by Edward the Confessor, who is said to have told William that he, Edward, would make him his successor.

    In 1064, Earl Harold was shipwrecked upon the coast of Normandy. William kept him in honorable captivity until he had sworn upon he had sworn upon holy relics to do all in his power to enforce William's claim to the English throne. William knew very well that at that time it seemed that Harold, the most powerful man in England next to the king, would be designated Edward's successor, which was what in fact happened. When, in the autumn on 1065, Edward was seen to be dying, the Witan considered all claimants and decided that Harold, as the only man with the strength and maturity that befitted him to rule England, was the natural choice. Edward, on his deathbed, accordingly left his crown to Harold, who seized power in defiance of his oath to William.

    William thereupon gathered an army, sailed to England, and defeated Harold on the 14th of October, 1066 at the battle of Hastings - it should actually be called the Battle of Senlac Ridge, as that was where it took place. Hastings is 11 miles away.

    At that time, there was only one living male representative of the ancient line of the Kings of Wessex, and that was a child known as Edgar the Atheling. He was the grandson of Edmund II. The Witan in London set him up as king as soon as they received the news of William's victory at Hastings, but it quickly became obvious that Edgar's impeccable claim to the throne would be no match for William's determination to wear the crown of England. Edgar submitted to William within 6 weeks, and William was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day, 1066.

    A new royal dynasty had been founded; the joining of England with Normandy brought England very much into the forefront of European affairs. William's followers received lands and honors, and thus founded aristocratic dynasties of their own in their new realm. A new order prevailed, England was feudalized, its Church overhauled, and its legal system; and all things Saxon were disdained by the conquering Normans.

    William's claim to the English throne had very little basis in dynastic terms. His great-aunt Emma had been wife to both Ethelred II and Canute. William's wife Matilda was a descendent of King Alfred. And that was all. William's own ancestor, Rollo, who founded the duchy of Normandy in the 10th century, had been a Viking pirate. It was left to William's son, Henry I, to ally himself in blood to the ancient line of Cerdic; in 1100, he married Edith, the niece of Edgar the atheling, much to the disgust of his Norman barons, who sneeringly referred to the royal couple as 'Godric and Godgifu', old Saxon names now fallen into disrepute. Yet the marriage was popular with the common people, who were, after all, Saxon, and later Kings would acknowledge that it was fitting that the blood of Cerdic flowed in their veins.

    Family/Spouse: Edith Swanneshals. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 253. Godwine  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 254. Edmund  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 255. Magnus  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 256. Gunhilda  Descendancy chart to this point

    Harold married of Mercia Ealdgyth about 1052 in York, England. Ealdgyth (daughter of Earl of Mercia III Ælfgar and Ælgifu) was born about 1034 in Mercia, England; died after 1086 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 257. Princess of England Gytha  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1053 in Wessex, England; died on 2 May 1107.
    2. 258. Ulf  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Dec 1066 in Chester, England; died after 1087.
    3. 259. Harold  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Dec 1066 in Chester, England; died after 1098 in France.

  31. 149.  of Wessex Edithof Wessex Edith Descendancy chart to this point (98.Gytha11, 61.Thorgils10, 36.Thyra9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1020; died on 18 Dec 1075 in Palace of Westminster, London, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England.

    Edith married King of England Edward "The Confessor" on 23 Jan 1045. Edward (son of King of England Æthelred II "The Unready" and of Normandy Emma) was born about 1005 in Islip, Oxfordshire, England; died on 5 Jan 1066 in London, England; was buried in Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  32. 150.  of Wessex Elgivaof Wessex Elgiva Descendancy chart to this point (98.Gytha11, 61.Thorgils10, 36.Thyra9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1025; died about 1066.

    Notes:

    She was abducted by Sweyn and whom she contracted an uncanonical marriage.

    Family/Spouse: of Wessex Sveyn. Sveyn (son of Godwin and Gytha Thorgilsdottir) was born about 1023; died on 29 Sep 1052 in Lycia, Constantinople, Byzantium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  33. 151.  of Wessex Sveynof Wessex Sveyn Descendancy chart to this point (98.Gytha11, 61.Thorgils10, 36.Thyra9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1023; died on 29 Sep 1052 in Lycia, Constantinople, Byzantium.

    Notes:

    He was created an earl in 1043.

    Family/Spouse: of Wessex Elgiva. Elgiva (daughter of Godwin and Gytha Thorgilsdottir) was born about 1025; died about 1066. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  34. 152.  of Wessex Tostigof Wessex Tostig Descendancy chart to this point (98.Gytha11, 61.Thorgils10, 36.Thyra9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1026; died on 25 Sep 1066 in Battle of Stamford Bridge, Northumberland, England; was buried in Yorkminster, England.

    Notes:

    He was created Earl of Northumbria in c. 1055. In that year, or later, he was also created Earl of Northampton and Nottingham. He was deprived of his earldoms on 3rd October, 1065. He was killed on the 25th of September, 1066, at the Battle of Stamford bridge in Northumberland, fighting his brother Harold II in alliance with Harold Hardraada, King of Norway.

    Family/Spouse: of Flanders Judith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  35. 153.  of Wessex Alfgarof Wessex Alfgar Descendancy chart to this point (98.Gytha11, 61.Thorgils10, 36.Thyra9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1)

    Notes:

    He was said to have been a monk at Rheims in France.


  36. 154.  of Wessex Gunnhildreof Wessex Gunnhildre Descendancy chart to this point (98.Gytha11, 61.Thorgils10, 36.Thyra9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) died on 24 Aug 1087 in Bruges, Flanders; was buried in Bruges Cathedral, Bruges, Flanders.

    Notes:

    She is said to have been a Nun at either St. Omer in France, or at Bruges in Flanders.


  37. 155.  of Wessex Gyrthof Wessex Gyrth Descendancy chart to this point (98.Gytha11, 61.Thorgils10, 36.Thyra9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) died on 16 Oct 1066 in Battle of Hastings, Santlache, England.

    Notes:

    He was created Earl of East Anglia in 1057.


  38. 156.  of Wessex Leofwineof Wessex Leofwine Descendancy chart to this point (98.Gytha11, 61.Thorgils10, 36.Thyra9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) died on 14 Oct 1066 in Battle of Hastings, Santlache, England.

    Notes:

    He created Earl of Kent, Surrey, Middlesex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire
    in c. 1057


  39. 157.  of Wessex Wulfnothof Wessex Wulfnoth Descendancy chart to this point (98.Gytha11, 61.Thorgils10, 36.Thyra9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) died after 1087.

  40. 158.  Emma FitzOsbernEmma FitzOsbern Descendancy chart to this point (100.William11, 63.(Robert)10, 37.Herfast9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1059 in Breteuil, France; died after 1095.

    Family/Spouse: Earl of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridge Ralph de Gael. Ralph (son of Earl of Hereford Ralph de Sudeley and Gytha FitzOsgood) was born about 1042 in Gael, Brittany, France; died in 1096. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 260. Lord of Montfort Ralph de Gael  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1078 in Montford de Gael, Brittany, France; died in Montford de Gael, Brittany, France.

  41. 159.  Seigneur de Reviers Richard de ReviersSeigneur de Reviers Richard de Reviers Descendancy chart to this point (101.Emma11, 63.(Robert)10, 37.Herfast9, 26.Herbastus8, 20.Thyre7, 16.Harold6, 12.Hemming5, 9.Harold4, 6.Eystein3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1060 in of Mosterton, Dorsetshire, England; died on 8 Sep 1107; was buried in Abbey Montebo.

    Richard married Adelise Peverel about 1089 in of Isle Of Wight, Hampshire, England. Adelise (daughter of de Nottingham William Peverel and Adeline) was born about 1069 in of Nottinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 261. Baldwin Reviers  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1090 in Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England; died on 4 Jun 1155; was buried in Quarr Abbey, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England.
    2. 262. Hawyse de Redvers  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1094.

