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Guillaume Ier d'Eu
- Preferred Name: Guillaume Ier d'Eu[1] [2] [3]
- Gender: M
- Nickname:
- Death: 26 JAN 1057 in France with note: GEDCOM data
- Birth: BET 2 JAN 975 AND 980 in France with note: GEDCOM data
- Burial: 26 JAN 1057 with note: Collégiale Notre-Dame et Saint-Laurent
- FSID: KFK5-ZL5
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Illegitimate son of Richard I, Duke of Normandy, was Count of Eu and Count of Hiemois. William succeeded his nephew, Gilbert, as Count of Eu and Hiemois after his murder in 1040.
William rebelled against his half-brother Richard II, Duke of Normandy, and was captured by Raoul d'Ivry and imprisoned by Turquetil of Harcourt, former governer of William the Conqueror. He escaped five years later, and eventually was pardoned by Richard and given leave to marry into the Harcourt Family.
The three mothers listed are various wording for the same mistress.
William, Count of Eu -- Illegitimate childre
Illegitimate children[edit]
Richard was known to have had several other mistresses and had children with many of them. Known children are:
Geoffrey, Count of Eu[1][22]
William, Count of Eu (ca. 972-26
BIO
BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMAN%20NOBILITY.htm#RobertIEudied1089B as of 8/12/2016
GUILLAUME d'Eu (-2 Jan after 1096). "Robertus comes Augensis…uxore Beatrice et filiis meis Radulfo
BIO
BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMAN%20NOBILITY.htm#GuillaumeIEudied1057B as of 1/17/2016
GUILLAUME de Normandie, illegitimate son of RICHARD I "Sans Peur" Comte de Normandie & his mistr
BIO
BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMAN%20NOBILITY.htm#GuillaumeIEudied1057B as of 1/17/2016
GUILLAUME de Normandie, illegitimate son of RICHARD I "Sans Peur" Comte de Normandie & his mistr
=== Note: count of Eu and Hiesmes, lord of M ===
Note: count of Eu and Hiesmes, lord of Montreuil and Dives
=== mas001GedCom@rainbeaux.net ===
mas001GedCom@rainbeaux.net
You are out a generation and this is not the child of Richard and Gunorra.
=== Question if Aleida de Ponthieu was married to Guillame Earl of .... ===
7/8/2017
Royroyes.net shows royal line. It says Guillame was a monk, died at 20 years of age, and does not show marriage or any children. Aleida de Ponthieu's record on family search.org shows a second husband, Count William de Talou but does not show children with him. - Janet Parrish
=== Royal Ancestry Biography ===
“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“JUDITH OF BRITTANY, married before 1008 (as his 1st wife) RICHARD II, Duke of Normandy, 996-1026, son and heir of Richard I, Count (or Prince) of the Normans, by his 2nd wife, Gunnor. They had three sons, Richard (III) [Duke of Normandy], Robert (I) Duke of Normandy], and Guillaume (monk at Fécamp), and three daughters, Adélaïde (wife of Renaud, Count of Burgundy), ___ (wife of Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders), and Mathilde. His wife, Judith, died 28 June 1017, and was buried in Bernal Abbey. He married (2nd) probably soon after 1017 PAPIA ___. They had two sons, Mauger [Archbishop of Rouen] and Guillaume [Count of Argues]. RICHARD II, Duke of Normandy, died at Fécamp 23 August 1026.
Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de ha France 10 (1874): 175 (Ex Chronico S. Michaelis: "MVIII [A.D. 1008]. Obiit Gaufredus Dux Britanniæ filius Conani filii Juhelli Berengarii, dum pergeret Romam causa ocationis. Hujus sororem Judith duxit secundus Ricardus Dux Normannorum: et ipse Gaufredus duxit Havidem sororem prædicti Richardi, ex qua genuit duos filios Alanum et Eudonem, qui ei succcessit, partito Ducatu Britanniæ."), 322 (Ex Diversis Chronicis et Gestis: "Anno Dom. MXVII [1017]. Obiit Juditha Comitissa."), 323 (Ex Diversis Chronicis et Gestis: "Anno Dom. MXXVI. Obiit Richardus II, Dux Normannorum."). Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 23, (1894): 420 (Ex Obituario Gemmeticensi: "28 Jun. [Obiit] Judith comitissa."), 421 (Ex Obituario Gemmeticensi: "23 Aug. [Obiit] Ricardus comes IL"), 579 (Notæ Monasterii Montis Sancti Michaelis: "28 Jun. [Obiit] Judita, comitissa Normanniæ."), 579 (Notæ Monasterii Montis Sancti Michaelis: "23 Aug. [Obiit] Richardus II, comes Normannorum."). Rene Poupardin, "Généalogies angevines du XIe Siècle," in Mélanges d'Archéologie et d'Histoire 20 (1900): 199-208. Halphen & Poupardin Chroniques des Comtes d'Anjou et des Seigneurs d'Amboise (1913): 247-250 (Genealogiæ Comitum Andegavensium). David Douglas, "Some Problems of Early Norman Chronology," in English Hist. Rev. 65 (1950): 289-303. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 75 (sub Brittany), 79 (sub Normandy). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): X.7, X1.12-X1.15. Thierry Stasser, "`Mathilde, File du Comte Richard': Essai d'identification," in Annales de Normandie 40 (1990), 49-64. Van Houts Normans in Europe (2000). Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004): 306 (Normandy ped).
Children of Judith of Brittany, by Duke Richard II:
i. RICHARD III, Duke of Normandy, 1026-1027, son and heir. By an unknown mistress, he had one illegitimate son, Nicholas [Abbot of Saint-Ouen], and one illegitimate daughter, ___ (wife of Ranulph, Vicomte of Bessin). RICHARD III, Duke of Normandy, died 5 (or 6) August 1027. Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 23 (1894): 379 (E Directorio Monasterii Sancti Audoeni Rotomagensis, Ex Calendario: "26 Febr. Obiit Nicholas abbas."), 385 ("Selon cheu qui est contenu es croniques des Normans, Richart li tiers, duc de Normendie, fix du secont Richart duc, out un fix appelé Nichole, qui fu moine à Fescampe, et après fu abbe de l'abaie de Saint-Ouen de Rouen"), 387 (Extrait des Chroniques de Saint-Ouen de Rouen: Nicholas, Abbot of Saint-Ouen, Rouen styled "son of Duke Richard III" [Nichole, fix au tiers due Richart de Normendie]), 420 (Ex Obituario Gemmeticensi: "5 Aug. [Obiit] Ricardus comes tertius."), 579 (Nom Monasterii Montis Sancti Michaelis: "6 Aug. Richardus comes tertius Normannorum."). English Hist. Rev. 65 (1950): 289-303. Douglas William the Conqueror (1977): 93 ("At the beginning of Duke William's reign the vicomte of the Bessin was Rannulf, who was the son of a vicomte named Anschitil. He married a daughter of Duke Richard III and was among the defeated rebels at Val-es-Dunes. None the less, the office continued in the family, for he was succeeded by another Rannulf (II) who was established at Avranches before the Norman conquest, and who survived until after April 1089. Moreover, this second Rannulf married Maud, daughter of Richard, vicomte of the Avranchin, thus linking together two powerful vice-comital dynasties which were later in turn to determine the succession of the earldom of Chester."). Schwennicke Europäische Stanmtafeln 2 (1984): 79 (sub Normandy). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): XI.12, XII.17. Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004): 306 (Normandy ped.).
ii. ROBERT I, Duke of Normandy [see next].”
