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William fitz Osbern

Male 1030 - 1071  (~ 46 years)


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  • Name William fitz Osbern  [1
    Born Between 1025 and 1030  [2
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Feb 1071  Flanders Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Alternate death 21 Feb 1071  Flanders Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Notre-Dame de Cormeilles Abbey, Eure, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Person ID I10599  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of GFS, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK, Ancestor of WPF
    Last Modified 6 Jan 2018 

    Father Osbern 
    Mother Emma d'Ivry, Abbess of St. Amand 
    Family ID F5826  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Adeliza de Tosny,   b. Between 1030 and 1035,   d. 5 Oct 1066  (Age ~ 36 years) 
    Children 
    +1. St. William of Breteuil,   d. 1130
    +2. Emma de Breteuil,   d. Aft 1096, Palestine Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 11 Apr 2016 
    Family ID F5122  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Richilde of Egesheim,   d. 15 Mar 1086 
    Married Bef 1071  [1, 3
    Last Modified 16 Dec 2015 
    Family ID F565  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Earl of Hereford. One of the fifteen "proven companions" of William at Hastings. Killed at the battle of Cassel, in Flanders.

  • Sources 
    1. [S145] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. 8th edition, William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, eds. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, 2006, 2008.

    2. [S80] Peter Stewart, "Origin and Early Generations of the Tosny Family," July 2009, rev. March 2012.

    3. [S128] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant ed. Vicary Gibbs, H. A. Doubleday, Duncan Warrand, Howard de Walden, Geoffrey H. White and R. S. Lea. 2nd edition. 14 volumes (1-13, but volume 12 spanned two books), London, The St. Catherine Press, 1910-1959. Volume 14, "Addenda & Corrigenda," ed. Peter W. Hammond, Gloucestershire, Sutton Publishing, 1998.