  42. 160.  6th Duke of Normandy Robert I "The Magnificent", 5th Duke of Normandy6th Duke of Normandy Robert I "The Magnificent", 5th Duke of Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (102.Richard11, 65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born on 22 Jun 1000 in Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 22 Jul 1035 in Nice, Bithynia, Turkey.

    Notes:

    Robert contributed to the restoration of Henry King of France to his throne and received from the gratitude of that monarch the Vexin as an addition to his patrimonial domains. In the 8th year of his reign, curiosity or devotion induced him to undertake a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where the fatigues of the journey and the heat of the climate so impaired his constitution he died on his way home.

    Some sources call him Robert I the Magnificent!

    Robert married Officer of the Household Hariette de Falaise about 1023. Hariette (daughter of Fulbert "The Tanner" de Falaise and Doda (Duxia)) was born in 1003 in Falaise, Normandy, France; died in 1035; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 263. of Normandy Countess of Aumale Adeliza  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1029; died before 1090.
    2. 264. William I "The Conqueror", King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Normandy, France; died on 9 Sep 1087 in Priory of St. Gervais, Rouen, France.

  43. 161.  Richard III "le Bon", Duke of NormandyRichard III "le Bon", Duke of Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (102.Richard11, 65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1001 in Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 6 Aug 1027 in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey.

    Richard married Adèle Capet, Princess of France in Jan 1026 in Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France. Adèle (daughter of King of France Robert II "The Pious" Capet and of Toulouse Constance d'Arles) was born in 1009 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France; died on 8 Jan 1078 in Monastere de Lordre de St Benoist, Messines, France; was buried in Mesen, Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 265. Alix De Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Oct 1021 in Vire, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 3 Aug 1098 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.

  44. 162.  Monk at Fecamp William (Nicholas)Monk at Fecamp William (Nicholas) Descendancy chart to this point (102.Richard11, 65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 1001; died in Jun 1025.

  45. 163.  Countess of Burgundy Alice (Adelaide) de NormandieCountess of Burgundy Alice (Adelaide) de Normandie Descendancy chart to this point (102.Richard11, 65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born on 22 Apr 1003 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 27 Jul 1037 in Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France.

    Alice married Renaud, Count of Burgundy I before 1 Sep 1016 in Burgundy, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France.. Renaud (son of Otto, King of Lombardy I and of Rheims Ermentrude de Roucy) was born in 990 in Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France; died on 4 Sep 1057 in Fecamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried in Besancon, Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 266. William I "The Great", Count of Burgundy and Macon  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Oct 1020 in Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 12 Nov 1087 in Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; was buried in Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comte, France.

  46. 164.  Earl of Corbeil, Archbishop of Rouen MaugerEarl of Corbeil, Archbishop of Rouen Mauger Descendancy chart to this point (102.Richard11, 65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 990; died in 1055 in Guernsey, Channel Islands.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 267. Renaud de Corbeil  Descendancy chart to this point

  47. 165.  of Normandy Pappa (Pappia)of Normandy Pappa (Pappia) Descendancy chart to this point (102.Richard11, 65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 985 in of Normandy, France.

    Pappa married Gilbert (Gautier) de St. Valery about 1004 in of St. Valery-en-Caux, Normandy, France. Gilbert (son of Bernard St. Valery and Emma) was born about 977 in of St. Valery-en-Caux, Normandy, France; died after 1011. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 268. Bernard II de St. Valery  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1005 in of St. Valery-en-Caux, Normandy, France; died on 14 Oct 1066 in Hastings, Sussex, England.
    2. 269. Richard de St. Valery  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1053.

  48. 166.  Princess of Normandy AdelaPrincess of Normandy Adela Descendancy chart to this point (102.Richard11, 65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1015.

    Family/Spouse: Stephen II de Champagne. Stephen (son of Count of Blois, Champagne, Chartres, Tours and Beauvais Odo (Eudes), II and Ermengarde d'Auvergne) was born about 1015; died about 1047. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 270. Count of Troyes Odo (Eudes), III  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1107.

  49. 167.  Gilbert de Clare, Count of BrionneGilbert de Clare, Count of Brionne Descendancy chart to this point (103.Geoffrey11, 65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 1000 in Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 24 Nov 1040 in Eschafour,, Eu, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Gilbert married Gunnora d'Anjou in 1021 in Tillieres, Eure, France. Gunnora (daughter of Fulk III "The Black", Count of Anjou and Hildegarde de Lorraine) was born in 984 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 12 Sep 1042 in Fecamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 271. Richard FitzGilbert de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Aug 1030 in Saint-Martin-de-Bienfaite-la-Cressonnière, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 14 Nov 1090 in St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, England; was buried in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England.
    2. 272. Baldwin FitzGilbert  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1022 in Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1095 in Okehampton, Devonshire, England.
    3. 273. Esilia Crispin  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Nov 1020 in Tillières, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1087 in Eye, Suffolk, England.
    4. 274. Gilbert de Crispin  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1037 in Poix, Somme, Picardie, France; died in 1090 in Bec, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Family/Spouse: Constance de Eu. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  50. 168.  Adela d'EuAdela d'Eu Descendancy chart to this point (103.Geoffrey11, 65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1)

    Family/Spouse: Vicomte de St. Sauveur Niel III de St. Sauveur. Niel (son of Niel, Vicomte de St. Sauveur II and Countess of Bretange Hedwige) died after 1066. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 275. William d'Aubigny  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1020 in Aubigny, Normandy, France; died after 1066.

  51. 169.  EmmaEmma Descendancy chart to this point (104.Hedwig11, 65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born on 6 Feb 1024 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 1 Feb 1095 in Cotentin, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France.

    Emma married Ivo, Vicomte de Cotentin on 2 Apr 1043 in Bretagne, France. Ivo (son of Niel, Vicomte de St. Sauveur II and Adela d'Eu) was born in 1026 in Bellomontensis, Cotentin Manche Normandy, France; died on 22 May 1059 in Contentin, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 276. Wolfric de Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton of Runcorn  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1055 in Cotentin, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1100 in Runcorn, Cheshire, England.

  52. 170.  Viscount of Turenne WilliamViscount of Turenne William Descendancy chart to this point (105.Beatrix11, 65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1010 in Turenne, France; died about 1050.

    William married Matilda about 1045 in France. Matilda was born about 1025 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 277. Viscount of Turenne I Boso  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1050 in Turenne, France; died in 1091.

    William married Adelaide de Chalons about 1046 in France. Adelaide was born about 1025 in France; died in 1080. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  53. 171.  Richard d'EvereauxRichard d'Evereaux Descendancy chart to this point (106.Robert11, 65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 986 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 13 Dec 1067 in Normandy, France.

    Notes:

    RICHARD, COMTE D'EVREUX, AND GUILLAUME HIS SON
    The Conqueror and His Companions
    by J. R. Planché, Somerset Herald. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874........

    Of the group of nobles at the head of this chapter, the first two are mentioned by Wace, and Guillaume de Poitiers speaks only of the son of Count Richard.

    Other writers, however, assert that both Count Richard and his son fought side by side in the battle of Senlac. It is possible they might have done so, as Count Richard died on the 13th of December of the following year, 1067, and there is nothing to prove that he was not in the army of invasion. It is remarkable, however, that in Taylor's List it is William, Count of Evreux, who is set down as contributing eighty vessels to the fleet; and as William was not Count of Evreux in 1066, it is possible that it is one of the many mistakes we find in the baptismal names of these early nobles and their wives, and we ought to read "Richard," at least as far as the furnishing so noble a contingent as eighty vessels, which must surely have been the act of the reigning Prince, and not of his son, who might at the same time have had the command of them. Richard, Count of Evreux, was the grandson of Richard I, Duke of Normandy, and succeeded his father, Robert, Count of Evreux and Archbishop of Rouen, in 1037. Beyond the fact that at a date variously stated as 1055, 1060, and 1066 or 1067, he founded the abbey of St. Sauveur; nothing is stated of his acts and deeds worth recording; but he is described by the monk of Jumièges as equally a good Christian and aa good soldier.....

