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Guillaume "Longue Epee", Leader of the Normans of Rouen

Male - 942


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Guillaume "Longue Epee", Leader of the Normans of Rouen was born in Overseas; died on 16 Dec 942 in Picquigny, Picardy, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 17 Dec 942, Picquigny, Picardy, France

    Notes:

    William "Longsword".

    Says The Henry Project about his birth "overseas": "[I].e., not on the European mainland, and therefore possibly in Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia, or one of the islands held by Vikings (Orkneys, Hebrides, Man, etc.), all plausible places for the son of a Viking to be born."

    Assassinated, possibly by or at the instigation of Arnulf/Arnulph/Arnoul "The Old", Count of Flanders.

    Family/Spouse: Luitgarde de Vermandois. Luitgarde (daughter of Heribert II and (Unknown daughter of Robert I, King of France)) died after 978. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Sprota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Richard I, Leader of the Normans of Rouen  Descendancy chart to this point was born between 931 and 932 in Fécamp, Normandy, France; died on 21 Nov 996 in Fécamp, Normandy, France.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Richard I, Leader of the Normans of Rouen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Guillaume1) was born between 931 and 932 in Fécamp, Normandy, France; died on 21 Nov 996 in Fécamp, Normandy, France.

    Notes:

    Also known as Richard the Fearless; Richard Sans Peur. Called in retrospect "Duke of Normandy," a title he did not use.

    From The Henry Project: "Richard is described by such a wide range of words (comes, marchio, consul, princeps, dux) by various sources (sometimes of dubious authority) that it would be difficult to argue that there is a specific 'title' by which he should be called."

    Family/Spouse: Gunnor. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Hawise of Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point died on 21 Feb 1034.
    2. 4. Emma of Normandy, Queen Consort of England; Queen Consort of Denmark and Norway  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 5. Robert II, Archbishop of Rouen  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1037.
    4. 6. Richard II  Descendancy chart to this point died on 23 Aug 1026 in Fécamp, Normandy, France.

    Family/Spouse: (Unknown mistress or mistresses of Richard I). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Béatrix of Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point died on 18 Jan 1035.
    2. 8. Godfrey fitz Richard  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 970 in of Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France; died in 1015.
    3. 9. Guillaume I  Descendancy chart to this point was born between 975 and 980; died before 2 Jan 1040.
    4. 10. Papia  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 980 in of Normandy, France.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Hawise of Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1) died on 21 Feb 1034.

    Hawise married Geoffroi I of Brittany between 996 and 999. Geoffroi (son of Conan I "Le Tort" and Ermengarde of Anjou) was born about 980; died on 20 Nov 1008. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Alan III of Rennes  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 997; died on 1 Oct 1040 in Vimoutiers, Normandy, France.
    2. 12. Eudon of Brittany  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 999; died on 7 Jan 1079.

  2. 4.  Emma of Normandy, Queen Consort of England; Queen Consort of Denmark and Norway Descendancy chart to this point (2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1)

    Family/Spouse: Canute, King of England, Denmark, and Norway. Canute (son of Swein Forkbeard, King of England and Denmark) died on 12 Nov 1035 in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England; was buried in Old Minster, Winchester, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Gunhilda of Denmark  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1020; died on 18 Jul 1038; was buried in Limburg Abbey, Bad Dürkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

    Emma married Æthelred II "Unræd", King of England in 1002. Æthelred (son of Eadgar, King of England and Ælfthryth, Queen Consort of England) was born about 968; died on 23 Apr 1016 in London, England; was buried in St. Paul's, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Alfred Aetheling  Descendancy chart to this point died on 5 Feb 1036 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.
    2. 15. Edward "The Confessor", King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1004 in Islip, Oxfordshire, England; died on 5 Jan 1065.
    3. 16. Godgifu of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1010; died before 1049.

  3. 5.  Robert II, Archbishop of Rouen Descendancy chart to this point (2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1) died in 1037.

    Family/Spouse: Herleve. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Richard d'Évreux  Descendancy chart to this point died on 13 Dec 1067.
    2. 18. William d'Evreux  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 6.  Richard II Descendancy chart to this point (2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1) died on 23 Aug 1026 in Fécamp, Normandy, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 28 Aug 1026
    • Alternate death: 1027
    • Alternate death: 23 Aug 1027

    Notes:

    Duke of Normandy.

    Richard married Judith of Brittany about 1000. Judith (daughter of Conan I "Le Tort" and Ermengarde of Anjou) was born in 982; died on 28 Jun 1017; was buried in Bernay Abbey, Bernay, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Adélaïde of Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point died after 1074.
    2. 20. (Unknown daughter of Richard II, Duke of Normandy)  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 21. Richard III  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1001; died on 5 Aug 1027.
    4. 22. Robert I  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1004; died between 1 Jul 1035 and 3 Jul 1035 in Nicaea, Asia Minor.

