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South side of the abbey, the church and the monks' cells seen from Le Bec.

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Aubrey II DE VERE - Sheriff of London and Middlesex
born - of Great Addington & Drayton, co. Northampton - Before 1090
died - England - London 15 MAY 1141
burial - England - Colne Piory - Essex
married -
Alice (Adeliza) Fitz Gilbert DE CLARE
born -
died - Around 1166
Children
1. Juliana DE VERE
2. Geoffrey DE VERE - Lord of Clun
3. Robert DE VERE
4. William DE VERE - Bishop of Hereford
5.DE VERE
6. Rohese\Rohesia DE VERE
7. Aubrey III DE VERE - 1st Earl of Oxford - 1st Earl of Essex
8. Alice DE VERE

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The castle of William, Château Guillaume-Le-Conquérant, in Falaise, Calvados, France.

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"the noble race of Crispin descended from the Neustrian, Gislebert, who first
received the name Crispin because of his erect curly hair'

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Aubrey II DE VERE - Sheriff of London and Middlesex
Alice (Adeliza) Fitz Gilbert DE CLARE
"daughter of Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Clare. She had nine children though
became a nun in later life. (Wikipedia)
Adeliza de Clare, sister of Richard Fitz-Gilbert, and daughter of Gislebert, surnamed Crispin,
Count d'Eu and Brionne.
(Henry Duke Councilor His Descendants and Connections, page 434)"

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Richard "De Tonbridge" "De Clare" FITZGILBERT - Lawyer
Rohese GIFFARD
"Earl of Clare
Lord of Bienfaite, Orbec and Tonbridge
Earl of Clare, Lord of Bienfaite, Orbec and Tonbridge, (1035-1090), he took the title Earl of
Clare from lands granted to him by William the Conqueror. (Wikipedia)
Richard Fitz-gilbert, a lawyer, was the founder of the House of Claire in England. He
accompanied William the Conqueror into England and participated in the spoils of
conquest, obtaining extensive possessions in the old and new dominion of his royal leader
and kinsman. William the Conqueror, being the grandson of Richard, 4th Duke of
Normandy, brother of Godfrey, mentioned in generation No. 1 above.) At the time of
Domesday survey he was called Richard de Tonebruge, now Tunbridge, in Kent, which town
he had obtained from the Archbishop of Canterbury in lieu of the Castle of Brione. At this
time he had nearly 200 lordships in various counties. One of these lordships was that of
Clare, in County Suffolk, which subsequently becoming his chief seat, he became styled
Richard de Clare. He married Rohese, or Rohais, daughter of Walter Giffard de Bolbec, who
assisted in making the "General Survey." He is said to have fallen in a skirmish with the
Welsh and was succeeded by his eldest son, Gilbert.
(Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 537)

Richard FitzGilbert, a lawyer, was the founder of the House of Clare in England. He
accompanied William, the Conqueror, into England and participated in the spoils of
Conquest, obtaining extensive possessions in the old and new dominions of his royal
leader and kinsman. Richard FitzGilbert was the eldest son of Gislebert, surnamed Crispin,
Count of Eu or Ewe and Brion in Normandy, in right of his wife, sister and heiress of the
Count of Brione, by inheritance from their father, Geoffrey or Godfrey, Count in 996, who was
a natural son of Richard I, 3rd Duke of Normandy. (In other words, this Richard FitzGilbert
and William, the Conqueror, were the great-grandsons of Richard, 3rd Duke of Normandy.
E. E. W.) He married Rohese de Bolbec. (Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 1018)

RICHARD FITZGILBERT who came into England with William the Conqueror and was at the
Battle of Hastings; had a number of lordships and was styled "Ricardus de Tonebridge,"
being possessed of the town and castle of Tonebridge, in Kent, and was also styled
"Ricardus de Clare," from the manor of that name in the county of Suffolk, the chief seat of
the family, which town and castle he obtained from the Archbishop in lieu of the castle of
Brione; died 1090; Burke says that 6 William I, 1073, he was joined with William de Warren
in the office of Justiciary of England; married Rohesia, daughter of Walter Giffard, Earl of
Buckingham. (Fenwick Allied Ancestry, page 114-115)

Richard FitzGilbert was the founder of the early Anglo-Norman noble family the de Clares.
Known as "de Bienfaite", "de Clare", and "de Tonbridge", he accompanied his reputed
kinsman William the Duke of Normandy into England, and was rewarded with no less than
one hundred and seventy six lordships and large grants of land in England, including the
right to build the castles of Clare and of Tonbridge, in return for his service at the Battle of
Hastings, and general assistance in conquering the Saxon. Served as Joint Chief Justiciar
in William's absence, and played a major part in suppressing the revolt of 1075.

