Earls of Hereford

HEREFORD

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Issue-

  • 2I. GUNNOR- m. RICHARD, Duke of NORMANDY (b.c.942, d. 21 Nov. 996 Fecamp, Normandie)
  • 3II. HERFAST-
  • III Senfrie-

    Ref:

    The Complete Peerage- St. Catherine Press, London- Vol. VI, p.447
    Tim Powys-Lybbe's web page at: http://www.tim.ukpub.net


    3II. HERFAST

    Issue-

  • 4I. OSBERN- m. EMMA de IVRY, murdered c.1040

    Ref:

    The Complete Peerage- St. Catherine Press, London- Vol. VI, p.447
    Tim Powys-Lybbe's web page at: http://www.tim.ukpub.net


    4I. OSBERN (HERFAST 2)

    m. EMMA d'IVRY- d. of Ralph, Count d'Ivry
    Murdered c.1040

    Osbern was the steward to the dukes of Normandy. He was strangled at the house of Rollo by William de Montgomery.

    Issue-

  • 5I. WILLIAM- m.1. ALICE de TONI, 2. Richilde (d. 15 Mar. 1087), d. 20 Feb. 1071 Flanders
  • II. Osbern-

    Ref:

    The Complete Peerage- St. Catherine Press, London- Vol. VI, p.447
    Tim Powys-Lybbe's web page at: http://www.tim.ukpub.net


    5I. WILLIAM (HERFAST 2, OSBERN 3)- Earl of Hereford

    m.1. ALICE de TONI
    2. Richilde- d. 15 Mar. 1087, bur. Hasnon Abbey
    d. 20 Feb. 1071, killed fighting in Flanders
    bur. Abbey of Cormeilles

    Issue- all children by Alice

  • 6I. EMMA- m.1075 Exning, Cambridgeshire, RALPH de GWADYR (d. before July 1098 while on the Crusade)
  • II. William de Breteuil- m. Adeline de Montfort, d. 12 Jan. 1103 Bec, bur. Lire Monastery
  • III. Roger- d. in prison c.1087

    Ref:

    Dictionary of National Biography- Leslie Stephen, Ed., Oxford University Press
    The Complete Peerage- St. Catherine Press, London- Vol. VI, p.447-9; VII, pp.521ff
    My Ancestors Came With The Conqueror- Anthony J. Camp, London, 1990- p. 49
    Domesday People- K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 1999- pp. 338, 487-8
    Tim Powys-Lybbe's web page at: http://www.tim.ukpub.net


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