 Osbern de Crépon, Steward of Normandy, son of Herfast de Crepon and Wife, Herfast.OFFICE: Seneschel. OFFICE: Steward of Normandy. DEATH: Cause> Murdered. KINSHIP: A nephew of Gunnor, wife of Richard I of Normandy, and his mother Emma a descendant of William I Longsword of Normandy. OFFICE: Seneschel. OFFICE: Steward of Normandy. DEATH: Unnatural> Was murdered while a guardian of William the Conqueror, when the latter was still a child: Marriage/ Related to:  Emma of IvryBORN_SHORT ± 1008 Ivry, , France Children: | |||
1) Emma fitz OsbornKINSHIP: Investigate> The continuator of William of Jumièges states that a niece of Gunnor the wife of Duke Richard was married to Osmund de Centumvillis, Vicomte de Vernon, and was mother of the first Fulk de Aneio and of the mother of the first Baldwin de Reviers. See "The Complete Peerage" vol. 4 p. 310 fn. a. | |||
2) William fitz Osborn, Earl of HerefordBORN_SHORT ± 1030 MILITARY: Battles and Wars> A companion of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings 1066. TITLES: Earl of Hereford. PROPERTY: Seigneur de Breteuil. DEATH: Cause> Killed in the battle of Flanders. TITLES: Lord of Herefort and Essex (Anselme vol 2 p. 717). MILITARY: William is one of 32 names vouched for by evidence deduced from the Bayeux Tapestry,William of Poitiers, Guy of Amiens, Ordericus Vitalis and various Norman charters as definitely having fought at Hastings. Schwennicke Band 3 Teil 4 Tafel 705: Adeliza (Alice) buried in the Lirre Abbey. Married to William FitzOsbern 1. Earl of Hereford Lord of Breteuil Killed in Battle at Cassel 20 Feb 1071 | |||
3) Osbern fitz Osbern, Bishop of ExeterBORN_SHORT ± 1032 Normandy, France | |||
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