Richard took the name Earl of Clare from one of his lordships in Suffolk, where parts of the
wall of Clare Castle still stand. The modern Irish county of County Clare was historically part
of the North Munster Gaelic kingdom of Thomond, dominated by the O'Briens, Kings of
Thomond. The region was granted to the De Clare family in 1275 and they became Lords of
Thomond. When the boundaries of the modern County Clare were fixed by Sir Henry Sidney
in 1565, it was named after the De Clares.

His parents were Gilbert "Crispin", Count of Brionne and his mistress Constance de Eu.
Gilbert was married to Gunnora d'Aunou, and some sources list her as Richards mother.
Richard's father is also sometimes listed as Robert I "the Devil", father of William the
Conqueror. Sources as far back as the Annals of the Four Masters claim that Richard's great
grandson, Richard "Strongbow", was the direct descendant of Robert "the Devil". Gilbert
"Crispin" is a descendant of Robert's cousin, but not Robert himself. One thing can be sure,
Richard was a close and trusted friend of the King. (Wikipedia)"

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Gilbert "Crispin" of BRIONNE - Count of Eu - Count of Brionne
Gunnora DE AUNOU
"Gilbert or Giselbert "Crispin", (1000-1040) was a Norman noble, Count of Eu, and Count of
Brionne in northern France.

Royal Ancestry Bible Royal ancestors of 300 American Families states he was the son of
Geoffrey, Count of Eu (b. 962) who was an illegitimate child of Richard the Fearless. Some
sources say Gislebert was the son of Godfrey of Brionne and Eu, others that he was the son
of Gilbert, Baron of Bec. Still others claim that his father was Crispin de Bec (b. 940).
Gislebert's mother was apparently Haloise de Guînes (b. 942).

Whatever his parentage, he inherited Brionne, becoming one of the most powerful
landowners in Normandy. He married Gunnora d'Aunou (Gunmore d'Ainon) in 1012. He had
children by his wife and a mistress. The name "Crispin" is said to have referred to the
family's erect curly hair.

Gislebert was a generous benefactor to Bec Abbey founded by his former knight Herluin in
1031.

When Robert II, Duke of Normandy died in 1035 his illegitimate son William inherited his
father's title. Several leading Normans, including Gilbert of Brionne, Osbern the Seneschal
and Alan of Brittany, became William's guardians.

A number of Norman barons including Raoul de Gacé would not accept an illegitimate son
as their leader. In 1040 an attempt was made to kill William but the plot failed. Gilbert
however was murdered while he was peaceably riding near Eschafour. It is believed two of
his killers were Ralph of Wacy and Robert de Vitot. This appears to have been an act of
vengeance for wrongs inflicted upon the orphan children of Giroie by Gilbert, and it is not
clear what Raoul de Gacé had to do in the business. Fearing they might meet their father's
fate, his sons Richard and his brother Baldwin were conveyed by their friends to the court of
Baldwin, Count of Flanders.

Gilbert was the great progenitor of the illustrious house of Candia of the Viscount of Geneva
and in England of the illustrious house of de Clare, of the Barons Fitz Walter, and the Earls
of Gloucester and Hertford.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

GILBERT, surnamed Crispin, Count d'Eu and de Brione, in Normandy; married Constance,
daughter of William, Count of Eu
(Yeatman's House of Arundel, p. 106)"

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Geoffroy of BRIONNE - Count of Eu & Brionne
Haloise DE GUÎNES
"GEOFFREY, called the Consul, who was created in 996 Count d'Eu and de Brione by Duke
Richard II (L'Art, Vol. XII, p. 449)
996–1015 Geoffrey, Count of Brionne, son of Duke Richard I of Normandy. (Wikipedia)"