    He was twice married. His first wife was Adela (called by Pere Anselm, Helene), widow of the Roger de Toeni who was slain in 1038, by whom he had William, who succeeded him, and Agnes, third wife of Simon de Montfort, and whose abduction by her half-brother, Ralph de Toeni, I have already mentioned. By his second wife, Godechilde, of whose family we know as little as we do of that of his first, he had only one daughter, named after her mother, who became abbess of St. Sauveur, the abbey founded by her father at Evreux.

    Of William, Count of Evreux, the undoubted companion of the Conqueror, much more is recorded, though nothing previous to the invasion, except his being present with his father at the great Council at Lillebonne, wherein that invasion was decided upon. He is reported as having borne himself valiantly in the battle, and received an ample share of the lands in England distributed by the Conqueror in 1070 to the chieftains who had accompanied him in his expedition. He returned to Normandy in 1078, and was one of the mediators in the treaty of Peace of Blanchelande (vide p. 198, ante). Shortly afterwards, King William, as if to indemnify himself for the property he had bestowed upon him in England, took from him the Castle of Evreux, and placed a royal garrison in it. Nevertheless, he fought on the King's side during the disturbances in Maine, and was taken prisoner at the assault of the Castle of Saint Suzanne, held against the King by Hubert, Vicomte de Maine. In 1087, on the death of the Conqueror, he recovered the Castle of Evreux, driving out the royal troops both from there and from the town of Dangu in the Norman Vexin.

    Being without issue, he had adopted his niece Bertrade, daughter of his brother-in-law, Simon de Montfort. In 1089, Fulk le Rechin, or the Quarreler, Count of Anjou, captivated by her beauty, determined to repudiate his third wife, Arengarde, daughter of Isambert, Lord of Chalet-dillon, whom he had only married, 21st January, 1087, in order to obtain the hand of the lovely Bertrade. At this moment, the Manceaux making a fresh effort to throw off the yoke of the Normans, Duke Robert Court-heuse entreated the Count of Anjou to assist him in their repression, which he promised to do on condition that the Duke would obtain for him the hand of Bertrade. On Robert's application to the Count of Evreux, he was answered: "Not unless you will restore me Noyon- sur-Andelle, Gassai, Cravant, Ecouchi, and the other lands of Raoul, my paternal uncle, who was facetiously called 'Tete d'Ane,' on account of his head of hair, and to my nephew, William de Breteuil, Pont Saint Pierre; for Robert de Gassai, son of Raoul, has made me his sole heir." The Duke accepted the condition, and restored to him the whole of these estates, except that of Ecouchi, which was held by Gerrard de Gournay, who was of the same family. The beautiful young Bertrade was, therefore, literally sold at that price to the profligate and detestable Count of Anjou, whom she subsequently fled from with the French King, Philip I, -- the natural consequence of such an unholy union, and the guilt of which lies on the head of her uncle. I have already, in my notice of Ralph de Toeni, spoken of the war maintained for three years between him and this William, Count of Evreux, his uterine brother, kindled by the hostility of their respective wives. After their reconciliation the Count of Evreux did good service to Duke Robert against William Rufus, who endeavored to take from him the city of Rouen; but afterwards, making his peace with the King on the departure of Court-heuse for the Holy Land, he was appointed, in 1097, one of the leaders of the army sent by Rufus, as Regent of Normandy in his nephew's absence, to wrest the province of the Vexin from the King of France, and after the reduction of Maine, in the following year, was charged, in conjunction with Gilbert de 1'Aigle, with the keeping of the city of Mans.

    Previous to the death of Rufus the Count of Evreux was out of favor with the King, in consequence of some reports to his disadvantage, attributed to the jealousy of Robert de Meulent, but he continued loyal to that monarch up to the day of the fatal hunt in the New Forest. He lost no time afterwards, however, in avenging himself on Robert de Meulent, whose land of Beaumont he overran and ravaged with unsparing fury.

    In 1104 the new King of England, Henry I, coming over to Normandy with a numerous fleet and a great power, in order to restore something like order into the duchy, which the indolent and dissolute Robert Court-heuse had abandoned to the shameless parasites by whom he was enslaved, Robert, conscious of his misconduct, and alarmed at the attitude of his brother, implored his forgiveness and protection, offering him, as a pledge of his sincerity, the whole Comté of Evreux, with the feudal services of itss Count and all his vassals.....

    "The illustrious Count," says Orderic, "hearing that he was to be transferred like a horse or an ox, and wishing to preserve his integrity and fealty, said publicly to the Princes: 'I have served your father faithfully all my days, never having stained my sworn fealty in any matter hitherto. I have also observed it to his heir, and determined to use every effort to continue in that course; but it being impossible, as I have often heard learned doctors declare, on the faith of Scripture and the Word of God, that a man can serve two masters who are opposed to each other, it is my earnest desire to be subject to one lord only, lest, being liable to a double service, I may satisfy neither. I love both the King and the Duke; both are the sons of the King, my late lord, and I wish to respect both; but I will only do homage to one, and him I will faithfully serve.'"

    The chronicler adds that this candid declaration pleased every one. Duke Robert himself placed the hands of the Count between those of the King, and William became Henry's "Man," fighting for him loyally against his former lord, Robert Court-heuse, at the battle of Tenchebrai, A.D. 1106. But the restless and mischief-making spirit of his wife, by whom he was blindly guided, disturbed the good feeling between William and his sovereign, who had begun very highly to appreciate the services of the Count of Evreux. Proud and envious, she involved him in continual quarrels with the most influential nobles about the person of the King, and ultimately induced him to destroy a tower which Henry had caused to be erected in Evreux.

    This act embroiled him with the King, and caused his banishment and the confiscation of his estates. He sought refuge with Fulk V, Count of Anjou, the son of his niece Bertrade, A.D. 1112. Recalled and re-established in his estates after fourteen months' exile, he was a second time banished and again pardoned and restored to his rank and property, and died of apoplexy, 18th April, 1118, without issue.

    I cannot resist quoting from Orderic a ridiculous story connected with the death of this Count, because it is so seriously told by the worthy monk of St. Evroult, and illustrates the curious state of education of the period.

    "About this time," says the writer, "a prodigy was seen in England. A rustic having bought a cow, presumed to be with calf, at Ely, killed and opened it by order of Henry the Breton, bishop of that diocese. Strange to say, instead of a calf, three little pigs were found in it. "A certain pilgrim returning from Jerusalem, who chanced to meet the countryman driving the cow home from market, told him, and afterwards repeated to the Bishop and other bystanders, that three great persons in the dominions of King Henry would die that year, and many severe calamities would follow. The pilgrim's prophecy was justified by events which occurred in the time specified.

    "In fact, William, Count of Evreux, died on the fourteenth of the kalends of May (11th April), and was interred at Fontenelles, in the Abbey of St. Wandrille, by the side of his father Richard. Soon afterwards Queen Matilda, whose baptismal name was Edith, died on the kalends (1st) of May, and lies buried in the Church of St. Peter at Westminster; likewise Robert, Earl of Meulent, expired on the nones (5th) of June, and reposes with his father and brother in the chapters of the monks at Preaux. After the death of these distinguished persons there were great troubles in Normandy."

    It needed no ghost from the grave, nor second-sighted pilgrim to predict that three persons of rank would die in the course of the ensuing twelve months, or that there would be troubles in some parts of the dominions of Henry.

    The production of the three little pigs is by far the most surprising part of the story. Are we much less prone to gulp down preposterous statements in the 19th century?

