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Guillaume FitzOsbern de Crépon

Male 1030 - 1071  (41 years)


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  • Name Guillaume FitzOsbern de Crépon  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Born 1030  Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Built Norman fortresses in Welsh marches, including castles and garrisons at Monmouth, Clifford, Wigmore and at Chepstow on the mouth of the river Wye 
    Occupation Chief military strategist and castle builder for William the Conqueror 
    Occupation Comte de Breteuil, d'Ivry et de Passy 
    Occupation Grand Maître d'Hôtel et Sénéchal de Normandie 
    Occupation Seigneur de Crépon 
    Occupation 1054 
    Siege of Domfront: sent with Robert de Montgomery to seek Geoffrey Martel and inquire as to why he marched into Normandy and took Alençon 
    Occupation 14 Oct 1066 
    Fought with Duke William the Conqueror at Hastings 
    Occupation 1067 
    1st Earl of Hereford 
    Occupation 1067 
    Regent of England with Odo de Bayeux and Hugh de Montfort 
    Occupation 1068 
    Appointed mayor of York at Edgar Atherling's defeat 
    Occupation 1069 
    Sent to relieve Shrewsbury and Essex from Welsh attacks, too late to save Shrewsbury but saved Essex 
    Occupation 1070 
    Comte de Flandre 
    Died 20 Feb 1071  Cassel, canton du Nord, Dunkerque, Flandre Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Bataille de Cassel en Flandre 
    Buried Abbaye de Cormeilles, Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I8612  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Osbern FitzHerfast de Crépon,   b. Abt 970, Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1035, Le Vaudreuil, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Mother Mathilde d'Ivry,   b. Abt 985, Ivry, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1039  (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Married 1029  France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4379  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Adéliza de Toëny,   b. Abt 1035, Tosny, Les Andelys, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 1071, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 36 years) 
    Married Abt 1051  France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Emma de Crépon,   b. Abt 1056, Breteuil, Oise (ar. Clermont), Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1095-1096, In the course of the Crusade Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F4378  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Richilde de Hainaut,   b. Abt 1034, Mons, Hainaut, Belgique Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1086, Abbaye de Hasnon, Monchy-le-Preux, Valenciennes (Nord), France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Married 1070 
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F4496  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
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