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Richard I "the Fearless" of NORMANDY - 3rd Duke of Normandy
MISTRESSES
""He was born to William I of Normandy, Duke of Normandy, and Sprota. His date of birth is
unknown, but he was still a boy when his father died in 942. His mother was a Breton
concubine captured in war and bound to William by a Danish marriage. After William died,
Sprota became the wife of Esperleng, a wealthy miller.
Richard was still a boy when his father died, and so he was powerless to stop Louis IV of
France when he seized Normandy. Richard escaped from his prison at Laon, allied himself
with Norman and Viking leaders, drove Louis out of Rouen, and took back Normandy by
947. He was first married to Emma of Paris (Duchess of Normandy) in 960. She died after
966, with no issue.
According to Robert of Torigny, not long after Emma's death, Duke Richard went out hunting
and stopped at the house of a local forester. He became enamoured of the forester's wife,
Seinfreda, but she being a virtuous woman, suggested he court her unmarried sister,
Gunnor, instead. Gunnor became his bride, and her family rose to prominence. Her brother,
Herefast de Crepon, was involved in a controversial trial involving the Cathars. She was, like
Richard, of Norse descent, being a Dane by blood. Richard finally married her to legitimate
their children. Richard was known to have had several mistresses and produced childen
with many of them.
He died in Fecamp, France on November 20, 996 of natural causes. (From Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia)"

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Guillaume I "Longue Epbee" of NORMANDY - jarl (ruler) of Normandy
Adila (Adela) of BRITTANY
"William Longsword (died December 17, 942) was jarl (ruler) of Normandy. He is
considered as the second duke of Normandy, even if this title was not existing at the time.
Little is known about his early years. He was born in Bayeux or Rouen. His parents were
Rollo and Poppa. All that is known of Poppa is that she was a Christian, and the daughter to
Berengar of Rennes, the previous lord of what (Brittania Nova) became Normandy.
According to the Planctus, he was baptized a christian
William succeeded Rollo sometime around 928. It appears that he faced a rebellion early in
his reign, from Normans who felt he had become too Frankified. The following years are
obscure. In 939 William became involved in a war with Arnulf I of Flanders, which soon
became intertwined with the other conflicts of the reign of Louis IV of France. He was killed
by followers of Arnulf while at a meeting to settle their conflict. His son Richard I of
Normandy succeeded him (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

William, surnamed Longa Spatha, Long sword, Duke of Normandy, had been carefully
educated by the priests. His height was majestic, his features beautiful, his complexion
being pure and delicate as a maiden's, his strength gigantic. He married Adela, daughter of
Hubert. Count of Senlis.(Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 278)

WILLIAM I, Longue-‚pe‚, Duke of Aquitaine and Normandy, who died 942; married Sphortha,
daughter of Hubert, Count of Senlis.(Fenwick Allied Ancestry, page 54)

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Rollo ROGNVALDSSON
Poppa of NEUSTRIA - Duchess Of Normandy
"All that is known of Poppa is that she was a Christian, and the daughter to Berengar of
Rennes, the previous lord of what (Brittania Nova) became Normandy. (Wikpedia)

Lady Popie (the Poupee or Poppet), married 890 by Danish rites Rollo, the Dane. He was
one of those men of the north, who were called Normans, a mixed nation of the fiercest
Norwegian, Swedish and Danish tribes. They settled in Neustria in France at the beginning
of the 10th Century, when King Charles the Simple conferred the duchy, since called
Normandy on Rollo, the Dane, the most celebrated of the Norman leaders. He was expelled
from Norway for an act of depredation in Viking contrary to the King's commands, having
descended on the coast between Norway and Gothland and carried off the cattle wanted by
his crew. His mother pleaded in vain for him, but for this act Rollo was declared an outlaw.
Thus Rollo's outlawry led to the establishment of the Dukes of Normandy, who became,
through William the Conqueror, King of England, 5th in descent from Rollo. Rollo married
2nd Giseia, daughter of King Charles the Simple, but did not have issue by her. On her
death he took back Poppie and they were married by the Christian ceremony. Rollo died
about 931. (Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 278)