    One fact, however, is incidentally brought to light in this foolish fiction which is important to the genealogist. The double name of the Queen warns us of the confusion that may arise from our ignorance of such instances in other cases; one of which may possibly be discovered in the puzzling entry in Domes day Book respecting the King's daughter "Matilda" (vide p. 84, ante).

    I have given you the character of Isabel, wife of Ralph de Toeni, it is but fair to place before you that of her antagonist, Havise, from the same authority.

    "The Countess," writes Orderic, "was distinguished for her wit and beauty. She was one of the tallest women in all Evreux, and of very noble birth, being the daughter of William, the illustrious Count of Nevers. Disregarding the counsels of her husband's barons, she chose rather to follow her own opinion, and her ambition prompting her to meddle in political affairs, she was easily led to engage in rash enterprises."

    The Countess died in 1114, and was buried at Noyon-sur-Andelles, in the priory which, with her husband, she had founded in 1108, but which was unfinished when Orderic was writing the eleventh book of his "History," viz., 1136. The building was razed to the ground in the reign of Charles IX, who laid the foundations of a magnificent palace there, and since that time the place has been called Charleval.

    Family/Spouse: Adele de Toeni. Adele (daughter of Raoul I de Toeni and Fredistina de Bayeaux) was born about 1004 in Normandy, France; died in 1051. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 278. Agnès d'Évreux  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Nov 1030 in Évreux, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1087 in Montfort-l'Amaury, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France.
    2. 279. William d'Evereaux  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1032 in Normandy, France; died on 18 Apr 1118.

    Family/Spouse: Abbess of St. Sauveur Godechilde. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 280. Godechilde  Descendancy chart to this point

  54. 172.  d'Evereauxd'Evereaux Descendancy chart to this point (106.Robert11, 65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1)

    Family/Spouse: Gerrard Flaitel. Gerrard was born in Jan 983 in Longueville, Normandy, France; died in 1028 in Longueville, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 281. Ermentrude (Ermengarde) Fleitel  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1014 in Longueville, Normandy, France.

  55. 173.  King of England Edward "The Confessor"King of England Edward "The Confessor" Descendancy chart to this point (109.Emma11, 65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1005 in Islip, Oxfordshire, England; died on 5 Jan 1066 in London, England; was buried in Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England.

    Notes:

    Known as "the Confessor", he was born around c. 1003/4 (by 1005) at Islip, Oxon. When he succeeded his half-brother King Hartacanute, on the 8th of June, 1042, the crown of England reverted from the usurping Dainsh dynasty to the line of Cerdic once
    more, and for the last tiem. Edward was crowned on the 3rd of April, 1043, at Winchester Cathedral.

    He died on the 4th or 5th of January, 1066, at the Palace of Westminster, and was buried in the new Westminster Abbey, built by his command and only recently consecrated.

    He was succeeded by Harold, Earl of Wessex, his brother-in-law, to whom he left his throne, with the suport of the Witan, there being no adult claimant to the crown of the line of Cerdic.

    Edward and Edith's marriage was purely platonic, the King being unwilling, for religious reasons, to comsummate it, hense there were no children.

    His talent lay in the building of churches.

    On the 7th of February, 1161, edward the Confessor was canonised, thus becoming the only king of England to be made a saint.

    Edward married of Wessex Edith on 23 Jan 1045. Edith (daughter of Godwin and Gytha Thorgilsdottir) was born about 1020; died on 18 Dec 1075 in Palace of Westminster, London, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  56. 174.  Alfred AthlingAlfred Athling Descendancy chart to this point (109.Emma11, 65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born before 1012 in England; died on 5 Feb 1036 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.

  57. 175.  Princess of England Goda (Godgifu)Princess of England Goda (Godgifu) Descendancy chart to this point (109.Emma11, 65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1009 in Wessex, England; died before 1056 in Lewes, Sussex, England.

    Goda married Count of Mantes and the Vexin Walter "Dreux" de Vexin about 1023. Walter (son of Count of Vexin Walter (Gautier) II "The White" de Valois and Adele de Senlis) was born in 979 in Normandy, France; died on 1 Jul 1035 in Bithynia, Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 282. Earl of Hereford Ralph de Sudeley  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1030 in Nantes, Normandy, France; died on 21 Dec 1057 in Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England.

    Goda married Count of Boulogne II Eustace about 1050. II (son of I Eustace and Mahaut) was born about 1015 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died in 1087. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  58. 176.  I HaroldI Harold Descendancy chart to this point (109.Emma11, 65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 982/1026; died in 1040.

  59. 177.  SweinSwein Descendancy chart to this point (109.Emma11, 65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 982/1026; died in 1036.

  60. 178.  HarthacnutHarthacnut Descendancy chart to this point (109.Emma11, 65.Richard10, 40.William9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1019; died in 1042.

  61. 179.  Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Poitiers William VIII (Guillaume)Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Poitiers William VIII (Guillaume) Descendancy chart to this point (110.William11, 66.William10, 44.Adele9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1026; died on 25 Sep 1086 in Chateau de Chize, Deux-Sevres, Poitou-Charentes, France.

    Notes:

    Founded the Priory of St. Gemma in Xaintonge. Some sources say died 1021, but no Duke of Aquitaine died then according to Stammtafeln.

    William married of Burgundy Hildegard about 1069. Hildegard (daughter of Robert I "The Old" Capet, Duke of Burgundy and Ermengarde Blanche d'Anjou) was born in 1050; died after 1104. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 283. Duke of Aquitaine William IX "The Troubadour"  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Oct 1071 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 10 Feb 1126 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France.

    William married Mathide de la Marche about 1058. Mathide (daughter of Hugh V "The Fair" de Lusignan and Almodis de la Marche, Countess of Limoges Toulouse and Barcelona) was born in 1035. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 284. Agnes de Blois  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1059; died in 1080.

  62. 180.  Duke of Aquitaine William VII (Peter)Duke of Aquitaine William VII (Peter) Descendancy chart to this point (110.William11, 66.William10, 44.Adele9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1023 in France; died in 1058.

    William married Ermesin about 1050 in Namur, France. Ermesin was born about 1030 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 285. Clemence de Poitou  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1055 in of Poitou, France; died after 1129.

  63. 181.  Princess of Aquitaine AgnesPrincess of Aquitaine Agnes Descendancy chart to this point (110.William11, 66.William10, 44.Adele9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1018 in Aquitaine, France; died on 14 Dec 1077.

    Agnes married Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich (Henry) III "The Black" on 21 Nov 1043 in France. Heinrich (son of Holy Roman Emperor Konrad (Conrad) II "The Salic" and Duchess of Swabia Gisele) was born on 28 Oct 1017 in Germany; died on 5 Oct 1056. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 286. Holy Roman Emperor IV Heinrich  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Nov 1050 in Goslar, Germany; died on 7 Aug 1106 in Liege, Belgium.

    Agnes married Count of Savoy Peter I de Savoie about 1058 in France. Peter (son of Count of Maurienne and Chablais Oddon and of Torino Adelaide) was born about 1048 in Savoie, France; died on 9 Jul 1078. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 287. Alix de Maurienne  Descendancy chart to this point

  64. 182.  Adèle Capet, Princess of FranceAdèle Capet, Princess of France Descendancy chart to this point (111.Robert11, 67.Adelaide10, 46.Adaele9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 1009 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France; died on 8 Jan 1078 in Monastere de Lordre de St Benoist, Messines, France; was buried in Mesen, Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Adela Capet

    Adèle married Richard III "le Bon", Duke of Normandy in Jan 1026 in Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France. Richard (son of Richard, Duke of Normandy II and Judith de Rennes) was born about 1001 in Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 6 Aug 1027 in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 265. Alix De Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Oct 1021 in Vire, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 3 Aug 1098 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.

