Gauthier Giffard de Bolbec

Abt 1005 - 1084  (~ 79 years)

• Name	Gauthier Giffard de Bolbec  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Born	Abt 1005	Longueville-sur-Scie, Seine-Inférieure, Normandie, France
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Comte de Bolbec
  Occupation	First Earl in England after the conquest
  Occupation	Seigneur de Longueville
  Occupation	1035
  	Companion of Hugh de Gournay in the abortive attempt of Edward (son of King Ethelred) to recover the crown of England
  Occupation	1053
  	Left in command by Duke William of the forces blockading the Castle of Arques
  Occupation	1054
  	Intrusted by Duke William with the defence of the district of Caux during the invasion of Normandie by Henry, King of France
  Occupation	14 Oct 1066
  	Contributed 30 vessels and 100 men to the fleet for the Conquest of England by his cousin William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings
  Occupation	14 Oct 1066
  	One of four men (Hugh de Montfort, Eustache de Boulogne and Ivo de Ponthieu) who killed King Harold II at the Battle of Senlac Hill
  Occupation	1084
  	Appointed by King William to superintend the compilation of the great survey of England, the Domesday Book
  Property	1084
  	Awarded 107 lordships by William the Conqueror for his services
  Property	1084
  	Possessed 2 lordships in Berkshire, one in Wilts, one in Somersetshire, one in Huntingdon and 5 in Cambridge
  Property	1084
  	Possessed 9 lordships in Oxfordshire, 9 in Bedford, 3 in Suffolk, 28 in Norfolk and 48 in Buckinghamshire
  Died	1084
  Person ID	I9507	Godbout
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Osborne Giffard de Bolbec,   b. Abt 965, Longueville-sur-Scie, Seine-Inférieure, Normandie, France ,   d. 1036, France  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Mother	Aveline de Crépon,   b. Abt 970
  Married	Abt 1005
  Family ID	F9295	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnès Ermentrude Flaitel,   b. Abt 1020, Longueville-sur-Scie, Seine-Inférieure, Normandie, France ,   d. Bef 1084  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Married	Abt 1040	France
  Children	1. Rohèse Giffard de Bolbec,   b. Abt 1040, Longueville-sur-Scie, Seine-Inférieure, Normandie, France ,   d. Aft 1113, Clare, Risbridge, Suffolk, England  (Age ~ 74 years)   2. Hugues Giffard de Bolbec,   b. Abt 1060, Whitchurch, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, England
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F4872	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

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