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Richard Gherbod d'Avranches

Male Abt 1025 - 1082  (~ 57 years)


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  • Name Richard Gherbod d'Avranches  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Born Abt 1025  Avranches, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Acquired much property in the Avranchin, of which he obtained the Vicomté 
    Occupation Acquired the Hiemois by his "fortunate marriage" to Emma 
    Occupation Earl of Avranches and Viscount of Albania 
    Occupation Naturally recovered the lands forfeited by his father and bestowed on his mother-in-law 
    Occupation Vicomte d'Avranches 
    Occupation 1041 
    Managed to avoid being implicated in the rebellion of his father, but obtained his pardon and restoration 
    Occupation 1070 
    1st Earl of Chester 
    Occupation 1070 
    Received the large portion of a dismembered Mercia together with the city of Chester 
    Occupation 1071 
    His district was formed into a County Palatine whereby he became the 1st Earl of Chester 
    Occupation 1071 
    Taken prisoner at the battle of Cassel and kept captive for a long period (never returned to England) 
    Died 1082  France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I8779  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Thurstan d'Hiesmes,   b. Abt 985,   d. Aft 1041  (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Mother Judith de Montanolier,   b. Abt 990 
    Married Abt 1010 
    Family ID F7981  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Emma de Conteville,   b. Abt 1029, Conteville, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Bef 1040 
    Children 
     1. Auberée d'Avranches,   b. Abt 1045
     2. Margaret d'Avranches,   b. Abt 1046, Avranches, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1136  (Age ~ 90 years)
     3. Hugues d'Avranches,   b. Abt 1047,   d. 27 Jul 1101, Abbey of St. Werburgh, Chester, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years)
     4. Judith d'Avranches,   b. Abt 1050
     5. Lucy of Chester,   b. Abt 1055, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1130  (Age ~ 76 years)
     6. Raoul de La Haye,   b. Abt 1060,   d. Bef 1098  (Age ~ 37 years)
     7. Hélissende d'Avranches,   b. Abt 1065,   d. Aft 1096  (Age ~ 32 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F4475  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
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    2. [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 6, p. 206.

    3. [S751] Histoire de Normandie, Orderic Vital (traduction par Louis-François du Bois), (J.-L.-J. Brière, 68 rue Saint-André des Arts, Paris, 1825-1827), Volume 2, pp. 54 & 100.

    4. [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 III, p. 164 & Vol. V, p. 154.

    5. [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), 142-143.

    6. [S747] The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, Joseph Nicolson and Richard Burn, (Printed for William Strahan; and Thomas Cadell, in the Strand, London, 1777), Volume 1, pp. 265-266.

    7. [S637] Ahnen zu Karl dem Großen und Widukind in 765 Ahnenstämmen, Eberhard Winkhaus, (Ennepetal-Altenvoerde, Selbstverlag, Westfalen, 1950), 87.

    8. [S633] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Frederick Lewis Weis. Edited with additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr.; assisted by David Faris, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 7th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland, 1992), 116-132A.