    Adèle married Baldwin V "The Pious", Count of Flanders in 1028 in Amiens, Somme, Picardie, France. Baldwin (son of Baldwin IV "Fair Beard", Count of Flanders and of Luxemburg Otgive de Luxembourg) was born on 19 Aug 1012 in Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died on 1 Sep 1067 in Lille, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; was buried in Lille, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 288. Robert, Count of Flanders and Artois I  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Jul 1035 in Flanders, Belgium; died on 13 Oct 1093 in Nassau, Deggendorf, Bayern, Germany.
    2. 289. Count of Flanders Baldwin VI "The Good"  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Nov 1029 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; died on 17 Jul 1070 in Hasnon, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; was buried .
    3. 290. of Flanders Matilda  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Nov 1031 in Flanders, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died on 2 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; was buried in Holy Trinity Abbey, Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.
    4. 291. Countess of Northumbria Judith (Fausta)  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1040 in Flanders, France; died on 4 Mar 1094 in Flanders, France.

  65. 183.  Robert I "The Old" Capet, Duke of BurgundyRobert I "The Old" Capet, Duke of Burgundy Descendancy chart to this point (111.Robert11, 67.Adelaide10, 46.Adaele9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1011 in Meulan, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France; died on 21 Mar 1076 in Fleury-Sur-Ouche, Yonne, Bourgogne, France; was buried in St Seine Abbey, Semur.

    Robert married Ermengarde Blanche d'Anjou about 1048 in France. Ermengarde (daughter of Fulk III "The Black", Count of Anjou and Hildegarde de Lorraine) was born about 1018 in Semur, Cote-d'Or, Bourgogne, France; died on 18 Mar 1076 in Fleury-sur-Ouche, Cote-d'Or, Bourgogne, France; was buried in Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 292. of Burgundy Hildegard  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1050; died after 1104.

    Robert married Helie (Eleanor) de Semur about 1033 in France. Helie (daughter of Count of Semur I Dalmace and Aremburge de Vergy) was born in 1016 in of Semur, Cote-d'Or, France; died on 22 Apr 1109. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 293. Duke of Burgundy Henry Capet  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1036 in of Bourgogne, Marne, France; died on 27 Jan 1066 in France.
    2. 294. of Burgundy Constance Capet  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1046; died in 1093.

  66. 184.  Henry Capet, King of France IHenry Capet, King of France I Descendancy chart to this point (111.Robert11, 67.Adelaide10, 46.Adaele9, 27.Robert8, 23.Ragnvald7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born on 4 May 1008 in Reims, La Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 4 Aug 1060 in Vitry, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; was buried in St Denis Abbey, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Death: 4 Aug 1060, Brie, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France

    Henry married of Germany Matilda of de Friesland in 1043 in Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. Matilda was born about 1022 in Friesland, Netherlands; died before 1044 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Henry married Anna Agnesa Yaroslavna Princess of Kyiv on 19 May 1051 in Maine, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. Anna (daughter of Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kyiv Yaroslav I "The Wise" Wladimirowwitsch Grand Prince of Kyiv and Ingegarda Olafsdottir, Princess of Sweden) was born in 1036 in Kyiv, Ukraine; died on 5 Sep 1075 in La Ferté-Alais, Essonne, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Villiers Abbey, La Ferte-Alais, l'Essonne, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 295. King of France Philip I "The Fair" Capet  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 May 1052 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France; died on 29 Jul 1108 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France; was buried in St-Benoit-sur-Lo, Loiret, France.
    2. 296. Hugh "The Great" Capet, Duke of France and Burgundy  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1053 in Vermandois, Normandie, France; died on 18 Oct 1102 in Tarsus, Cilicie, Turkey; was buried in Mersin, Mersin, Turkey.
    3. 297. Prince of France Robert Capet  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1055 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died in 1060.
    4. 298. Princess of France Emma  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1054 in Reims, Champagne, France.

  67. 185.  Ranulf "Le Meschin" de Briquessart, Viscount of BessinRanulf "Le Meschin" de Briquessart, Viscount of Bessin Descendancy chart to this point (112.Ranulf11, 68.Ancitel10, 47.Balso9, 30.Ralph8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 1050 in Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died in Jan 1129 in Chester, Cheshire, England; was buried in Chester, Cheshire, England.

    Ranulf married Margaret d'Avranches about 1069 in Normandy, France. Margaret (daughter of Viscount of Avranches Richard le Goz and Emma de Conteville) was born about 1054 in Avranches, Normandy, France; died in 1136 in Chester, Cheshire, England; was buried in Chester, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 299. Ranulf le Meschin, 3rd Earl of Chester  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Jun 1070 in Livry, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 29 Jan 1128 in Chester, Cheshire, England; was buried in St Werburgh, Chester, Cheshire, England.

  68. 186.  of Bayeux Agnes de Briquessartof Bayeux Agnes de Briquessart Descendancy chart to this point (112.Ranulf11, 68.Ancitel10, 47.Balso9, 30.Ralph8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 1072 in Guernon Castle, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1099 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.

    Agnes married Robert de Grandmesnil in 1075 in Grandmesnil, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. Robert (son of Sheriff of Leicester Hugh I de Grandmesnil and Adeliza (Aelis) (Alice) de Beaumont) was born about 1062 in Grandmesnil, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 1 Jun 1136 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 300. Baron Hinckley Hugh de Grandmesnil  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1092 in Grandmesnil, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 10 Feb 1136 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.

  69. 187.  Alice de BeauffoeAlice de Beauffoe Descendancy chart to this point (113.Emma11, 68.Ancitel10, 47.Balso9, 30.Ralph8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 1033 in Normandy, France.

    Family/Spouse: Hugh de Montfort. Hugh was born about 1026. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 301. Alice de Montfort  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1052 in Montfort-sur-Risle, France.

  70. 188.  Adeliza (Adelina) de ToeniAdeliza (Adelina) de Toeni Descendancy chart to this point (114.Roger11, 69.Fredistina10, 47.Balso9, 30.Ralph8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1035 in Tosni, France; died in Lire Abbey, France.

    Family/Spouse: Earl of Hereford William FitzOsbern. William (son of Steward of Normandy (Robert) Osbern de Crepon and Emma (Alberade) d'Ivry) was born in 1030 in Poitiers, Poitou, France; died on 20 Feb 1070/71 in Battle of Cassel, Normandy, France; was buried in Cormeilles Abbey, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 302. Emma FitzOsbern  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1059 in Breteuil, France; died after 1095.

  71. 189.  Raoul de Toeni, Seigneur de Conches-en-Ouche IIRaoul de Toeni, Seigneur de Conches-en-Ouche II Descendancy chart to this point (114.Roger11, 69.Fredistina10, 47.Balso9, 30.Ralph8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 1029 in Conches, Normandy, France; died on 9 Apr 1102 in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England.

    Notes:

    RAOUL DE TOENI

    The Conqueror and His Companions
    by J. R. Planché, Somerset Herald. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874..

    Raoul (Ralph) de Toeni, Seigneur de Conches, second of that name, was the son or grandson (for it is not quite clear which) of that turbulent Roger de Toeni, who was one of the first to dispute the succession of the base-born William to the ducal throne of Normandy, and who, with his two sons Halbert and Elinance, was slain in a conflict with Roger de Beaumont. You have beard of him before as the messenger of the Duke to the French King with the disastrous tidings of the battle of Mortemer.

    The honourable office of gonfanonier (standardbearer) of Normandy was hereditary in their family, collateral descendants of its dukes from Mahaluc, uncle of Rolf or Rollo, but on whom it was first conferred has not transpired.