  5. 7.  Béatrix of Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1) died on 18 Jan 1035.

    Béatrix married Ebles I de Turenne before 1001. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Archambaud II  Descendancy chart to this point died before 1038.

  6. 8.  Godfrey fitz Richard Descendancy chart to this point (2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1) was born about 970 in of Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France; died in 1015.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Aft 1023

    Notes:

    Comte d'Eu. Count of Brionne. Also called Geoffrey of Brionne, Godfrey de Brionne, Godefroi Crispin.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. Gilbert fitz Godfrey  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1010; died in 1040 in Eschafour, Eu, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France.

  7. 9.  Guillaume I Descendancy chart to this point (2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1) was born between 975 and 980; died before 2 Jan 1040.

    Notes:

    Count of Hiémois. Count of Eu.

    Family/Spouse: Lesceline de Tourville. Lesceline (daughter of Turchetil and Anceline) was born about 1000; died on 26 Jan 1058. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. Robert  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1018; died about 8 Sep 1092.
    2. 26. Guillaume Bussac  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1020; died about 1076.

  8. 10.  Papia Descendancy chart to this point (2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1) was born about 980 in of Normandy, France.

    Notes:

    Called by Orderic Vitalis "de Envermeu."

    Family/Spouse: Gilbert de St. Valéry. Gilbert died after 1011. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Bernard de St. Valéry  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1003; died before 1086.
    2. 28. Richard de Hugleville  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1005; died after 1052.


Generation: 4

  1. 11.  Alan III of Rennes Descendancy chart to this point (3.Hawise3, 2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1) was born in 997; died on 1 Oct 1040 in Vimoutiers, Normandy, France.

    Notes:

    Also called Alain de Bretagne. Count of Rennes; Duke of Brittany. Died suddenly while besieging a rebel castle near Vimoutiers in Normandy. According to Orderic, he was poisoned by unnamed Normans.

    Family/Spouse: Bertha of Blois. Bertha (daughter of Odo II and Ermengarde of Auvergne) died about 1080. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 29. Hawise of Rennes  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1037; died on 19 Aug 1072.

  2. 12.  Eudon of Brittany Descendancy chart to this point (3.Hawise3, 2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1) was born in 999; died on 7 Jan 1079.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 7 Jan 1062

    Notes:

    Co-regent of Brittany. Also called Eudes de Penthievre.

    Family/Spouse: Orguen. Orguen died after 1056. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 30. Stephen of Brittany  Descendancy chart to this point died on 21 Apr 1135; was buried in St. Mary's, York, Yorkshire, England.

    Family/Spouse: (Unknown mistress of Eudon of Brittany). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 31. (Unknown daughter of Eudon of Brittany)  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 32. Bardolf  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 13.  Gunhilda of Denmark Descendancy chart to this point (4.Emma3, 2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1) was born about 1020; died on 18 Jul 1038; was buried in Limburg Abbey, Bad Dürkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

    Gunhilda married Heinrich III, Holy Roman Emperor in 1036 in Nijmegen, Netherlands. Heinrich (son of Conrad II "The Salic", Holy Roman Emperor and Gisele of Swabia) was born on 28 Oct 1016; died on 5 Oct 1056 in Bodfeld, Harz, Germany; was buried in Speyer Cathedral, Speyer, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 14.  Alfred Aetheling Descendancy chart to this point (4.Emma3, 2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1) died on 5 Feb 1036 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.

    Notes:

    Bound and blinded by Harold Harefoot's men; died soon after.


  5. 15.  Edward "The Confessor", King of England Descendancy chart to this point (4.Emma3, 2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1) was born about 1004 in Islip, Oxfordshire, England; died on 5 Jan 1065.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 4 Jan 1066

    Family/Spouse: Edith of Wessex, Queen Consort of England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 16.  Godgifu of England Descendancy chart to this point (4.Emma3, 2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1) was born about 1010; died before 1049.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Abt 1049
    • Alternate death: 1055
    • Alternate death: Abt 1056

    Notes:

    Also called Goda.

    Family/Spouse: Eustache II of Boulogne. Eustache (son of Eustace I and Mathilde of Louvain) died about 1080. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Godgifu married Dreux of Vexin about 1024. Dreux (son of Gauthier II "le Blanc" and Adele) was born about 980; died in 1035. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 33. Raoul "the Timid"  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1025 in France; died on 21 Dec 1057; was buried in Peterborough Cathedral, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England.

  7. 17.  Richard d'Évreux Descendancy chart to this point (5.Robert3, 2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1) died on 13 Dec 1067.

    Notes:

    Count of Évreux.

    Family/Spouse: Godehildis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 34. Agnès d'Évreux  Descendancy chart to this point

  8. 18.  William d'Evreux Descendancy chart to this point (5.Robert3, 2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1)

    Family/Spouse: Hawise. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 35. Emma d'Evreux  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 36. Judith d'Evreux  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1076.