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Rollo ROGNVALDSSON
Poppa of NEUSTRIA - Duchess Of Normandy
" 1st Duke of Normandy
Rollo was a Viking leader, probably (based on Icelandic sources) from Norway, the son of
Ragnvald, Earl of Moer; sagas mention a Hrolf, son of Ragnvald jarl of Moer. However, the
latinization Rollo has in no known instance been applied to a Hrolf, and in the texts which
speak of him, numerous latinized Hrolfs are included. Dudo of St. Quentin (by most
accounts a more reliable source, and at least more recent and living nearer the regions
concerned), in his Gesta Normannorum, tells of a powerful Danish (here called Dacian
which often happened in medieval sources) nobleman at loggerheads with the king of
Denmark (Dacia), who then died and left his two sons, Gurim and Rollo, leaving Rollo to be
expelled and Gurim killed.(1) With his followers (known as Normans, or northmen), Rollo
invaded the area of northern France now known as Normandy. Wace, writing some 300
years after the event, gives a Scandinavian origin, as does the Orkneyinga Saga, Danish or
Norwegian most likely.
Unlike most Vikings whose intentions were to plunder Frankish lands, Rollo's true
intentions were to look for lands to settle. Upon arrival in France, and after many battles with
the Vikings, Charles the Simple understood that he could no longer hold back their
advances, and decided as a tempory measure to give Rollo land around Rouen, as he did
with his other barons, but under the condition that he would convert to Christianity and
defend the Seine River from other raiding Vikings.
In the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte (911) with the French King Charles the Simple, "for the
protection of the realm," Rollo pledged feudal allegiance to the king, changed his name to
the Frankish version, and converted to Christianity, probably with the baptismal name
Robert. In return, and in admission of defeat, King Charles granted Rollo the lower Seine
area (today's upper Normandy) and the titular rulership of Normandy, centred around the city
of Rouen. There exists some argument among historians as to whether Rollo was a "duke"
(dux) or whether his position was equivalent to that of a "count" under Charlemagne.
According to legend, when required, in conformity with general usage, to kiss the foot of King
Charles, he refused to stoop to what he considered so great a degradation; yet as the
homage could not be dispensed with, he ordered one of his warriors to perform it for him.
The latter, as proud as his chief, instead of stooping to the royal foot, raised it so high, that
the King fell to the ground.
It is important to note that Rollo did stay true to his word of defending the shores of the Seine
river in accordance to the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, but in time Rollo and his followers
had very different ideas. Rollo began to divide the land between the Epte and Risle rivers
among his chieftains and settled there with a de-facto capital in Rouen. With these
settlements, Rollo began to further raid other Frankish lands, now from the security of a
settled homeland, rather than a mobile fleet.
Rollo expanded his territory as far west as the Vire River and sometime around 927 he
passed the Duchy of Normandy to his son, William Longsword. Rollo may have lived for a
few years after that, but certainly died before 933. According to the historian Adhemar, 'As
Rollo's death drew near, he went mad and had a hundred Christian prisoners beheaded in
front of him in honour of the gods whom he had worshiped, and in the end distributed a
hundred pounds of gold around the churches in honour of the true god in whose name he
had accepted baptism.' Even though Rollo had converted to Christianity, at the end, some of
Rollo's pagan roots eventually came to the surface.
He was a direct ancestor of William the Conqueror. By William, he was a direct ancestor of
the present-day British royal family, including Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland. The "clameur de haro" on the Channel Islands is, supposedly,
an appeal to Rollo. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

ROLLO, called Bygot, also RAOUL, ROU and RO, afterwards baptized as ROBERT, first
Duke of Normandy; died 917; married Poppa, daughter of Berenger, Count of Bayeux.
(Fenwick Allied Ancestry, page 54)

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Ragnvald of MOER
HILDER
"ROGNWALD, "the rich", one of the Vikings, Earl of Orkney and Shetland Islands, also
Danish King of Dublin, Ireland; married Hilder, daughter of Harolft Nesia. Rognwald died in
885. (Henry Duke Councilor His Descendants and Connections, PAGE 410)

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