Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Robert de Grandmesnil
- Abt 1136
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
Generation: 5
Generation: 6
1. Robert de Grandmesnil (son of Hugh de Grandmesnil and Adeliza de Beaumont); died about 1136. Family/Spouse: Emma de Stuteville. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Agnes de Bayeux. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
2. Hugh de Grandmesnil (son of Robert de Grandmesnil and Hawise d'Eschaffour); died on 22 Feb 1098 in Leicester Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, England; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Evroul, Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois, Normandy, France. Notes:
Count of Grandmesnil. Sheriff of Leicester. One of the fifteen "proven companions" of William at Hastings.
Hugh married Adeliza de Beaumont. Adeliza (daughter of Ivo de Beaumont) was born in of Beaumont-sur-Oise, Seine-et-Oise, France; died on 11 Jul 1091; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Evroul, Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Adeliza de Beaumont was born in of Beaumont-sur-Oise, Seine-et-Oise, France (daughter of Ivo de Beaumont); died on 11 Jul 1091; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Evroul, Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois, Normandy, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 1087, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France
Children:
- 1. Robert de Grandmesnil died about 1136.
- Agnes de Grandmesnil
Generation: 3
4. Robert de Grandmesnil was born in of Grandmesnil, Calvados, Normandy, France. Notes:
Killed in battle by Roger de Beaumont.
Robert married Hawise d'Eschaffour. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Hawise d'Eschaffour (daughter of Giroie d'Eschaffour and Gisele de Montfort). Notes:
Also called Hawise de Giroie.
Children:
- 2. Hugh de Grandmesnil died on 22 Feb 1098 in Leicester Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, England; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Evroul, Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois, Normandy, France.
6. Ivo de Beaumont was born in of Beaumont-sur-Oise, Seine-et-Oise, France. Notes:
"The Old". Count of Beaumont.
Children:
- 3. Adeliza de Beaumont was born in of Beaumont-sur-Oise, Seine-et-Oise, France; died on 11 Jul 1091; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Evroul, Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois, Normandy, France.
Generation: 4
10. Giroie d'Eschaffour (son of Arnold le Gros); died in 1033 in Normandy, France. Notes:
Also called Geroy le Goz de Montreuil.
Giroie married Gisele de Montfort. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Gisele de Montfort (daughter of Thurstan Bastembourg de Montfort). Notes:
Also called Gisela Bertrand de Bastenburg. Orderic Vitalis (quoted in Moriarty, citation details below) has the Gisele who married Giroie as a sister, rather than the daughter, of Thurstan de Bastembourg. But David C. Douglas (citation details below) says that she was Thurstan's daughter.
Children:
Generation: 5
20. Arnold le Gros was born in of Courcerant, Orne, Normandy, France (son of Abbo le Breton). Children:
- 10. Giroie d'Eschaffour died in 1033 in Normandy, France.
22. Thurstan Bastembourg de Montfort Notes:
Also called Toussaint de Bertrand.
Children:
Generation: 6
40. Abbo le Breton Children:
- 20. Arnold le Gros was born in of Courcerant, Orne, Normandy, France.