 Sir HerbastusBORN_SHORT 915 Normandie, France OCCUPATION: The forester of Arques Apparently there is no evidence of what the name was of the father of Gunnor, Senfrie, Herfast, and Avelina. Ancestral Roots states he was a forester of Arque. He was not of Crepon, but later genealogists mistakenly thought the family was of Crepon because Herbastus' son, Herfast, received lands in Crepon, probably due to the relationship of his sister with Duke Richard. Marriage/ Related to:  Gunnhild OlafsdottirBORN_SHORT Uppsala, Sweden, DIED_SHORT 1002 Jomsborg, Danmark Totally ficticious.... One additional child, unknown name who had a daughter Beatrice who married Rodolf I de Warenne Children: | |||
1) Gunnor de CreponBORN_SHORT ± 950 AKA: Gunnor of Arques m secondly ([before 989]) GUNNORA, daughter of --- ([950]-5 Jan 1031). Guillaume de Jumièges records that "in domo forestarii...hospiti suo...uxorem suam Sainfriam" rejected the advances of Richard I Comte [de Normandie] and sent “Gunnorem sororem suam” to his bed in her place. Guillaume of Jumièges records that Richard married “Gunnor ex nobilissima Danorum prosapia ortam”, in the sentence which follows the record of the death of Richard´s first wife. According to Robert de Torigny, the marriage took place to legitimise Richard and Gunnora's son Robert to permit his appointment as Archbishop of Rouen. It appears from Dudo de Saint-Quentin that Gunnora was Richard I's mistress before she married him. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Gunnor" as the wife of "dux Normannie primus Richardus". "Duke Richard [II]" donated property to the abbey of Mont Saint-Michel by charter dated to [1024/26], subscribed by "…Gonnor matris comitis…". Robert of Torigny records the death in 1030 of "Gunnor comitissa uxor primi Ricardi". The necrology of Saint-Père-en-Vallée records the death "Non Jan" of "Gonnoridis…comitissa Normannie". Richard & his second wife had eight children (legitimated [before 989] by the subsequent marriage of their parents): | |||
3) Wevie de CreponBORN_SHORT ± 960 Pont-Audemer, Eure, France AKA: Eva de Crepon AKA: Wevia de Crepon AKA: Wewa of Arques MARRIAGE: Conflict> Wevie (Wewa) and Aveline (Awelina) are supposed sisters of Gunnor, wife of Richard I, Duke of Normandy - it is not certain which married Thorold - have made the former his wife for recording purposes | |||
4) Avelina / Wevia / Weva BORN_SHORT between 960 Longueville, Calvados, France, DIED_SHORT Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France AKA: Duvelina AKA: Wevia MARRIAGE: Conflict> Wevie (Wewa) and Aveline (Awelina) are supposed sisters of Gunnor, wife of Richard I, Duke of Normandy - it is not certain which married Thorold - have made the former his wife for recording purposes. Wevia, the only other sister of Gunnor named by Torigny, married Osbern de Bolbec (who is otherwise unknown to history). They had at least two sons: Walter Giffard, ancestor of the English Giffard/Gifford families, and also, through his daughter, of the Clare family; and Godfrey, whose son William de Arques had two daughters and co-heiresses. | |||
6) Eva BORN_SHORT 954 Argue, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France | |||
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