    Previous to the battle at Senlac, Wace tells us the Duke ordered the consecrated gonfanon, which the Pope had sent to him, to be brought forth and unfurled. Then taking and raising it, he called to him Raoul de Conches, and said, "Bear my gonfanon, for I would not but do you right. By right and by ancestry your family are gonfanoniers of Normandy, and very good knights have they all been." "Many thanks to you," answered Raoul, "for the recognition of our right, but by my faith the gonfanon shall not be borne by me this day. To-day I claim quittance of that service, for I would serve you in another guise. I will go with you into the battle and fight the English as long as I have life to do so, and be assured that my hand will be worth more than those of twenty such men!"

    There can be no doubt that he was as good as his word, although no especial act of gallantry has been recorded of him, for we find him rewarded by the gift of thirty-seven lordships, nineteen being in Norfolk, and making Flamstead, in Hertfordshire, his principal residence in England.

    Orderic tells us that this Raoul gained great glory in the wars, and was renowned among the first of the Norman nobles for honour and wealth, serving bravely in the armies of King William and Duke Robert, his son, for nearly sixty years. Of course he must mean alternately, for he was one of the nobles who took part with Robert Court-heuse on his first outbreak, in consequence of the insult of his brothers, William and Henry, who threw water on him from a gallery in a house where they were playing at dice. Raoul was banished, and his domains seized by the King, but through the intercession of friends obtained his pardon and the restoration of his estates.

    In 1077, he married Elizabeth, or Isabel, daughter of Simon de Montfort l'Amauri, whose hand he obtained by the audacious act of carrying off by night Agnes, daughter of Richard, Comte d'Evreux, who was his half-sister, and marrying her to the said Simon. Orderic gives an amusing account of this Isabel and her sister-in-law Havise, daughter of William, Comte de Nevers, the wife of her brother Willliam, Comte d'Evreux. The Countess Havise took offence, it appears, at some taunts of the Lady of Conches, and used all her influence with her husband and his barons to have recourse to arms, in which mischievous attempt she unfortunately succeeded. "Both these ladies," the chronicler tells us, "were great talkers, and spirited as well as handsome; they ruled their husbands, oppressed their vassals, and inspired terror in various ways: but still their characters were very different. Havise had wit and eloquence, but she was cruel and avaricious; Isabel, on the contrary, was generous, enterprising, and lively, so that she was beloved and esteemed by those immediately about her. She rode in knightly armour when the vassals took the field, and exhibited as much daring amongst belted knights and men-at-arms as Camilla, the renowned Virgin of Italy, among the squadrons of Tevenus."

    By turns the people of Evreux and Conches plundered and destroyed the property of each other. The Lord of Conches, who was less powerful than the Count of Evreux, sought his sovereign, Robert Court-heuse, and laying before him an account of the losses to which he was exposed by the aggressions of the Count of Evreux, demanded the aid he had a right to expect from his liege lord; but Robert turned a deaf car to his prayer, and Raoul in his distress sought a more powerful protector in the King of England, promising him by his envoys the fealty of all his estates in return for his assistance. Rufus was highly pleased at the proposal, and sent orders to Stephen Count of Aumale and Gerrard de Gournay, with others in command of his forces in Normandy, to give every aid to Raoul de Toeni, and throw supplies of all kinds into his castles.

    In the month of November, 1090, Count William assembled a large force and laid siege to Conches, his two nephews, Richard de Montfort and William de Breteuil joining him with their respective powers. Richard de Montfort was slain while taking possession of the Abbey of St. Peter de Châtillonn at Conches, and in a subsequent attack William de Breteuil was taken prisoner. This worse than civil war, the wagers of it being all nearly related to each other, lasted three years; at length the Count of Evreux and his allies, ashamed that, having commenced hostilities on so frivolous a provocation, they had suffered the greatest losses, consented to a truce, and peace was proposed upon the following terms: -- William de Breteuil paid three thousand livres for his ransom, and made his cousin Roger, eldest son of Raoul de Toeni, heir to the whole of his fief; the Count of Evreux appointed the same youth, who was his nephew, his successor in the comté. "But," adds the pious writer, "Divinee Providence, which is not ruled by the will of man, provided otherwise." The boy was of an excellent disposition and much beloved by his companions, the vassals, and the neighbors. He had a great regard for the clergy and the monks, to whom he paid due reverence. Rejecting the pomp of dress, in which the nobility too much gloried, his whole demeanour was simple and modest. Upon one occasion, when the knights were amusing themselves in the hall at Conches, playing at various games and talking on various subjects, "as the custom is," the Lady Isabel being present, the conversation took a serious turn, and one of Roger's youthful companions said, "I had a dream lately which much alarmed me. I saw our Lord upon the cross, his whole body livid and writhing with agony. My eyes were riveted upon him in the greatest terror." The listeners gravely remarked that so solemn and fearful a dream seemed to forebode some terrible judgment of God upon him. Baldwin, the son of Eustace, Count of Boulogne, who was of that company, said, "I, too, lately saw in a dream our Lord upon the cross, but in my vision He appeared bright and glorious, and smiled benignantly upon me, stretching forth one hand and making the sign of the cross upon my head." The bystanders all agreed that this vision portended some singular grace and favour. Young Roger de Toeni, upon this, said to his mother, "I know some one not far from here who had recently a similar dream." Her curiosity being excited, she pressed him to say who it was, and what had been seen; but the boy blushed, and was unwilling to say more. At length, yielding to the general entreaties of his friends, he said: "A certain person saw in a vision the Lord Jesus, who, laying his hand on his head, blessed him, saying, 'Come quickly to me, beloved, and I will give you the joys of life.' I therefore believe firmly that one whom I know has been called by the Lord, and will not live long."

    The three youths, we are told, experienced different fates, corresponding with what had been foreshadowed to each of them. The first, whose name is not given, was mortally wounded in a hostile inroad, and died without having confessed or received the viaticum. Baldwin, as is well known, took the sign of the Cross, and distinguishing himself in the Holy Wars, was, on the death of his brother Godfrey, elected King of Jerusalem. The youthful heir-presumptive of the Count of Evreux and William de Breteuil took to his bed the same year that he had seen his vision, and departing this life on the 15th of May, was buried amidst general sorrow with his ancestors in the Abbey of St. Peter's at Châtillon, now called off Conches.

    Leaving my readers to decide for themselves the question how much credibility may be attached to this story, the like of which are to be found by scores in the pages of our monkish chronicles, I shall only direct their attention to the interesting view it affords us of the manners and habits of the age in which it was written, the words "as the custom now is" proving that although the anecdote may be mere idle gossip, the picture of domestic life is drawn from personal knowledge and observation. Here we see the high-spirited Lady of Conches, seated on the dais or haut pas, in her own castle hall, the ruins of which were recently and may still be existing, surrounded by her family and their young companions, the knights owing service to her lord, the officers of her household, and her handmaidens in attendance on her -- all the features of the court of baron of the eleventh century familiar to the sight of the narrator; the various groups, each with its favourite pastime or topic of conversation, and the peculiar character imparted to the latter by the religious atmosphere of the age. We have here the earliest glimpse of that future King of Jerusalem when, probably, a newly-belted knight and a guest of Raoul de Toeni, he may have seen for the first time the young Countess Godechilde, daughter of his host, who, just separated from her husband, Robert de Meulent, and still under age, was shortly to become his wife, although not destined to share with him the crown of his eastern kingdom.

    Raoul de Toeni, like his grandfather Roger, made a journey into Sprain, but with a more peaceful object. The former had hoped to carve out with his sword a dominion for himself, as Rollo had done in Normandy and Robert Guiscard in Sicily; but gained nothing by his enterprise except an empty name --- being afterwards distinguished from other members of his family as Roger of Spain.

    His grandson most probably went, like Walter Giffard, to visit the shrine of St. Iago of Compostella.