=== BETHAMIS GENEALOGICAL TABLES (GS NUMBER ===
BETHAMIS GENEALOGICAL TABLES (GS NUMBER Q929.2 B465G) TAB 604;
=== Name Suffix: of Hieme of Normandy, ===
Name Suffix: of Hieme of Normandy, and of Eu
=== *Guillaume "The Bastard" Hieme de Brionn ===
*Guillaume "The Bastard" Hieme de Brionne Count of Eu (Exemes)
born about 0965 Normandy, France
died 26 January 1057/58
father:
*Richard I "The Fearless" ("Sans Peur") Duke of Normandy
born 0933 Fâecamp, Normandie
died 0996 Fâecamp, Normandie
mother:
*Gunnora of Denmark Duchess of Normandy
born 0936
died 1031 France
siblings:
*Robert d'Evereux Archbishop Rouen born about 0965 Normandie died 1037
*Richard II Duke of Normandy born about 0963 Normandie
died 28 August 1027 Fâecamp, Normandie buried Fâecamp, Normandie
*Mauger of Normandy Count of Corbeil (and Mortain?) born about 0967 Normandie
*Emma of Normandy born about 0982 Normandie
died 6 March 1052 Winchester, Hampshire, England
buried St. Martin's Church, Winchester, Hampshire, England
*Matilda (Mahaud) de Normandy born about 0974 Normandy, France died before 1017
*Hawise (Hedwig) de Bretagne born about 0977 Normandie
died 21 February 1034 buried Rennes, Bretagne
*Beatrice de Normandy born about 980 Normandy, France died 18 January 1034/35
spouse:
*Alice Lesseline de Harcourt-Turqueville
born about 0989 Turqueville, Normandy, France
died 26 January 1078/79
children:
*Pons Fitz William born about 1034 Normandy, France died before 1086
Robert Count of Eu
*Guillaume d'Eu born 1015 died 1076
Hugues de Lisieux
Margaret of Eu
biographical and/or anecdotal:
notes or source:
ancestry.com
Preferred Parents:
Father: Richard 'Sans-Peur' I, b. 28 AUG 933 in Fécamp, Haute-Normandie, France d. 20 NOV 996 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Mother: Concubine de Richard I "Sans-Peur" Comté de Rouen , b. 935 in Crépon, Calvados, Normandie, France d. 22 JAN 1031 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France
Family 2: .. ..,
Family 3: Lesceline de Turqueville de Harcourt, b. 986 in Harcourt, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France d. 26 JAN 1058 in Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
- Robert fitz Guillaume comte d'Eû, b. BET 1005 AND 1010 in Eu, Duché de Normandie d. BEF 8 SEP 1093 in Caen, Basse-Normandie, France
- Guillaume William Busac d'Eu Comte de Eu et de Soissons, b. 1019 in Eu, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France d. 1076 in Champagne-et-Fontaine, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
Sources:
- Title: William I de Normandie, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKC-LK4T : 16 December 2021), William I de Normandie, ; Burial, Eu, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France, Collégiale Notre-Dame et Saint-Laurent; citing record ID 39648093, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKC-LK4T;
- Title: Find a Grave: William I “de Hiesmes” Count of Eu
Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39648093;
Note: William I “de Hiesmes” Count of Eu
BIRTH 978
DEATH 26 Jan 1057 (aged 78–79)
BURIAL
Collégiale Notre-Dame et Saint-Laurent
Eu, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Born in 955 in Normandy, William de Hiesmes, Count of Eu and Exemes, Lord of Monstreul, was the son of Richard the Fearless, Leader of the Normans.
Family Members
Parents
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Richard I of Normandy
933–996
Spouse
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Leseline de Turqueville
unknown–1058
Siblings
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Richard II of Normandy
unknown–1026
Robert II of Rouen
unknown–1037
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Hawise De Normandie d'Rennes
unknown–1034
Maud Of Normandy
unknown–1006
Geoffrey Of Brionne
unknown–1010
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Emma of Normandy
988–1052
Children
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Robert d'Eu
1022–1089
- Title: Racines Histoire -Comtes d'Eu
Publication: Name: http://racineshistoire.free.fr/LGN/PDF/Eu.pdf;
Note: Guillaume de Normandie ° ~978 + un 02/01 après 1015 (1057 ? selon Medlands) comte d’Hiémois, fait comte d’Eu et de Brionne par son frère (~1015), se rebelle contre son père, emprisonné 5 ans à Rouen (cité chartes Jumièges et Bourgueil 13/04-14/05/1012 et 1035)
ép. Lesceline (Lanceline) de Turqueville (don de terre à la Sainte-Trinité de Rouen 1049) + 26/01/1058 ns (fille de Turchetil d’Harcourt, seigneur de Tourville, et d’Anceline de Montfort-sur-Risle)
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