Guillaume de Varennes

1036 - 1089  (53 years)

• Name	Guillaume de Varennes  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Born	1036	Varenne (Bellencombre), Seine-Inférieure, Normandie, France
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Seigneur de Varennes
  Occupation	Feb 1054
  	Attesté "jeune" à la bataille d'Arques
  Property	1066
  	Rewarded with lands in 13 counties including most of the rape of Lewes (Sussex), the manor of Conisborough (York), Acre Castle and holdings in Norfolk
  Occupation	14 Oct 1066
  	Passe en Angleterre avec Guillaume le Conquérant (Bataille de Hastings)
  Occupation	1067
  	One of the Norman nobles whom the Conqueror left in England to support his vice-regents (William FitzOsbern and the Bishop of Bayeux)
  Occupation	1075
  	One of the two chief justiciars who were in charge of England when the Earls of Hereford and Norfolk rebelled
  Occupation	1075
  	Summoned the Earls of Hereford and Norfolk to the King's court and on their refusal crushed the rebellion
  Occupation	1088
  	Created 1st Earl of Surrey
  Occupation	1088
  	Supported William II against the rebels led by the Bishop of Bayeux and the Count of Mortain
  Died	24 Jun 1089	Lewes, Sussex, England
  	Cause: From wounds sustained at the siege of Pevensey (Lewes)
  Buried	Chapter House, Lewes Priory, Sussex, England
  Person ID	I4142	Godbout
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Rodulf de Varennes
  Family ID	F8247	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gundrade de Normandie,   b. 1053, Normandie, France ,   d. 27 May 1085, Acre Castle, Norfolk, England  (Age 32 years)
  Married	Abt 1070	Normandie, France
  Children	1. Guillaume II de Varennes,   b. Abt 1071, Lewes, Sussex, England ,   d. 11 May 1138, Lewes, Sussex, England  (Age ~ 67 years)   2. Édith de Varennes,   b. 1076, Mapledurham, Oxfordshire, England
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F2100	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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