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Guillaume de Percy

Male Abt 1045 - Abt 1096  (~ 51 years)


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  • Name Guillaume de Percy  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born Abt 1045  Percy-en-Auge (ar. Lisieux), Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 14 Oct 1066 
    Accompanied Duke William of Normandy in his conquest of England (Battle of Hastings) 
    Occupation 1072 
    Took part in the Conqueror's expedition to Scotland 
    Property 1086 
    Given most of the Duchy of York in recompense for his good service 
    Occupation 1096 
    Crusader (First Crusade) and died in the Holy Land along with Robert Curtes 
    Property Grandson of Guillaume de Percy who was created Earl of Poitiers by Richard II, Duke of Normandy 
    Property Son of Galfred (Lord Percy) and Marguerite de Forez 
    Died Abt 1096  Mount Joy (Jerusalem) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Mount Joy (Jerusalem) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I17159  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Family Emma de Port,   b. Abt 1052, Hambledon, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. Chapter House, Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Abt 1066 
    Children 
     1. Alain de Percy,   b. Abt 1070,   d. Aft 1130  (Age ~ 61 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F9174  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S628] Dictionnaire de la noblesse, seconde et troisième éditions, François-Alexandre Aubert de La Chenaye-Desbois, (La Veuve Duchesne, libraire, Antoine Boudet, l'auteur, rue Saint-André-des-Arcs, Schlésinger frères, Paris, 1770-1778), Tome 11, p. 262.

    2. [S7] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, George Edward Cokayne; Vicary Gibbs, H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand & Howard de Walden, editors, (Reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), Volume X, pp. 435-438.

    3. [S728] A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland, John Burke, Esq., (Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, London, 1831), 414.

    4. [S721] The Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564, William Flower, Esq., Norroy King of Arms, edited by Charles Best Norcliffe, M.A., of Langton, (The Harleian Society, Mitchell and Hughes, Printers, 140 Wardour Street, W., London, 1881), 240-241.