Count Godfrey Of Brionne And Eu

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Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Subject: Re: The first Giffards (n part): When Count William of Eu died shortly before 1040, Gilbert did assume the land and title, but he was assassinated in 1040 and his young sons, RICHARD and Baldwin were forced to flee Normandy, finding safety at the court of BALDWIN V, COUNT OF FLANDERS (RIN 2169). When WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR (RIN 798) married COUNT BALDWIN's daughter, he restored Gilbert's sons to Normandy, although he did not invest them with either Brionne or Eu or a comital title. WILLIAM granted the lordships of Bienfaite and Orbec to RICHARD FITZ GILBERT, and Le Sap and Meules to Baldwin. Although Gilbert's descendants later pressed a claim for Brionne, it was never restored. RICHARD and Baldwin ftizGilbert took part in the Norman conquest of England, and both assumed important positions in THE CONQUEROR's reign. --- Michael Altschul *A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares,1217-1314*, Baltimore MD (Johns Hopkins Press) 1965, p 18-19

Family/Spouse: Gunnora D'AUNOU. Gunnora and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Rohese GIFFARD. Rohese (daughter of Walter I GIFFARD, Seigneur Of Longueville and Agnes FLATEL) was born about 1036 in Longueville-Sur-Scie, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France; died after 1113. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was heir to the English possessions of his father. By King HENRY I, 1107-77, he was also granted the Lordship of Cardigan. He is the common ancestor of the two powerful Clare families - the Earls of Hertford and Gloucester and the Earls of Pembroke.

Gilbert married Adeliza De CLERMONT before 1090. Adeliza (daughter of Hugh I De CREIL and Margaret De MONTDIDIER) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]