    Previously to setting out on his journey he attended a chapter at the Abbey of St. Evroult, and implored pardon of the abbot and monks for having abetted Arnould d'Eschafour when he burnt the town of Ouche. Laying his gage on the altar, he made many pious vows to be fulfilled on his safe return, and recommended to their care his physician Goisbert, whom he much loved, and who, as soon as he departed, made his profession as a monk, and kept it for nearly thirty years. Goisbert must, therefore, have been personally known to Orderic -- a fact which increases our reliance on any information he communicates to us respecting the family of De Toeni.

    On Raoul's return, he tells us, the Lord of Conches faithfully redeemed his promises by the gifts of certain lands and privileges to St. Evroult, and that some years afterwards he took Goisbert, the monk, with him to England, and, through his means, added to his former benefactions two farms or manors -- one named Caldecot, in Norfolk, and the other Abington in Worcestershire; his wife, Roger and Ralph, his sons, freely joining in the grant, which was also confirmed by King William.

    Ralph II de Toeni died 24th March 1102, and was buried in the Abbey of Conches, beside his father and his son Roger. His widow Isabel, repenting of the sinful levity in which she had too much indulged in her youth, gave up the world, and took the veil in a convent of nuns at Haute Bruyère (a priory of the order of Fontevrauld, at St. Remi-l'HonorÉ, nearar Montfort l'Amauri), where she reformed her life and worthily ended it in the favour of the Lord.

    From Robert, a cadet of this house, the family of Stafford is descended, but I have not been able to satisfy myself as to the exact place of Robert and his brother Nigel de Stafford in the pedigree. They were probably younger brothers of the subject of this memoir, or possibly his uncles. They appear in Domesday as possessors of considerable property, but whether companions of the Conqueror in 1066 is uncertain. The first Robert de Toeni who assumed the name of Stafford, from the Castle of Stafford, married, it is said, Avicia de Clare; but I cannot identify any such person.

    Raoul married Dame Nogent-le-Roy Isabel de Montfort in 1077 in Ile de France, France. Isabel (daughter of Simon de Montfort, Seigneur de Montfort and Isabel de Broyles) was born about 1058 in Montfort-sur-Risle, Eure, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 303. Lord Flamstead Raoul de Toeni, Seigneur de Conches-en-Ouche III  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1081 in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England; died about 1126 in Conches, Sein-et-Marne, France.

  72. 190.  Robert de ToeniRobert de Toeni Descendancy chart to this point (114.Roger11, 69.Fredistina10, 47.Balso9, 30.Ralph8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 1038 in Guerny, Eure, Normandie, France; died on 31 May 1098 in Conches, Eure, France.

  73. 191.  Adeliza de ToeniAdeliza de Toeni Descendancy chart to this point (115.Robert11, 69.Fredistina10, 47.Balso9, 30.Ralph8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1072 in St Saveur, Normandy, France; died after 1130 in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England.

    Adeliza married Earl of East Anglia Roger Bigod about 1084 in Leicestershire, England. Roger (son of Robert Bigod and Billeheude de St. Sauveur) was born about 1060 in St. Saveur, Calvados, Normandy, France; died on 8 Sep 1107 in Evesham, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 304. Maud Bigod  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1088 in Belvoir Castle, Belvoir, Leicestershire, England; died before 1136.
    2. 305. 1st Earl of Norfolk Hugh Bigod  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1095 in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England; died about 1177 in Thetford Church, Norfolk, England; was buried in Thetford Church, Norfolk, England.
    3. 306. Gunnora Bigod  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1096 in Norfolk, England.
    4. 307. Jane Bigod  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1105 in Belvoir Castle, Belvoir, Leicestershire, England.
    5. 308. Cecily Bigod  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1090 in Belvoir Castle, Belvoir, Leicestershire, England.

  74. 192.  Vicomte de St. Sauveur Niel III de St. SauveurVicomte de St. Sauveur Niel III de St. Sauveur Descendancy chart to this point (117.Niel11, 70.Roger10, 48.Nigel9, 31.Richard8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) died after 1066.

    Family/Spouse: Adela d'Eu. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 275. William d'Aubigny  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1020 in Aubigny, Normandy, France; died after 1066.

  75. 193.  Ivo, Vicomte de CotentinIvo, Vicomte de Cotentin Descendancy chart to this point (117.Niel11, 70.Roger10, 48.Nigel9, 31.Richard8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 1026 in Bellomontensis, Cotentin Manche Normandy, France; died on 22 May 1059 in Contentin, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France.

    Ivo married Emma on 2 Apr 1043 in Bretagne, France. Emma (daughter of Geoffrey I Berengar and Hedwig de Normandy) was born on 6 Feb 1024 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 1 Feb 1095 in Cotentin, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 276. Wolfric de Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton of Runcorn  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1055 in Cotentin, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1100 in Runcorn, Cheshire, England.

  76. 194.  Roger I "The Spainard" de ToeniRoger I "The Spainard" de Toeni Descendancy chart to this point (118.Raoul11, 71.Ralph10, 49.Ralph9, 32.Hugh8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 992 in Tosni, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 31 May 1039 in Conches, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France.

    Family/Spouse: Godehut (Goldehilde) Borrell. Godehut was born in 995 in Toeni, Normandy, France; died in 1077. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 309. Adeliza (Adelina) de Toeni  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1035 in Tosni, France; died in Lire Abbey, France.
    2. 310. Raoul de Toeni, Seigneur de Conches-en-Ouche II  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1029 in Conches, Normandy, France; died on 9 Apr 1102 in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England.
    3. 311. Robert de Toeni  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1038 in Guerny, Eure, Normandie, France; died on 31 May 1098 in Conches, Eure, France.

  77. 195.  Baron of Belvoir Robert de ToeniBaron of Belvoir Robert de Toeni Descendancy chart to this point (118.Raoul11, 71.Ralph10, 49.Ralph9, 32.Hugh8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born in 1014 in St. Saveur, Normandy, France; died on 4 Aug 1088 in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England.

    Notes:

    Belvoir: The Heirs of Robert and Berengar de Tosny.

    Taken from website http://www.ihrinfo.ac.uk/ihr/nine.html.

    K. S. B. Keats-Rohan.

    Succession to the fee of Belvoir has been discussed as a problem several times over the years, but perhaps the issue is actually straightforward once one has identified the key players.1 Domesday's Robert de Tosny of Belvoir was a collateral of his contemporaries Ralph and Roger. By c. 1050+ he had a first-born son Berengar who could expect to succeed his father in Normandy.2 Around the time of Domesday Book, a few years before his death, Robert founded Belvoir priory with his wife Adelais. Early charters of Belvoir mention their sons William and Geoffrey and their daughter Agnes.3 At his death, Robert's lands were divided between Berengar, his eldest son and Norman heir - co-incidentally an English tenant-in-chief in his own right - and his next son and English heir, William. Presumably some provision was made for the third son Geoffrey. As it happened, all three sons were to die without issue, which meant that rights of succession passed to Robert's daughters.

    Initially, the sole right of succession passed to Robert's eldest daughter Albreda, who inherited the tenancies-in-chief of both her eldest brother Berengar and her younger brother William before the date of the Lindsey Survey, which shows her husband Robert de Insula in charge of both honours.4 It has always been assumed that Albreda was the widow of Berengar who took his land to a second husband, but the idea is clearly untenable once the full story of the Belvoir succession unfolds. The references in confirmation charters of the Lincolnshire abbey of Newhouse to 'the fee of Albreda de Tosny'' is an indication that the wife of Robert de Insula was a blood relative and heiress of Berengar, rather than his widow.5 This view is confirmed by the necrology of Belvoir priory, where the anniversaries of Berengar and Albreda uxor eius, deo sancta (a phrase always referring to a religious in this document) were kept on 29 June.6 All doubt is removed by a charter of c. 1147/52 in which Hugh Bigod made a grant to Kirkstall abbey for the soul of Albrede de Insula amite mee, a phrase that can only mean that Albreda was his mother's sister.7 The phrase also usefully confirms that Albreda de Tosny and Albreda (wife of Robert) de Insula were the same.