  9. 19.  Adélaïde of Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (6.Richard3, 2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1) died after 1074.

    Notes:

    Sometimes called Judith. "As for Judith being the same person as Adelais, there is no reason to doubt this: she was recorded as Renaud's wife named Adelais in 1023, well before occurring with her mother's name Judith in 1037 (perhaps the alternative was used to distinguish her from her step-mother-in-law Adelais), and she was still living nearly two decades after Renaud's death." [Peter Stewart, citation details below.]

    Adélaïde married Renaud I before 2 Nov 1023. Renaud (son of Otto-William of Burgundy and Ermentrude de Roucy) died in 1057. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 37. William I "The Great" of Burgundy  Descendancy chart to this point died on 12 Nov 1087.

  10. 20.  (Unknown daughter of Richard II, Duke of Normandy) Descendancy chart to this point (6.Richard3, 2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1)

    (Unknown married Baldwin IV "The Bearded" after Feb 1030. Baldwin (son of Arnulf II "The Young" and Rozala of Italy, Queen Consort of France) was born in 980; died on 29 May 1035; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Pierre, Ghent, Flanders. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 38. Judith of Flanders  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1033; died on 5 Mar 1094 in Weingarten Abbey, Ravensburg, Upper Swabia, Germany.

  11. 21.  Richard III Descendancy chart to this point (6.Richard3, 2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1) was born in 1001; died on 5 Aug 1027.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 6 Aug 1027
    • Alternate death: 6 Aug 1028

    Notes:

    Duke of Normandy.

    Possibly poisoned after subduing a revolt by his brother.

    Family/Spouse: (Unknown mistress of Richard III of Normandy). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 39. (Unknown daughter of Richard III of Normandy)  Descendancy chart to this point

    Richard married St. Adele of France on 10 Jan 1027. Adele (daughter of Robert II, King of France and Constance of Provence, Queen Consort of France) was born between 1010 and 1015; died on 8 Jan 1079; was buried in Abbey of Messines, Ypres, Flanders. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  12. 22.  Robert I Descendancy chart to this point (6.Richard3, 2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1) was born about 1004; died between 1 Jul 1035 and 3 Jul 1035 in Nicaea, Asia Minor.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 1035
    • Alternate death: 22 Jul 1035

    Notes:

    "The Devil." Duke of Normandy.

    Family/Spouse: Herleve. Herleve was born about 1003; died about 1050; was buried in Grestain Abbey, Fatouville-Grestain, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 40. William I, King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1027-1028 in Falais, Calvados, Normandy, France; died on 9 Sep 1087 in St. Gervais, near Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France.

    Family/Spouse: (Unknown mistress of Robert I). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 41. Alice of Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1030; died before 1090.

  13. 23.  Archambaud II Descendancy chart to this point (7.Béatrix3, 2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1) died before 1038.

    Notes:

    Vicomte de Comborn.

    Family/Spouse: Rotberge de Rochechouart. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 42. Ebles I de Ventadour  Descendancy chart to this point

  14. 24.  Gilbert fitz Godfrey Descendancy chart to this point (8.Godfrey3, 2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1) was born about 1010; died in 1040 in Eschafour, Eu, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France.

    Notes:

    Also called Gilbert de Brionne; Giselbert; Gilbert Crispin. Comte d'Eu & Brionne. Assassinated.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 43. Baldwin fitz Gilbert  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1090.
    2. 44. Richard fitz Gilbert  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1033 in of Bienfaite and Orbec, Normandy, France; died before Apr 1088; was buried in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England.

  15. 25.  Robert Descendancy chart to this point (9.Guillaume3, 2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1) was born about 1018; died about 8 Sep 1092.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Abt 8 Sep 1093

    Notes:

    Count of Eu.

    Family/Spouse: Beatrice. Beatrice died on 10 Apr 1085. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 45. Eremburge de Mortain  Descendancy chart to this point died about 1087.

  16. 26.  Guillaume Bussac Descendancy chart to this point (9.Guillaume3, 2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1) was born about 1020; died about 1076.

    Notes:

    Count of Soissons. The name of Bussac was attached to him by the medieval chronicler Robert de Torigny.

    Family/Spouse: Adélaide de Soissons. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 46. (Unknown) de Soissons  Descendancy chart to this point

  17. 27.  Bernard de St. Valéry Descendancy chart to this point (10.Papia3, 2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1) was born about 1003; died before 1086.

    Notes:

    Also called Bernard de Sancto Walerico.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 47. Gauthier de St. Valéry  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1035; died after 1065.

  18. 28.  Richard de Hugleville Descendancy chart to this point (10.Papia3, 2.Richard2, 1.Guillaume1) was born about 1005; died after 1052.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Aft 1053

    Notes:

    Also called Richard Fitz Gilbert.

    Family/Spouse: Ada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 48. Ada de Hugleville  Descendancy chart to this point


 

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