    Robert de Tosny had two other daughters, of whom the youngest was Agnes. She confirmed her father's grant of land at Aslackby, Lincolnshire, to Belvoir priory as being part of her marriage portion on her first marriage to Ralph de Beaufour of Hockering (fl. 1086/1100).8 Widowed in the early twelfth century, she married secondly Hubert I de Ryes, castellan of Norwich, to whom the tenancy-in-chief of Hockering was given by Henry I. She occurs in the 1129/30 Pipe Roll (p. 93) charged with a debt of 35 silver marks because her son was with the count of Flanders. At a similar date she attested the charter which William de Albini pincerna gave for Wymondham priory on the day his wife Matilda Bigod, Agnes's niece, died. Agnes follows her sister Adelisa Bigod in the witness list, where she was accompanied by her daughter Almud and a niece or granddaughter (nepta) Muriel.9 Her dower lands at Aslackby and at Seaton, Northamptonshire (then in Rutland), were held in 1166 by her son or grandson Ralph de Beaufour from her grandson Hubert II de Ryes.10

    The elder of Robert de Tosny's younger daughters was Adelisa, wife of Roger Bigod at his death in 1107. It is probable that Roger was married only once, although he is usually credited with two wives of the same name on the inconclusive evidence of a pro anama clause in a charter of his son William.11 Roger and his wife Adelisa gave charter for Rochester priory which referred to their sons and daughters and was attested by their children William, Humphrey, Gunnor and Matilda.12 This charter tellingly refers to King Henry, making it highly unlikely that Roger acquired a second wife and second family before his death in 1107. It is likely that Rogers' children were born from the late 1090s onwards, and that the youngest of them were Hugh and Cecilia.13 Roger's daughters Gunnor and Matilda were married soon after 1107. Gunnor's marriage to Robert fitz Swein of Essex had perhaps been arranged by her father. Matilda was married to William de Albini pincerna by Henry I who bestowed 10 Bigod fees on her as a marriage portion. The marriages certainly took place before Adelisa de Tosny became the heiress to Belvoir on the death without issue of her eldest sister Albreda, some time between 1115/18 and 1129, when Adelisa, as widow of Roger Bigod, accounted for her father's land of Belvoir.14

    In 1129 the sole surviving issue of Robert de Tosny were his younger daughters Adelisa Bigod and Agnes de Beaufour, who was then already married to Hubert de Ryes. At that date his Bigod granddaughter Matilda de Albini was probably already dead and her sister Gunnor not long removed from her second marriage to Haimo de St Clair. Of their siblings, only Hugh Bigod and Cecilia, then wife of William de Albini Brito, survived. The Carta returned by Hugh Bigod in 1166 shows him holding the fee of his aunt Albreda de Insula.15 At the same date William de Albini Brito II held the fee of Belvoir. The conclusion from this must be that Adelisa succeeded Albreda in the fees of both Berengar and Robert de Tosny as next surviving sister. When she in her turn died she left issue of both sexes. Her sole surviving son Hugh succeeded his aunt Albreda - and by extension, her eldest brother Berengar - as heir both to Berengar's tenancy-in-chief in Lincolnshire and the Norman lands of Robert de Tosny of Belvoir. His tenancy of Robert's Norman lands is shown in a Norman record of 1172 where he is named as holding land of the fee of Conches and Tosny.16 More important in terms of size in England, the lordship of Belvoir was nonetheless the lesser of the two Tosny lordships because it as not associated with their Norman heritage. As the inheritance of a woman married to an important tenant-in-chief it could be expected to pass to one of her younger children and not her husband's principal male heir. Since she had no surviving younger sons after 1120, the devolution of Belvoir to one of her daughters was inevitable. Gunnor and Matilda had long since been provided for from their father's inheritance by the time, after c. 1115/1118, that Adelisa succeeded to Belvoir. Consequently it was the youngest daughter Cecilia - quite probably a mere infant at her father's death in 1107 - who became her mother's heiress. She was, of course , an heiress whose marriage could advantageously be used to reward one of the king's loyal new men. Cecilia's marriage to William de Albini Brito has been said to have occurred as early as 1107 on the basis of a Belvoir charter given by Ralph de Raines and attested by Roger Bigod, but it certainly took place much later. The Belvoir charter just mentioned probably begins to the early 1140s . It was attested by William de Albini senior and his wife Cecilia, their son William junior, Roger Bigot, Robert de Toteneio, Ralph de Albeneio and others.17 Since William, Robert and Ralph were certainly sons of William and Cecilia it is clear that Roger Bigod was also, as is confirmed by the order of their sons William, Robert, Roger, listed in the Thorney Liber vitae (BL Add, 40,000, fol. 2r)

    The prosopography of Domesday Book which is part of the COEL research project will be published later this year by Boydell and Brewer as Domesday People: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166. Volume I. Domesday Book.

    It is hoped that the COEL database will be published in November/December. Final details are still to be decided, but a network copy will probably cost around Ãii600. A few screen shottttts frommm theeeee database are available on the Unit website, http;://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/prosop/home.stm (or, if that proves troublesome, www.linacre.ox.ac.uk, then click on Unit).

    Inquiries can be sent be e-mail to katherine.keats-rohan@linacre.ox.ac.uk

    Footnotes
    1 Cf. J. Green, Government of England Under Henry I, 228-9.
    2 Named after his father's brother Berengar Spina, all three occur in a Marmoutier charter of 1063, when Berengar , probably then still an adolescent, authorised an agreement made by his father (Faroux, Recueil...de Normandie, 157).
    3 Mon. Ang. ii, 288-9.
    4 Lindsey Survey (Lincoln Record Soc. Vol. 19) L3/8, 4/3, 6/5, 7/5, 10/1.
    5 Stenton, Danelaw Charters, nos. 238-9.
    6 BL Add. 4936, fol. 27.
    7 Coucher Book of Kirkstall (Thoresby Soc. Vol. 8, 1904), no. cclxvi, pp. 188-9.
    8 Mon. Ang. ii, 290, no. vii.
    9 Mon. Ang. iii, 330-1.
    10 RBE, 401.
    11 Mon. Ang. iii, 330-1.
    12 BL Cotton Domitian A x, fol. 201v-2r.
    13 The view that all his children were minors at his death in 1107 was expressed in A. Wareham,'Motives and politics of the Bigod family c.1066-1177', Anglo-Norman Studies 17 (1995).
    14 Pipe Roll 31 Henry I, 114.
    15 RBE 397.
    16 At Guerney and Vesley, Eure, cant. Gisors; RBE, 642; cf. Loyd, Anglo-Norman Families, 74.
    17 Mon. Ang. ii, 289, no. 111.

    Family/Spouse: Adeliza. Adeliza was born about 1050. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 312. Adeliza de Toeni  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1072 in St Saveur, Normandy, France; died after 1130 in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England.

  78. 196.  Adele de ToeniAdele de Toeni Descendancy chart to this point (118.Raoul11, 71.Ralph10, 49.Ralph9, 32.Hugh8, 24.Malahuc7, 17.Ascrida6, 13.Ragnvald5, 10.Olaf4, 7.Gudrod3, 2.Asa2, 1.Eystein1) was born about 1004 in Normandy, France; died in 1051.

    Notes:

    Said by some to be the widow, not the sister of Roger. This is not possible as Roger did not die until 1038.

    Family/Spouse: Richard d'Evereaux. Richard (son of Count of Evreux and Archbishop of Rouen Robert d'Evereaux and Havlive de Rouen) was born about 986 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 13 Dec 1067 in Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 278. Agnès d'Évreux  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Nov 1030 in Évreux, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1087 in Montfort-l'Amaury, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France.
    2. 279. William d'Evereaux  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1032 in Normandy, France; died on 18 Apr 1118.


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